Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,054
2	Virginia	427
3	Helen	413
4	Ruth	369
5	Margaret	344
6	Mildred	290
7	Dorothy	257
8	Ruby	231
9	Anna	230
10	Elizabeth	221
11	Thelma	215
12	Evelyn	208
13	Hazel	197
14	Frances	178
14	Pauline	178
16	Edith	157
17	Gladys	155
18	Martha	148
19	Edna	146
20	Ethel	145
21	Nellie	144
22	Opal	138
23	Louise	127
24	Mabel	121
25	Marie	115

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	113
27	Alice	108
28	Grace	107
28	Irene	107
30	Lucille	104
31	Beulah	99
31	Elsie	99
33	Bessie	98
34	Catherine	92
35	Eva	90
36	Sarah	89
36	Wilma	89
38	Violet	82
39	Lena	81
40	Pearl	80
41	Bertha	79
42	Julia	77
42	Rose	77
44	Eleanor	76
44	Goldie	76
46	Florence	74
46	Josephine	74
46	Minnie	74
46	Myrtle	74
50	Freda	73
51	Kathleen	72
52	Betty	69
52	Clara	69
52	Jessie	69
52	Juanita	69
52	Kathryn	69
57	Beatrice	68
58	Stella	64
59	Bernice	63
59	Genevieve	63
59	Katherine	63
62	Blanche	59
62	Emma	59
62	Gertrude	59
62	Lucy	59
66	Georgia	58
66	Maxine	58
68	Laura	57
69	Ida	56
69	Sylvia	56
71	Ann	55
72	Marjorie	54
73	Alma	53
74	Leona	52
75	Olive	51
76	Esther	50
77	Daisy	49
77	Mae	49
77	Naomi	49
80	Geneva	48
80	Vivian	48
82	Doris	47
83	Nora	46
84	Agnes	45
84	Nina	45
86	Della	44
86	Jean	44
86	Lois	44
89	Lillie	43
90	Ada	42
90	Carrie	42
90	Ella	42
90	Geraldine	42
90	Hilda	42
90	Nancy	42
96	Audrey	40
96	June	40
98	Anne	38
98	Barbara	38
98	Velma	38