Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,120
2	Virginia	446
3	Helen	445
4	Ruth	377
5	Margaret	374
6	Dorothy	286
7	Mildred	263
8	Ruby	232
9	Anna	215
10	Edith	207
10	Elizabeth	207
12	Thelma	203
13	Hazel	199
14	Evelyn	183
15	Edna	181
15	Opal	181
17	Pauline	170
18	Frances	163
19	Mabel	155
20	Martha	154
21	Ethel	151
22	Gladys	150
23	Marie	142
24	Nellie	140
25	Louise	132

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	130
27	Lillian	124
28	Beulah	123
29	Alice	114
30	Eva	109
31	Lucille	108
32	Juanita	106
33	Grace	99
34	Myrtle	94
35	Bessie	93
36	Emma	87
36	Josephine	87
36	Sarah	87
39	Clara	86
40	Pearl	85
41	Betty	84
42	Elsie	81
43	Freda	80
44	Rose	77
45	Gertrude	76
45	Katherine	76
47	Bertha	75
48	Eleanor	74
48	Julia	74
48	Violet	74
51	Maxine	73
52	Alma	72
52	Catherine	72
54	Goldie	71
55	Genevieve	70
55	Kathleen	70
57	Florence	69
58	Beatrice	68
58	Wilma	68
60	Ann	64
61	Georgia	63
62	Kathryn	62
63	Sylvia	61
64	Agnes	60
64	Bernice	60
64	Laura	60
64	Leona	60
68	Naomi	59
69	Ellen	58
69	Lucy	58
71	Geraldine	56
71	Jessie	56
71	Minnie	56
74	June	55
74	Lena	55
74	Mae	55
77	Wanda	53
78	Ida	52
79	Ada	49
79	Esther	49
81	Della	48
82	Velma	47
82	Vivian	47
84	Stella	45
85	Blanche	43
85	Carrie	43
85	Doris	43
85	Marjorie	43
85	Viola	43
90	Jane	39
91	Geneva	38
91	Lois	38
91	Nancy	38
91	Vera	38
95	Jean	37
95	Marguerite	37
97	Daisy	36
97	Hattie	36
97	Nina	36
100	Audrey	35
100	Barbara	35
100	Cora	35
100	Ella	35
100	Mable	35