Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,647
2	Betty	863
3	Helen	693
4	Virginia	612
5	Dorothy	535
6	Margaret	486
7	Ruth	452
8	Anna	358
9	Mildred	326
10	Frances	278
11	Elizabeth	276
12	Evelyn	244
12	Thelma	244
14	Ruby	232
15	Edith	211
16	Juanita	207
17	Gladys	196
17	Martha	196
19	Edna	195
19	Hazel	195
21	Irene	193
22	Pauline	185
23	Lillian	161
24	Alice	157
25	Doris	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	153
27	Ethel	152
28	Maxine	148
29	Lucille	147
30	Wanda	140
31	Norma	135
32	Jean	131
33	Kathleen	128
34	Nellie	122
35	Marjorie	120
35	Sarah	120
37	Geraldine	117
38	Phyllis	116
39	Violet	115
40	Eva	114
40	Marie	114
42	Mabel	113
42	Opal	113
42	Rose	113
45	Josephine	110
46	Beulah	109
47	Elsie	107
48	Emma	106
48	Freda	106
50	Eleanor	105
50	Julia	105
50	Katherine	105
53	Wilma	103
54	Clara	102
55	Nancy	97
56	Lois	96
57	Bertha	92
58	Pearl	91
59	Alma	90
59	Catherine	90
59	Geneva	90
62	Margie	88
63	Grace	86
64	Myrtle	85
65	Naomi	83
66	Lucy	81
67	Bessie	79
68	Laura	78
69	June	76
70	Lena	75
71	Bernice	74
71	Goldie	74
73	Florence	73
74	Charlotte	70
75	Madeline	68
76	Barbara	67
77	Patricia	66
78	Vivian	65
79	Agnes	64
79	Sylvia	64
81	Bonnie	63
81	Stella	63
83	Beatrice	62
83	Genevieve	62
83	Georgia	62
83	Kathryn	62
87	Jessie	61
88	Gertrude	60
88	Leona	60
90	Ellen	59
90	Ida	59
90	Viola	59
93	Audrey	57
93	Dora	57
93	Velma	57
96	Eileen	55
96	Ella	55
96	Jane	55
99	Hilda	54
100	Ada	52