Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1911

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	441
2	Virginia	161
3	Helen	135
4	Margaret	114
5	Ruby	111
5	Ruth	111
5	Thelma	111
8	Mildred	109
9	Elizabeth	97
10	Anna	95
11	Hazel	94
12	Gladys	88
13	Dorothy	85
14	Ethel	81
14	Nellie	81
16	Edith	78
17	Opal	73
18	Edna	70
19	Grace	69
20	Alice	65
20	Mabel	65
22	Eva	60
23	Elsie	58
24	Evelyn	57
24	Marie	57

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Myrtle	56
26	Pauline	56
26	Pearl	56
29	Martha	53
30	Goldie	52
31	Bessie	51
32	Clara	50
33	Frances	49
33	Louise	49
35	Beulah	48
35	Irene	48
35	Sarah	48
38	Lillian	46
39	Bertha	45
39	Catherine	45
41	Katherine	41
41	Stella	41
43	Minnie	40
44	Julia	39
45	Lucille	36
46	Alma	35
46	Beatrice	35
46	Josephine	35
49	Emma	34
49	Laura	34
49	Violet	34
52	Lena	32
53	Ada	31
53	Lula	31
53	Rose	31
53	Sylvia	31
53	Wilma	31
58	Georgia	29
59	Jessie	28
59	Vivian	28
61	Agnes	27
61	Freda	27
61	Gertrude	27
61	Viola	27
65	Lucy	26
66	Ella	25
66	Ida	25
66	Kathleen	25
66	Lillie	25
66	Nina	25
71	Esther	24
71	Kathryn	24
73	Leona	23
73	Nora	23
75	Betty	22
75	Blanche	22
75	Florence	22
75	Juanita	22
75	Mamie	22
80	Bernice	21
80	Effie	21
80	Mae	21
83	Daisy	20
84	Ann	19
84	Rachel	19
86	Hattie	18
86	Marguerite	18
86	Sadie	18
89	Audrey	17
89	Della	17
89	Dora	17
89	Eleanor	17
89	Flora	17
89	Inez	17
89	Olive	17
89	Virgie	17
97	Cora	16
97	Doris	16
97	Elva	16
97	Eula	16
97	Eunice	16
97	Faye	16
97	Garnet	16
97	Genevieve	16
97	Jean	16
97	Lola	16