Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1924

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,647 babies) and James for boys (1,238). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,016 babies born in West Virginia in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1924

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: 17 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Izetta: 23 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Audra: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Delphia: 19 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Garnet: 27 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Orpha: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Glenna: 49 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Freda: 106 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Belva: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Roxie: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 19 babies, 46.6× the national rate
Denzil: 21 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Jennings: 20 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Denver: 32 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Hobert: 25 babies, 9× the national rate
Burl: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Junior: 147 babies, 6× the national rate
Basil: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shirley: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Woodrow: 34 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,647	–	1
2	Betty	863	–	4
3	Helen	693	–	3
4	Virginia	612	–	7
5	Dorothy	535	↑2	2
6	Margaret	486	↓1	5
7	Ruth	452	↓1	6
8	Anna	358	↑1	13
9	Mildred	326	↓1	8
10	Frances	278	↑3	10
11	Elizabeth	276	↓1	11
12	Evelyn	244	–	12
13	Thelma	244	↑1	33
14	Ruby	232	↓3	26
15	Edith	211	↑4	36
16	Juanita	207	–	48
17	Gladys	196	↑3	30
18	Martha	196	↓3	21
19	Edna	195	↑11	31
20	Hazel	195	↓2	42
21	Irene	193	–	18
22	Pauline	185	↓5	38
23	Lillian	161	↑2	23
24	Alice	157	↓1	15
25	Doris	155	↓3	9
26	Louise	153	↑1	24
27	Ethel	152	↓3	39
28	Maxine	148	↑4	77
29	Lucille	147	↑5	37
30	Wanda	140	↓1	74
31	Norma	135	↑17	40
32	Jean	131	↑5	16
33	Kathleen	128	↓7	76
34	Nellie	122	↓6	92
35	Marjorie	120	↓2	17
36	Sarah	120	new	54
37	Geraldine	117	↑3	58
38	Phyllis	116	new	44
39	Violet	115	↓3	88
40	Eva	114	↑7	66
41	Marie	114	↓10	14
42	Mabel	113	↓1	>100
43	Opal	113	↓8	>100
44	Rose	113	↑1	25
45	Josephine	110	↓3	34
46	Beulah	109	new	>100
47	Elsie	107	↓9	61
48	Emma	106	↓5	57
49	Freda	106	new	>100
50	Eleanor	105	↓1	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	1,238	–	4
2	William	1,060	–	3
3	Robert	937	↑1	1
4	John	932	↓1	2
5	Charles	864	–	5
6	George	455	–	6
7	Paul	369	–	14
8	Harold	296	–	13
9	Joseph	280	↑1	7
10	Thomas	261	↓1	11
11	Donald	259	↑5	10
12	Jack	250	↑6	17
13	Richard	245	↑4	8
14	Harry	240	–	22
15	Edward	230	↓4	9
16	Carl	222	↓3	27
17	Frank	215	↓5	12
18	Clarence	197	↑8	29
19	Roy	185	↑2	31
20	Raymond	184	–	15
21	Walter	177	↓2	16
22	Earl	172	↑3	33
23	Ralph	171	↓8	23
24	Kenneth	164	–	19
25	Howard	160	↓3	26
26	Calvin	153	new	44
27	Junior	147	↑3	>100
28	Eugene	144	↓5	25
29	Henry	137	↓1	18
30	David	135	↓3	24
31	Albert	132	↑1	21
32	Ernest	126	↓1	37
33	Fred	122	↓4	32
34	Ray	122	–	60
35	Billy	120	↑7	63
36	Bernard	114	↑8	46
37	Arthur	112	↓4	20
38	Lawrence	108	↓2	36
39	Russell	108	↓1	52
40	Joe	106	↓3	35
41	Herbert	105	↓1	41
42	Clyde	100	↓7	69
43	Samuel	97	↓2	45
44	Elmer	93	↑4	57
45	Cecil	92	↓6	85
46	Lewis	81	new	77
47	Homer	75	↓4	>100
48	Clifford	72	new	64
49	Leonard	66	↓4	38
50	Jesse	65	new	86

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