Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,522
2	Betty	652
3	Helen	645
4	Virginia	583
5	Margaret	510
6	Ruth	473
7	Dorothy	469
8	Mildred	360
9	Anna	326
10	Elizabeth	311
11	Ruby	305
12	Evelyn	264
13	Frances	262
14	Thelma	216
15	Martha	210
16	Juanita	199
17	Pauline	198
18	Hazel	190
19	Edith	189
20	Gladys	176
21	Irene	171
22	Doris	166
23	Alice	163
24	Ethel	154
24	Lillian	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kathleen	152
27	Louise	144
28	Nellie	141
29	Wanda	140
30	Edna	139
31	Marie	137
31	Maxine	137
33	Marjorie	135
34	Lucille	134
35	Opal	133
36	Violet	132
37	Jean	120
38	Elsie	114
39	Catherine	113
40	Geraldine	111
40	Mabel	111
42	Josephine	109
43	Emma	107
43	Myrtle	107
45	Rose	105
46	Clara	104
46	Eva	104
48	Norma	103
49	Eleanor	98
50	Grace	97
50	Sarah	97
52	Wilma	93
53	June	92
54	Bertha	90
55	Sylvia	86
56	Bessie	85
56	Lois	85
58	Beulah	84
58	Freda	84
60	Katherine	83
61	Beatrice	82
61	Phyllis	82
63	Nancy	81
64	Alma	80
64	Bernice	80
66	Margie	79
66	Pearl	79
68	Vivian	77
69	Florence	76
70	Gertrude	74
70	Goldie	74
72	Geneva	73
73	Agnes	72
73	Georgia	72
73	Laura	72
76	Madeline	71
76	Naomi	71
78	Ann	68
78	Charlotte	68
78	Julia	68
81	Leona	67
82	Lena	66
83	Ella	63
83	Genevieve	63
83	Hilda	63
83	Lucy	63
83	Velma	63
88	Barbara	62
88	Jane	62
88	Stella	62
91	Esther	61
92	Ada	59
93	Ida	55
94	Audrey	53
94	Wilda	53
96	Cora	52
96	Nina	52
98	Kathryn	50
99	Annie	48
99	Ellen	48
99	Vera	48