Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,230
2	Virginia	499
3	Helen	464
4	Ruth	383
5	Margaret	363
6	Mildred	310
7	Dorothy	282
8	Elizabeth	270
9	Ruby	223
10	Hazel	220
11	Anna	219
12	Pauline	202
13	Frances	190
14	Edith	188
15	Evelyn	187
16	Ethel	181
17	Thelma	179
18	Gladys	174
19	Martha	158
20	Edna	150
21	Lillian	140
22	Betty	127
22	Nellie	127
22	Opal	127
25	Alice	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	123
27	Marie	117
28	Lucille	114
29	Myrtle	113
30	Mabel	112
31	Louise	111
32	Juanita	110
33	Beulah	108
34	Sarah	100
35	Elsie	98
36	Josephine	95
37	Bertha	93
38	Catherine	92
38	Grace	92
40	Emma	90
40	Genevieve	90
40	Stella	90
43	Bessie	89
43	Eva	89
43	Pearl	89
46	Alma	88
47	Kathleen	87
48	Florence	84
49	Rose	83
50	Katherine	81
51	Clara	78
52	Wilma	77
53	Freda	76
54	Nancy	75
54	Violet	75
56	Gertrude	74
57	Goldie	71
58	Julia	69
59	Kathryn	68
60	Beatrice	67
61	Eleanor	66
61	Marjorie	66
63	Georgia	65
64	Bernice	64
65	Sylvia	63
66	Ida	62
66	Mae	62
68	Maxine	61
68	Minnie	61
70	Esther	59
70	June	59
72	Charlotte	58
72	Lena	58
74	Ada	57
74	Blanche	57
76	Agnes	56
76	Ann	56
76	Ella	56
76	Madeline	56
80	Jessie	54
81	Laura	53
82	Geneva	52
82	Naomi	52
84	Lucy	51
85	Marguerite	50
86	Olive	49
86	Vivian	49
88	Geraldine	47
89	Wanda	46
90	Nina	45
90	Velma	45
92	Annie	44
92	Erma	44
92	Iva	44
92	Nora	44
96	Daisy	43
96	Dora	43
96	Ellen	43
96	Lois	43
100	Jane	42
100	Viola	42