Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1932

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,183 babies) and James for boys (1,133). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,332 babies born in West Virginia in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1932

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

Joretta: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Garnet: 18 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Wilda: 50 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Emogene: 27 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Freda: 70 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Goldie: 45 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Glenna: 51 babies, 6× the national rate
Dortha: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Patty: 68 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dolly: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 30 babies, 54.9× the national rate
Jennings: 23 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Denzil: 20 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Dana: 20 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Basil: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Denver: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dallas: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Noah: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kermit: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Garland: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,183	↑1	1
2	Betty	1,157	↓1	2
3	Helen	387	–	8
4	Barbara	347	↑4	3
5	Dorothy	342	↓1	4
6	Patricia	304	↑3	6
7	Margaret	285	↓1	7
8	Anna	279	↑2	24
9	Ruth	275	↓2	11
10	Phyllis	257	↑4	30
11	Virginia	252	↓6	14
12	Norma	244	–	22
13	Doris	233	↓2	10
14	Nancy	207	↑2	13
15	Lois	177	↑14	20
16	Elizabeth	175	↑3	17
17	Martha	175	↑4	27
18	Joan	162	↑6	5
19	Wanda	162	↓6	52
20	Evelyn	161	–	23
21	Frances	161	↓6	19
22	Jean	157	↑1	15
23	Mildred	149	↓6	26
24	Alice	148	↓2	21
25	Ruby	145	↓7	38
26	Thelma	140	–	51
27	Juanita	134	↓2	58
28	Peggy	129	↑3	40
29	Edna	115	↓1	50
30	Joyce	110	↑5	12
31	Shirley	107	↑2	9
32	Edith	105	↑5	69
33	Janet	105	↑13	35
34	Dolores	103	↓4	18
35	Pauline	103	↓3	59
36	Delores	102	new	56
37	Wilma	102	↓10	65
38	Louise	100	↑7	36
39	Joann	98	new	79
40	Jo	96	↑1	>100
41	Clara	95	↓5	70
42	Violet	91	new	>100
43	Emma	90	↓9	76
44	Bonnie	89	new	64
45	Geraldine	88	↓7	42
46	Ethel	87	↓7	66
47	Charlotte	82	new	74
48	Hazel	82	new	75
49	Gladys	80	↑1	54
50	Gloria	80	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	1,133	–	2
2	Robert	1,083	–	1
3	William	835	–	4
4	Charles	790	–	6
5	John	662	–	3
6	Donald	496	–	7
7	Richard	334	–	5
8	George	314	↑1	8
9	Paul	272	↓1	13
10	Jack	258	–	17
11	Thomas	252	↑2	10
12	Billy	246	–	20
13	Harold	246	↓2	18
14	Kenneth	228	–	14
15	Carl	190	↑3	28
16	David	184	↑1	12
17	Harry	170	↑2	32
18	Edward	164	↓3	11
19	Frank	161	↑6	15
20	Ronald	160	↑9	16
21	Bobby	159	↑3	30
22	Joseph	148	↓6	9
23	Raymond	147	↓1	19
24	Roy	147	↑2	38
25	Eugene	144	↓2	22
26	Franklin	142	new	66
27	Clarence	141	–	40
28	Ralph	140	↓7	27
29	Earl	130	↑1	41
30	Walter	122	↓2	21
31	Howard	121	↓11	36
32	Ray	106	↓1	59
33	Joe	98	–	29
34	Russell	95	↑8	63
35	Ernest	94	↓1	47
36	Lawrence	93	–	35
37	Albert	90	–	26
38	Arthur	87	–	25
39	Fred	86	↓7	33
40	Herbert	80	↓1	44
41	Jackie	79	new	>100
42	Bill	74	↓1	58
43	Cecil	74	new	>100
44	Junior	74	↓4	>100
45	Bernard	72	↑4	60
46	Glenn	70	new	77
47	Gene	66	↓2	64
48	Henry	66	↓13	23
49	Samuel	64	↓5	56
50	Clyde	61	↓7	82

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