Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,548
2	Betty	1,044
3	Helen	637
4	Virginia	575
5	Dorothy	561
6	Margaret	466
7	Ruth	437
8	Anna	325
9	Mildred	307
10	Ruby	257
11	Elizabeth	233
12	Frances	231
13	Pauline	210
14	Thelma	207
15	Evelyn	204
16	Doris	198
17	Juanita	190
18	Martha	183
19	Edith	179
20	Edna	177
21	Gladys	172
22	Irene	166
23	Louise	165
24	Wanda	162
25	Maxine	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	160
27	Lillian	152
28	Jean	143
29	Alice	139
30	Marie	137
31	Emma	136
32	Ethel	134
33	Lucille	133
34	June	128
35	Lois	126
36	Norma	123
37	Kathleen	116
37	Marjorie	116
39	Eva	113
40	Eleanor	111
40	Geraldine	111
42	Sarah	108
43	Violet	107
44	Phyllis	106
45	Clara	104
46	Freda	102
47	Nancy	101
48	Myrtle	100
48	Opal	100
50	Alma	99
51	Gloria	94
51	Nellie	94
53	Wilma	93
54	Beulah	90
54	Elsie	90
56	Catherine	89
57	Josephine	87
58	Bernice	85
58	Grace	85
60	Rose	84
61	Mabel	79
61	Margie	79
63	Florence	76
63	Laura	76
65	Beatrice	75
65	Katherine	75
67	Genevieve	74
68	Georgia	72
69	Julia	71
70	Jessie	70
71	Patricia	69
72	Pearl	67
72	Vivian	67
74	Barbara	66
74	Geneva	66
76	Audrey	64
76	Bessie	64
78	Agnes	63
78	Sylvia	63
80	Bertha	60
80	Esther	60
82	Ada	59
82	Ella	59
82	Goldie	59
85	Ida	57
85	Kathryn	57
85	Naomi	57
88	Bonnie	56
88	Erma	56
88	Jane	56
88	Stella	56
88	Viola	56
93	Ann	55
93	Hilda	55
93	Rosa	55
93	Velma	55
97	Blanche	54
97	Leona	54
99	Lucy	53
99	Shirley	53