Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1934

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,164 babies) and James for boys (1,270). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,168 babies born in West Virginia in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1934

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

Emogene: 24 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Garnet: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Vada: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Freda: 78 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Goldie: 40 babies, 6× the national rate
Glenna: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilda: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Patty: 100 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Deloris: 77 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dolly: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 16 babies, 46.3× the national rate
Jennings: 25 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Denzil: 19 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Denver: 28 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Dana: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shirley: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jackson: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dallas: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Junior: 61 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,164	–	1
2	Betty	1,040	–	2
3	Barbara	452	–	3
4	Helen	378	–	9
5	Patricia	355	–	6
6	Dorothy	323	–	5
7	Margaret	295	–	8
8	Nancy	292	↑2	10
9	Phyllis	291	–	28
10	Shirley	275	↑18	4
11	Doris	262	↑2	11
12	Norma	260	↑2	24
13	Anna	248	↓2	31
14	Virginia	242	↓6	15
15	Ruth	233	↓3	13
16	Frances	210	–	19
17	Wanda	199	↓2	47
18	Martha	188	↓1	27
19	Janet	173	–	21
20	Lois	162	↑2	20
21	Joyce	159	↑2	12
22	Peggy	158	↓2	36
23	Elizabeth	152	↓5	18
24	Alice	151	↑5	25
25	Donna	145	↑12	23
26	Evelyn	142	–	29
27	Joan	141	–	7
28	Jean	135	↓7	16
29	Juanita	132	↑1	64
30	Ruby	131	↓5	39
31	Thelma	127	↓7	65
32	Mildred	119	↓1	35
33	Wilma	115	↓1	73
34	Carolyn	112	↑15	33
35	Edna	110	new	55
36	Jo	108	↑9	75
37	Hazel	107	↓4	87
38	Carol	103	↑9	14
39	Delores	102	↓5	51
40	Patty	100	new	>100
41	Charlotte	99	new	72
42	Joann	97	↓1	50
43	Dolores	96	↓7	26
44	Loretta	96	new	83
45	Eleanor	95	↓7	44
46	Lillian	94	new	52
47	Bonnie	91	↑3	58
48	Geraldine	91	new	43
49	Pauline	87	↓10	71
50	Eva	86	new	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	1,270	–	2
2	Robert	1,023	–	1
3	William	845	–	4
4	Charles	831	–	7
5	John	721	–	3
6	Donald	594	–	6
7	Richard	441	–	5
8	Thomas	305	↑2	9
9	George	301	↑2	8
10	Franklin	282	↓2	46
11	Paul	281	↓2	14
12	Jack	264	↑1	17
13	Ronald	251	↑5	11
14	Billy	250	–	20
15	Harold	246	↓3	18
16	David	245	↓1	12
17	Kenneth	245	↓1	15
18	Carl	223	↓1	28
19	Bobby	180	–	23
20	Edward	177	–	13
21	Joseph	163	–	10
22	Raymond	159	–	19
23	Roy	159	↑5	35
24	Frank	150	↓1	16
25	Eugene	145	↑1	24
26	Ralph	144	↓1	31
27	Harry	142	–	36
28	Howard	137	↓4	37
29	Earl	125	↑1	41
30	Clarence	122	↓1	45
31	Walter	120	↑2	21
32	Jackie	110	–	>100
33	Jerry	98	new	25
34	Joe	96	↓3	26
35	Gerald	94	↑12	22
36	Bernard	91	↑14	65
37	Arthur	90	↑8	29
38	Fred	89	↑8	33
39	Jimmie	89	↑9	68
40	Henry	88	new	27
41	Lawrence	80	↓7	34
42	Ray	80	↓6	63
43	Gene	79	new	67
44	Norman	79	↓3	38
45	Jimmy	78	↓5	56
46	Herbert	77	↓11	57
47	Ernest	76	↓10	51
48	Russell	76	↓10	70
49	Samuel	76	new	66
50	Albert	69	↓6	32

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