Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1925

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,548 babies) and James for boys (1,109). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,169 babies born in West Virginia in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1925

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

Garnett: 18 babies, 14× the national rate
Garnet: 28 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Freda: 102 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Wilda: 43 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Emogene: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Goldie: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dortha: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leota: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Reva: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Glenna: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 42 babies, 55.4× the national rate
Denzil: 17 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Denver: 39 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Jennings: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Shirley: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Junior: 134 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Basil: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Orval: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Garland: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,548	–	1
2	Betty	1,044	–	3
3	Helen	637	–	4
4	Virginia	575	–	7
5	Dorothy	561	–	2
6	Margaret	466	–	5
7	Ruth	437	–	6
8	Anna	325	–	13
9	Mildred	307	–	9
10	Ruby	257	↑4	30
11	Elizabeth	233	–	10
12	Frances	231	↓2	11
13	Pauline	210	↑9	38
14	Thelma	207	↓1	35
15	Evelyn	204	↓3	12
16	Doris	198	↑9	8
17	Juanita	190	↓1	49
18	Martha	183	–	23
19	Edith	179	↓4	42
20	Edna	177	↓1	37
21	Gladys	172	↓4	33
22	Irene	166	↓1	19
23	Louise	165	↑3	27
24	Wanda	162	↑6	72
25	Maxine	161	↑3	79
26	Hazel	160	↓6	45
27	Lillian	152	↓4	25
28	Jean	143	↑4	14
29	Alice	139	↓5	15
30	Marie	137	↑11	16
31	Emma	136	↑17	57
32	Ethel	134	↓5	43
33	Lucille	133	↓4	41
34	June	128	new	39
35	Lois	126	new	18
36	Norma	123	↓5	34
37	Kathleen	116	↓4	81
38	Marjorie	116	↓3	21
39	Eva	113	↑1	71
40	Eleanor	111	↑10	31
41	Geraldine	111	↓4	54
42	Sarah	108	↓6	58
43	Violet	107	↓4	92
44	Phyllis	106	↓6	40
45	Clara	104	new	55
46	Freda	102	↑3	>100
47	Nancy	101	new	60
48	Myrtle	100	new	95
49	Opal	100	↓6	>100
50	Alma	99	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	1,109	–	4
2	William	1,077	–	3
3	Robert	883	–	1
4	Charles	878	↑1	5
5	John	821	↓1	2
6	George	419	–	6
7	Paul	365	–	13
8	Harold	306	–	14
9	Richard	267	↑4	8
10	Joseph	263	↓1	7
11	Jack	255	↑1	17
12	Donald	248	↓1	10
13	Thomas	246	↓3	11
14	Edward	236	↑1	9
15	Carl	218	↑1	28
16	Harry	212	↓2	23
17	Ralph	190	↑6	25
18	Roy	182	↑1	32
19	Howard	177	↑6	26
20	Raymond	177	–	15
21	Frank	175	↓4	12
22	Kenneth	173	↑2	19
23	Walter	173	↓2	16
24	Eugene	169	↑4	24
25	Clarence	164	↓7	30
26	Earl	163	↓4	31
27	Calvin	145	↓1	47
28	Ernest	139	↑4	37
29	Junior	134	↓2	>100
30	David	129	–	22
31	Henry	126	↓2	18
32	Billy	123	↑3	49
33	Arthur	117	↑4	20
34	Ray	114	–	64
35	Albert	112	↓4	21
36	Fred	106	↓3	33
37	Joe	106	↑3	34
38	Clyde	95	↑4	68
39	Cecil	94	↑6	87
40	Samuel	94	↑3	46
41	Russell	93	↓2	53
42	Lawrence	87	↓4	36
43	Lewis	87	↑3	79
44	Herbert	81	↓3	42
45	Bernard	80	↓9	48
46	Leonard	77	↑3	38
47	Clifford	75	↑1	59
48	Homer	74	↓1	>100
49	Elmer	70	↓5	61
50	Floyd	67	new	58

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