Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1933

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,111 babies) and James for boys (1,091). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,319 babies born in West Virginia in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1933

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

Delma: 25 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Garnet: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Emogene: 21 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Glenna: 58 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dortha: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Freda: 61 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Wilda: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Deloris: 82 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nira: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Patty: 74 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 17 babies, 50.6× the national rate
Denzil: 22 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Jennings: 19 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Hobert: 17 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Denver: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Dallas: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jackie: 89 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Garland: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Franklin: 340 babies, 4× the national rate
Homer: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,111	–	1
2	Betty	1,036	–	2
3	Barbara	418	↑1	3
4	Helen	336	↓1	8
5	Patricia	296	↑1	6
6	Dorothy	272	↓1	4
7	Margaret	264	–	7
8	Virginia	259	↑3	15
9	Phyllis	249	↑1	28
10	Nancy	233	↑4	11
11	Anna	232	↓3	29
12	Ruth	229	↓3	13
13	Doris	219	–	10
14	Norma	213	↓2	23
15	Wanda	199	↑4	48
16	Frances	177	↑5	18
17	Martha	158	–	27
18	Elizabeth	155	↓2	17
19	Janet	151	↑14	25
20	Peggy	147	↑8	36
21	Jean	141	↑1	14
22	Lois	139	↓7	19
23	Joyce	137	↑7	12
24	Thelma	137	↑2	57
25	Ruby	136	–	43
26	Evelyn	133	↓6	30
27	Joan	129	↓9	5
28	Shirley	128	↑3	9
29	Alice	127	↓5	22
30	Juanita	127	↓3	63
31	Mildred	110	↓8	32
32	Wilma	109	↑5	66
33	Hazel	106	↑15	82
34	Delores	103	↑2	52
35	Edith	103	↓3	80
36	Dolores	98	↓2	21
37	Donna	96	new	24
38	Eleanor	94	new	38
39	Pauline	92	↓4	64
40	Emma	87	↑3	75
41	Joann	85	↓2	72
42	Deloris	82	new	>100
43	Louise	82	↓5	39
44	Ethel	80	↑2	71
45	Jo	80	↓5	90
46	Rose	80	new	35
47	Carol	79	new	20
48	Clara	78	↓7	67
49	Carolyn	77	new	40
50	Bonnie	76	↓6	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	1,091	–	2
2	Robert	945	–	1
3	William	765	–	4
4	Charles	743	–	6
5	John	669	–	3
6	Donald	529	–	7
7	Richard	361	–	5
8	Franklin	340	↑18	33
9	Paul	282	–	14
10	Thomas	282	↑1	10
11	George	276	↓3	8
12	Harold	235	↑1	18
13	Jack	224	↓3	17
14	Billy	210	↓2	20
15	David	210	↑1	13
16	Kenneth	200	↓2	15
17	Carl	172	↓2	28
18	Ronald	166	↑2	12
19	Bobby	164	↑2	26
20	Edward	154	↓2	11
21	Joseph	152	↑1	9
22	Raymond	145	↑1	19
23	Frank	141	↓4	16
24	Howard	140	↑7	36
25	Ralph	139	↑3	29
26	Eugene	134	↓1	23
27	Harry	131	↓10	35
28	Roy	118	↓4	39
29	Clarence	101	↓2	43
30	Earl	95	↓1	41
31	Joe	91	↑2	27
32	Jackie	89	↑9	>100
33	Walter	86	↓3	21
34	Lawrence	83	↑2	38
35	Herbert	80	↑5	49
36	Ray	80	↓4	62
37	Ernest	75	↓2	50
38	Russell	74	↓4	67
39	Clyde	73	↑11	87
40	Jimmy	72	new	64
41	Norman	71	new	37
42	Cecil	69	↑1	>100
43	Marvin	66	new	44
44	Albert	65	↓7	30
45	Arthur	65	↓7	25
46	Fred	65	↓7	34
47	Gerald	65	new	22
48	Jimmie	65	new	72
49	Glenn	64	↓3	74
50	Bernard	63	↓5	63

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