Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,541
2	Virginia	674
3	Helen	663
4	Ruth	479
5	Margaret	471
6	Dorothy	435
7	Betty	419
8	Mildred	339
9	Anna	313
10	Frances	247
11	Elizabeth	243
12	Ruby	239
13	Evelyn	234
14	Edith	225
14	Martha	225
14	Thelma	225
17	Pauline	211
18	Juanita	210
19	Gladys	196
20	Hazel	195
21	Opal	170
22	Irene	163
23	Lucille	155
24	Louise	154
25	Alice	150

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Lillian	150
27	Edna	149
28	Marie	147
29	Doris	133
29	Ethel	133
29	Maxine	133
32	Beulah	130
33	Kathleen	128
34	Mabel	127
35	Geraldine	120
36	Nellie	115
37	Marjorie	113
38	Myrtle	111
39	Eva	109
40	Rose	108
40	Wanda	108
42	Violet	106
43	Beatrice	100
44	Jean	98
45	Sarah	96
45	Wilma	96
47	June	95
48	Freda	94
49	Josephine	90
50	Julia	89
50	Norma	89
52	Alma	88
53	Catherine	87
53	Emma	87
53	Katherine	87
56	Clara	86
56	Grace	86
58	Nancy	84
59	Eleanor	83
60	Bertha	82
60	Sylvia	82
62	Elsie	80
63	Bessie	79
64	Pearl	78
65	Florence	76
65	Goldie	76
65	Madeline	76
68	Phyllis	74
69	Kathryn	73
69	Margie	73
71	Lucy	72
72	Lena	71
73	Bernice	69
74	Stella	67
75	Agnes	66
76	Ann	65
76	Geneva	65
76	Lois	65
79	Ada	64
79	Esther	64
79	Hilda	64
82	Ida	63
83	Laura	62
84	Charlotte	61
84	Minnie	61
86	Vivian	60
87	Audrey	58
87	Ella	58
87	Georgia	58
87	Naomi	58
91	Genevieve	57
91	Leona	57
93	Barbara	54
94	Jane	51
94	Nina	51
94	Velma	51
97	Marguerite	50
97	Vera	50
99	Gertrude	49
99	Jessie	49
99	Olive	49
99	Viola	49