Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1935

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,151 babies) and James for boys (1,250). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,338 babies born in West Virginia in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1935

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

Drema: 16 babies, 47.9× the national rate
Garnet: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Wilda: 34 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Glenna: 58 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Patty: 105 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Freda: 67 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Goldie: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deloris: 69 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reva: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Beulah: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 19 babies, 44.2× the national rate
Denzil: 21 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Jennings: 17 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Denver: 39 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Dana: 19 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Hobert: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Alva: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shirley: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Thurman: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Franklin: 179 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,151	–	1
2	Betty	996	–	4
3	Shirley	885	↑7	2
4	Barbara	526	↓1	3
5	Patricia	382	–	5
6	Helen	345	↓2	10
7	Phyllis	322	↑2	27
8	Nancy	320	–	9
9	Dorothy	295	↓3	6
10	Margaret	286	↓3	8
11	Norma	266	↑1	29
12	Virginia	252	↑2	16
13	Doris	239	↓2	13
14	Anna	226	↓1	34
15	Ruth	223	–	15
16	Janet	199	↑3	22
17	Elizabeth	193	↑6	17
18	Frances	185	↓2	19
19	Wanda	173	↓2	49
20	Carol	158	↑18	11
21	Joan	154	↑6	7
22	Martha	150	↓4	24
23	Alice	143	↑1	25
24	Carolyn	142	↑10	28
25	Joyce	141	↓4	12
26	Lois	138	↓6	21
27	Evelyn	136	↓1	31
28	Donna	132	↓3	23
29	Ruby	129	↑1	41
30	Jo	127	↑6	73
31	Peggy	123	↓9	36
32	Loretta	121	↑12	69
33	Jean	112	↓5	18
34	Joann	111	↑8	53
35	Mildred	111	↓3	35
36	Bonnie	109	↑11	62
37	Patty	105	↑3	>100
38	Thelma	104	↓7	76
39	Juanita	103	↓10	72
40	Dolores	102	↑3	26
41	Delores	100	↓2	57
42	Wilma	100	↓9	70
43	Charlotte	95	↓2	65
44	Rose	95	new	37
45	Patsy	93	new	56
46	Hazel	91	↓9	92
47	Janice	89	new	47
48	Sarah	89	new	61
49	Clara	85	new	81
50	Edith	85	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	1,250	–	2
2	Robert	1,065	–	1
3	William	840	–	4
4	Charles	819	–	6
5	John	706	–	3
6	Donald	598	–	7
7	Richard	420	–	5
8	Paul	315	↑3	14
9	George	304	–	8
10	Thomas	300	↓2	9
11	David	282	↑5	11
12	Billy	265	↑2	19
13	Ronald	252	–	12
14	Kenneth	238	↑3	15
15	Harold	234	–	20
16	Jack	214	↓4	18
17	Bobby	204	↑2	24
18	Joseph	194	↑3	10
19	Carl	189	↓1	28
20	Edward	183	–	13
21	Franklin	179	↓11	71
22	Harry	161	↑5	37
23	Raymond	152	↓1	17
24	Joe	146	↑10	25
25	Ralph	143	↑1	32
26	Howard	140	↑2	39
27	Frank	134	↓3	16
28	Eugene	131	↓3	26
29	Jerry	131	↑4	22
30	Roy	131	↓7	40
31	Earl	121	↓2	46
32	Walter	120	↓1	23
33	Jackie	113	↓1	>100
34	Ray	111	↑8	64
35	Clarence	110	↓5	48
36	Jimmie	106	↑3	69
37	Larry	102	new	33
38	Jimmy	94	↑7	47
39	Lawrence	91	↑2	35
40	Fred	89	↓2	34
41	Arthur	84	↓4	29
42	Henry	82	↓2	27
43	Albert	81	↑7	31
44	Gerald	81	↓9	21
45	Leonard	80	new	54
46	Clyde	79	new	82
47	Cecil	78	new	>100
48	Gary	78	new	44
49	Ernest	77	↓2	55
50	Lewis	74	new	98

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