Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,220
2	Virginia	604
3	Helen	519
4	Ruth	456
5	Margaret	401
6	Mildred	349
7	Dorothy	338
8	Anna	244
8	Ruby	244
10	Elizabeth	242
11	Frances	232
12	Edith	228
13	Thelma	225
14	Gladys	215
15	Pauline	203
16	Hazel	200
17	Ethel	185
18	Edna	178
19	Evelyn	177
19	Lillian	177
21	Irene	173
21	Martha	173
23	Louise	158
24	Marie	155
25	Betty	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Opal	144
27	Nellie	142
28	Mabel	135
29	Alice	124
30	Lucille	122
31	Pearl	119
32	Juanita	115
33	Clara	112
34	Eva	101
35	Bessie	99
35	Elsie	99
35	Maxine	99
35	Rose	99
39	Emma	98
40	Kathleen	97
41	Myrtle	96
42	Violet	94
43	Freda	92
44	Grace	91
44	Sarah	91
46	Beulah	90
46	Kathryn	90
48	Eleanor	88
49	Josephine	86
50	Bertha	85
50	Florence	85
52	Catherine	83
52	Jessie	83
54	Marjorie	81
55	Sylvia	78
56	Gertrude	76
57	Julia	75
57	Katherine	75
57	Laura	75
60	Wilma	74
61	Beatrice	72
61	Georgia	72
61	Goldie	72
64	Bernice	71
65	Agnes	70
66	Alma	69
66	Ann	69
66	Genevieve	69
66	Geraldine	69
66	Nancy	69
71	Lena	68
72	Esther	66
73	Geneva	63
73	June	63
75	Ada	62
76	Viola	61
77	Doris	60
78	Jean	59
78	Marguerite	59
80	Ella	58
80	Madeline	58
80	Naomi	58
83	Blanche	57
84	Hilda	55
85	Wanda	54
86	Stella	53
86	Velma	53
88	Minnie	52
89	Ida	51
89	Lois	51
89	Mae	51
92	Charlotte	49
92	Leona	49
94	Iva	47
94	Olive	47
96	Garnet	46
97	Lucy	45
97	Norma	45
97	Phyllis	45
97	Vivian	45