Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,379
2	Virginia	633
3	Helen	597
4	Margaret	438
5	Ruth	395
6	Dorothy	352
7	Mildred	349
8	Frances	256
9	Betty	253
9	Elizabeth	253
11	Anna	247
12	Ruby	239
13	Edith	217
13	Evelyn	217
13	Thelma	217
16	Pauline	197
17	Hazel	193
18	Gladys	192
19	Irene	186
20	Ethel	180
21	Lillian	174
22	Martha	172
23	Juanita	167
24	Edna	166
25	Marie	165

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	141
27	Lucille	140
28	Nellie	139
29	Alice	133
29	Violet	133
31	Opal	132
32	Maxine	122
33	Mabel	120
34	Beulah	119
35	Eva	113
36	Catherine	109
37	Geraldine	107
37	Josephine	107
39	Kathleen	104
40	Myrtle	101
41	Rose	100
42	Stella	98
43	Pearl	95
44	Freda	94
45	Emma	93
46	Katherine	92
47	June	91
48	Elsie	90
48	Marjorie	90
50	Clara	89
50	Grace	89
50	Sarah	89
53	Goldie	88
54	Florence	86
54	Lena	86
56	Alma	85
57	Beatrice	84
57	Eleanor	84
57	Georgia	84
60	Wanda	83
60	Wilma	83
62	Jean	82
63	Bessie	78
64	Vivian	76
65	Bertha	74
66	Ida	73
66	Kathryn	73
68	Agnes	72
68	Gertrude	72
68	Naomi	72
71	Bernice	71
72	Geneva	69
72	Sylvia	69
74	Mae	68
74	Nancy	68
74	Norma	68
77	Audrey	67
78	Doris	65
79	Jessie	64
79	Laura	64
81	Viola	62
82	Julia	60
83	Hilda	58
83	Leona	58
83	Madeline	58
86	Velma	57
87	Erma	56
88	Genevieve	55
88	Marguerite	55
90	Lucy	54
91	Ada	53
92	Ann	51
93	Ella	50
93	Esther	50
95	Charlotte	49
95	Nora	49
97	Garnet	46
98	Phyllis	45
99	Blanche	44
99	Minnie	44