Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,413
2	Betty	1,267
3	Helen	502
4	Dorothy	444
5	Virginia	403
6	Margaret	366
7	Ruth	363
8	Anna	299
9	Doris	266
10	Mildred	260
11	Elizabeth	228
12	Ruby	221
13	Frances	212
14	Evelyn	208
15	Phyllis	190
16	Thelma	183
17	Alice	175
18	Juanita	172
19	Martha	170
20	Norma	169
21	Wanda	165
22	Pauline	159
23	Barbara	155
24	Irene	151
25	Patricia	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	147
27	Lois	145
28	Jean	144
29	Maxine	130
30	Edna	124
30	Hazel	124
32	Nancy	122
33	Gladys	120
34	Ethel	119
35	Lillian	115
36	Wilma	112
37	Marie	109
38	Eleanor	107
39	Geraldine	105
39	Louise	105
39	Rose	105
42	Kathleen	102
43	Eva	98
44	Marjorie	97
44	Nellie	97
46	Clara	96
47	Violet	94
48	June	91
49	Emma	90
49	Lucille	90
51	Opal	88
52	Mabel	87
53	Peggy	83
54	Josephine	82
55	Alma	81
56	Catherine	79
56	Dolores	79
56	Pearl	79
59	Beulah	78
60	Freda	77
60	Sarah	77
62	Charlotte	76
62	Glenna	76
64	Joyce	75
64	Julia	75
66	Georgia	73
67	Elsie	72
68	Audrey	70
69	Bonnie	69
70	Margie	68
71	Gloria	67
72	Geneva	66
72	Ramona	66
72	Velma	66
75	Bernice	65
75	Joan	65
75	Sylvia	65
78	Katherine	63
78	Naomi	63
80	Billie	62
80	Lena	62
82	Myrtle	61
83	Kathryn	60
83	Vivian	60
85	Florence	59
85	Genevieve	59
87	Beatrice	58
87	Ida	58
87	Laura	58
90	Ella	57
91	Bertha	56
91	Bessie	56
91	Grace	56
94	Jo	55
94	Shirley	55
96	Erma	54
96	Goldie	54
96	Loretta	54
99	Leona	50
100	Agnes	49
100	Esther	49