Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,225
2	Virginia	537
3	Helen	510
4	Ruth	401
5	Margaret	398
6	Dorothy	319
7	Mildred	305
8	Anna	259
9	Edith	236
10	Elizabeth	229
11	Frances	225
12	Ruby	217
13	Evelyn	197
14	Pauline	193
15	Betty	190
15	Gladys	190
17	Edna	178
18	Ethel	176
19	Hazel	175
20	Thelma	174
21	Marie	158
22	Martha	156
23	Lucille	145
24	Irene	142
24	Lillian	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nellie	140
27	Louise	139
28	Opal	133
29	Alice	130
30	Violet	125
31	Juanita	118
32	Grace	117
33	Mabel	115
34	Elsie	109
35	Eva	105
36	Sarah	104
37	Beulah	102
38	Kathleen	94
39	Clara	90
40	Josephine	89
41	Catherine	88
42	Geraldine	87
43	Freda	86
44	Myrtle	85
44	Pearl	85
46	Emma	84
47	Maxine	83
47	Rose	83
49	Bessie	82
50	Bertha	81
50	Marjorie	81
52	Lena	80
53	Julia	79
54	Genevieve	78
55	Beatrice	77
55	Jean	77
57	Stella	74
57	Wilma	74
59	Alma	73
59	Nancy	73
61	Katherine	71
62	Florence	70
62	Jessie	70
64	Goldie	69
64	Kathryn	69
66	Gertrude	66
66	Sylvia	66
68	Agnes	64
68	Doris	64
70	Esther	63
71	Eleanor	61
72	Ann	60
72	Madeline	60
74	Georgia	58
74	Ida	58
74	June	58
74	Vivian	58
78	Bernice	57
78	Lucy	57
80	Wanda	56
81	Minnie	54
82	Ada	53
82	Geneva	53
82	Laura	53
85	Vera	52
86	Marguerite	49
87	Mae	48
88	Audrey	46
88	Blanche	46
88	Ellen	46
88	Naomi	46
92	Carrie	45
92	Ella	45
94	Garnet	44
95	Charlotte	43
95	Jane	43
97	Alberta	42
98	Viola	41
99	Nora	40
99	Olive	40