Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,466
2	Betty	1,114
3	Helen	577
4	Virginia	493
5	Dorothy	480
6	Margaret	429
7	Ruth	389
8	Anna	304
9	Mildred	293
10	Frances	252
11	Doris	251
12	Elizabeth	241
13	Evelyn	228
14	Ruby	227
15	Martha	206
16	Wanda	187
17	Juanita	176
18	Pauline	174
19	Alice	172
20	Thelma	167
21	Edith	165
22	Jean	163
23	Gladys	160
23	Norma	160
25	Hazel	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	143
26	Phyllis	143
28	Patricia	142
29	Edna	136
29	Louise	136
31	Marie	133
32	Irene	132
33	Wilma	129
34	Ethel	122
35	Violet	119
36	Barbara	115
36	Maxine	115
38	Catherine	111
38	Emma	111
40	Lillian	108
40	Lucille	108
42	Rose	107
43	Kathleen	105
44	Geraldine	103
44	Marjorie	103
46	Nancy	102
47	Freda	93
48	Opal	90
49	Beulah	88
49	Eva	88
51	Eleanor	86
52	Clara	84
52	Nellie	84
54	Katherine	82
54	Sarah	82
56	Beatrice	81
56	Geneva	81
56	Joyce	81
59	June	80
60	Bernice	79
61	Florence	77
62	Charlotte	75
62	Gloria	75
62	Josephine	75
62	Peggy	75
66	Audrey	74
67	Naomi	73
68	Elsie	72
68	Myrtle	72
68	Sylvia	72
68	Velma	72
72	Alma	69
72	Mabel	69
74	Joan	67
75	Julia	66
76	Bessie	65
77	Agnes	63
77	Genevieve	63
77	Grace	63
77	Jessie	63
77	Laura	63
82	Bonnie	62
82	Ida	62
84	Imogene	61
85	Bertha	60
86	Ella	58
86	Kathryn	58
88	Dora	57
89	Erma	56
90	Hilda	55
90	Margie	55
90	Pearl	55
93	Ann	53
93	Goldie	53
93	Madeline	53
96	Nina	52
96	Viola	52
96	Vivian	52
99	Georgia	51
99	Rosemary	51