Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,494
2	Helen	659
3	Virginia	637
4	Ruth	518
5	Margaret	490
6	Dorothy	488
7	Betty	351
8	Mildred	341
9	Anna	301
10	Elizabeth	260
11	Frances	256
12	Evelyn	246
13	Thelma	243
14	Ruby	242
15	Pauline	229
16	Hazel	222
17	Irene	215
18	Juanita	212
19	Edith	205
20	Martha	204
21	Gladys	185
22	Alice	178
23	Edna	176
24	Lillian	174
25	Lucille	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ethel	159
27	Louise	152
28	Maxine	146
29	Marie	141
30	Nellie	140
31	Violet	139
32	Marjorie	138
33	Geraldine	132
34	Opal	129
35	Eva	123
36	Josephine	122
37	Kathleen	120
38	Beulah	118
39	Beatrice	109
39	Mabel	109
39	Wilma	109
42	Clara	107
42	Rose	107
44	Wanda	106
45	Elsie	105
46	Alma	98
46	Grace	98
46	Sarah	98
49	Catherine	96
50	Jean	95
51	Emma	94
51	Freda	94
51	Katherine	94
51	Pearl	94
55	June	93
56	Eleanor	91
56	Nancy	91
58	Bessie	89
59	Doris	88
59	Kathryn	88
59	Myrtle	88
62	Norma	87
63	Bertha	85
63	Genevieve	85
65	Julia	81
66	Bernice	79
66	Gertrude	79
68	Goldie	77
68	Vivian	77
70	Naomi	73
71	Ada	72
71	Florence	72
71	Geneva	72
74	Agnes	71
74	Leona	71
76	Georgia	70
76	Lucy	70
76	Sylvia	70
79	Lena	69
80	Laura	67
80	Madeline	67
82	Audrey	65
82	Marguerite	65
82	Phyllis	65
85	Esther	63
86	Ann	60
87	Jane	58
87	Lois	58
87	Margie	58
87	Stella	58
91	Velma	57
92	Cora	55
92	Ida	55
92	Viola	55
95	Charlotte	54
95	Dora	54
97	Mae	52
98	Ella	51
99	Alberta	50
99	Olive	50