Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,437
2	Betty	1,036
3	Helen	635
4	Dorothy	488
5	Virginia	471
6	Margaret	426
7	Ruth	373
8	Anna	300
9	Mildred	281
10	Frances	257
11	Elizabeth	253
12	Ruby	218
13	Evelyn	198
14	Thelma	196
15	Martha	195
16	Doris	187
17	Alice	181
18	Pauline	179
19	Wanda	169
20	Edna	164
20	Hazel	164
22	Juanita	160
23	Louise	159
24	Jean	156
24	Norma	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	153
27	Irene	152
28	Ethel	142
29	Wilma	135
30	Phyllis	134
31	Gladys	131
32	Maxine	124
33	Marie	122
34	Nellie	118
35	Lucille	117
36	Emma	114
37	Lillian	113
38	Geraldine	109
38	Kathleen	109
40	Violet	108
41	Josephine	106
41	Nancy	106
43	Marjorie	105
44	Clara	103
45	Eva	101
46	Opal	100
46	Rose	100
48	Gloria	95
49	Barbara	94
50	Naomi	93
51	June	92
51	Lois	92
51	Myrtle	92
54	Geneva	90
55	Sylvia	89
56	Beatrice	87
57	Audrey	86
57	Eleanor	86
59	Alma	84
60	Beulah	83
60	Elsie	83
60	Julia	83
60	Mabel	83
64	Freda	82
65	Catherine	81
66	Sarah	76
67	Bernice	73
68	Grace	72
68	Katherine	72
68	Pearl	72
71	Charlotte	70
72	Patricia	69
73	Bertha	68
74	Lena	67
74	Lucy	67
76	Goldie	65
77	Ida	64
78	Bessie	63
78	Peggy	63
80	Genevieve	62
80	Leona	62
82	Ann	61
83	Laura	59
84	Ella	57
84	Florence	57
84	Margie	57
87	Minnie	56
88	Ellen	55
89	Hilda	54
90	Ada	53
90	Agnes	53
90	Bonnie	53
93	Kathryn	52
93	Nina	52
95	Shirley	51
95	Vera	51
95	Wilda	51
98	Jane	50
98	Joan	50
98	Stella	50