Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,287
2	Betty	1,182
3	Helen	472
4	Dorothy	425
5	Virginia	366
6	Margaret	356
7	Ruth	332
8	Doris	299
9	Anna	271
10	Evelyn	224
11	Mildred	221
12	Frances	209
13	Phyllis	195
14	Barbara	189
15	Patricia	186
16	Norma	181
17	Wanda	178
18	Elizabeth	175
18	Thelma	175
20	Ruby	162
21	Jean	150
22	Juanita	147
23	Martha	146
24	Lois	141
25	Edith	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	135
27	Pauline	134
28	Nancy	133
29	Wilma	129
30	Alice	126
31	Hazel	124
32	Geraldine	119
33	Joan	117
34	Emma	116
35	Gladys	110
36	Maxine	109
37	Louise	99
37	Marie	99
39	Kathleen	98
40	Violet	95
41	June	94
41	Peggy	94
43	Irene	93
44	Clara	92
45	Lillian	89
46	Eva	88
47	Rose	87
48	Ethel	85
49	Geneva	83
50	Dolores	81
50	Joyce	81
50	Opal	81
53	Catherine	77
53	Sarah	77
55	Beulah	76
56	Naomi	75
57	Nellie	72
58	Alma	71
58	Marjorie	71
60	Sylvia	69
61	Freda	68
61	Grace	68
63	Eleanor	65
63	Shirley	65
65	Billie	64
65	Gloria	64
65	Jo	64
65	Josephine	64
65	Lucille	64
70	Audrey	61
70	Myrtle	61
72	Carolyn	60
72	Joann	60
74	Ella	59
74	Elsie	59
76	Bonnie	57
76	Charlotte	57
78	Ramona	56
79	Lena	55
80	Pearl	54
80	Velma	54
80	Vivian	54
83	Florence	53
83	Katherine	53
85	Bernice	52
86	Jane	51
86	Laura	51
88	Ann	50
88	Beatrice	50
88	Janice	50
88	Julia	50
92	Delores	49
92	Erma	49
92	Loretta	49
92	Mabel	49
92	Roberta	49
97	Bessie	48
97	Janet	48
99	Bertha	47
99	Lucy	47