Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1923

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,522 babies) and James for boys (1,081). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,914 babies born in West Virginia in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1923

Names given at least 15 times in West Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Macel: 15 babies, 32.4× the national rate
Garnett: 23 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Garnet: 41 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Wilda: 53 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Hallie: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Glenna: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freda: 84 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dorotha: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Goldie: 74 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dortha: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 27 babies, 52.1× the national rate
Denzil: 23 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Denver: 42 babies, 15× the national rate
Jennings: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Hobert: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Junior: 115 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Burl: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Everette: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Woodrow: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Basil: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,522	–	1
2	Betty	652	↑5	5
3	Helen	645	–	3
4	Virginia	583	↓2	7
5	Margaret	510	–	4
6	Ruth	473	↓2	6
7	Dorothy	469	↓1	2
8	Mildred	360	–	8
9	Anna	326	–	13
10	Elizabeth	311	↑1	9
11	Ruby	305	↑1	25
12	Evelyn	264	↑1	12
13	Frances	262	↓3	10
14	Thelma	216	↑2	31
15	Martha	210	–	21
16	Juanita	199	↑2	51
17	Pauline	198	–	37
18	Hazel	190	↑2	40
19	Edith	189	↓5	36
20	Gladys	176	↓1	29
21	Irene	171	↑1	17
22	Doris	166	↑7	11
23	Alice	163	↑2	15
24	Ethel	154	↑6	38
25	Lillian	154	↑1	20
26	Kathleen	152	↑7	70
27	Louise	144	↓3	22
28	Nellie	141	↑8	88
29	Wanda	140	↑12	80
30	Edna	139	↓3	32
31	Marie	137	↓3	14
32	Maxine	137	↓1	76
33	Marjorie	135	↑4	16
34	Lucille	134	↓11	35
35	Opal	133	↓14	>100
36	Violet	132	↑6	86
37	Jean	120	↑7	19
38	Elsie	114	new	61
39	Catherine	113	new	24
40	Geraldine	111	↓5	58
41	Mabel	111	↓7	>100
42	Josephine	109	↑7	30
43	Emma	107	new	53
44	Myrtle	107	↓6	84
45	Rose	105	↓5	23
46	Clara	104	new	49
47	Eva	104	↓8	66
48	Norma	103	new	41
49	Eleanor	98	new	28
50	Grace	97	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	1,081	–	4
2	William	1,002	–	3
3	John	873	–	1
4	Robert	856	↑1	2
5	Charles	779	↓1	5
6	George	435	–	6
7	Paul	323	–	14
8	Harold	299	↑1	13
9	Thomas	266	↑1	12
10	Joseph	262	↓2	7
11	Edward	233	↑2	8
12	Frank	215	–	11
13	Carl	214	↑4	28
14	Harry	209	↓3	22
15	Ralph	207	↑1	23
16	Donald	205	↑4	10
17	Richard	198	↑2	9
18	Jack	196	↓4	17
19	Walter	180	↓4	16
20	Raymond	173	↑2	15
21	Roy	173	–	32
22	Howard	169	↑3	26
23	Eugene	164	↑1	25
24	Kenneth	153	↓1	21
25	Earl	135	↓7	31
26	Clarence	134	–	29
27	David	124	↑8	24
28	Henry	124	↑1	18
29	Fred	118	↓1	33
30	Junior	115	↑6	>100
31	Ernest	114	↑2	38
32	Albert	111	↓5	20
33	Arthur	109	↑1	19
34	Ray	109	↑4	61
35	Clyde	107	↑4	68
36	Lawrence	102	↑1	36
37	Joe	98	↓7	35
38	Russell	97	↓6	52
39	Cecil	89	↑7	87
40	Herbert	88	↓9	40
41	Samuel	86	–	45
42	Billy	80	new	78
43	Homer	78	↑2	>100
44	Bernard	72	↓2	46
45	Leonard	72	↓5	37
46	Warren	71	↓2	43
47	Herman	70	new	66
48	Elmer	68	↓5	57
49	Virgil	65	↓2	100
50	Chester	63	new	63

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