Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1927

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1927 were Mary for girls (1,466 babies) and James for boys (1,198). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,644 babies born in West Virginia in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1927

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: 19 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Garnet: 32 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Audra: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Emogene: 33 babies, 7× the national rate
Orpha: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Freda: 93 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Glenna: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wilda: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Goldie: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dollie: 26 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 29 babies, 51.1× the national rate
Denzil: 24 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Jennings: 24 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Denver: 41 babies, 13× the national rate
Kyle: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Dana: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hobert: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Basil: 27 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Junior: 149 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Everette: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	1,466	–	1
2	Betty	1,114	–	3
3	Helen	577	–	4
4	Virginia	493	↑1	8
5	Dorothy	480	↓1	2
6	Margaret	429	–	5
7	Ruth	389	–	6
8	Anna	304	–	16
9	Mildred	293	–	11
10	Frances	252	–	12
11	Doris	251	↑5	7
12	Elizabeth	241	↓1	13
13	Evelyn	228	–	15
14	Ruby	227	↓2	30
15	Martha	206	–	24
16	Wanda	187	↑3	66
17	Juanita	176	↑5	55
18	Pauline	174	–	42
19	Alice	172	↓2	17
20	Thelma	167	↓6	38
21	Edith	165	↑5	48
22	Jean	163	↑2	14
23	Gladys	160	↑8	37
24	Norma	160	↑1	26
25	Hazel	148	↓4	53
26	Lois	143	new	19
27	Phyllis	143	↑3	29
28	Patricia	142	new	18
29	Edna	136	↓9	40
30	Louise	136	↓7	27
31	Marie	133	↑2	20
32	Irene	132	↓5	21
33	Wilma	129	↓4	68
34	Ethel	122	↓6	47
35	Violet	119	↑5	>100
36	Barbara	115	↑13	10
37	Maxine	115	↓5	87
38	Catherine	111	new	31
39	Emma	111	↓3	64
40	Lillian	108	↓3	32
41	Lucille	108	↓6	45
42	Rose	107	↑5	23
43	Kathleen	105	↓4	83
44	Geraldine	103	↓6	58
45	Marjorie	103	↓2	25
46	Nancy	102	↓4	56
47	Freda	93	new	>100
48	Opal	90	↓2	>100
49	Beulah	88	new	>100
50	Eva	88	↓5	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	1,198	–	3
2	William	1,086	–	4
3	Robert	1,016	–	1
4	Charles	952	–	5
5	John	799	–	2
6	George	417	–	7
7	Paul	359	–	13
8	Donald	338	–	8
9	Jack	322	↑1	16
10	Richard	302	↑1	6
11	Harold	288	↓2	14
12	Thomas	282	–	11
13	Harry	246	↑1	25
14	Edward	236	↑2	10
15	Carl	229	–	26
16	Joseph	224	↓3	9
17	Roy	198	↑1	34
18	Frank	195	↓1	12
19	Kenneth	192	↑6	18
20	Clarence	189	↑7	32
21	Eugene	189	↑2	20
22	Billy	186	↓2	31
23	Raymond	186	↓1	15
24	Ralph	181	↓3	24
25	Howard	177	↓6	28
26	Junior	149	–	>100
27	Earl	146	↑1	33
28	David	128	↑2	21
29	Albert	125	↑2	23
30	Ray	124	↑2	60
31	Arthur	123	↑6	22
32	Walter	123	↓8	17
33	Cecil	118	↑5	92
34	Lawrence	112	↓1	37
35	Fred	111	↑1	35
36	Ernest	105	↓2	41
37	Henry	103	↓8	19
38	Joe	98	↑3	30
39	Clyde	93	↑8	68
40	Herbert	88	↑6	42
41	Russell	87	↓6	54
42	Samuel	86	↓2	49
43	Gene	80	new	72
44	Calvin	77	new	73
45	Lewis	75	↓1	82
46	Clifford	73	↑2	65
47	Bernard	67	↓8	50
48	Gerald	64	↓3	38
49	Alfred	63	new	45
50	Willard	63	new	>100

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