Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,183
2	Betty	1,157
3	Helen	387
4	Barbara	347
5	Dorothy	342
6	Patricia	304
7	Margaret	285
8	Anna	279
9	Ruth	275
10	Phyllis	257
11	Virginia	252
12	Norma	244
13	Doris	233
14	Nancy	207
15	Lois	177
16	Elizabeth	175
16	Martha	175
18	Joan	162
18	Wanda	162
20	Evelyn	161
20	Frances	161
22	Jean	157
23	Mildred	149
24	Alice	148
25	Ruby	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	140
27	Juanita	134
28	Peggy	129
29	Edna	115
30	Joyce	110
31	Shirley	107
32	Edith	105
32	Janet	105
34	Dolores	103
34	Pauline	103
36	Delores	102
36	Wilma	102
38	Louise	100
39	Joann	98
40	Jo	96
41	Clara	95
42	Violet	91
43	Emma	90
44	Bonnie	89
45	Geraldine	88
46	Ethel	87
47	Charlotte	82
47	Hazel	82
49	Gladys	80
49	Gloria	80
49	Loretta	80
52	June	78
53	Eleanor	76
53	Marjorie	76
55	Donna	75
55	Maxine	75
57	Sarah	72
58	Carol	71
59	Freda	70
59	Irene	70
59	Rose	70
62	Patty	68
63	Alma	65
63	Nellie	65
65	Opal	64
66	Naomi	63
67	Lillian	62
68	Carolyn	60
69	Ann	59
69	Kathleen	59
69	Patsy	59
72	Eva	58
72	Janice	58
72	Marie	58
75	Deloris	57
76	Bertha	56
76	Beulah	56
76	Elsie	56
76	Jacqueline	56
76	Sylvia	56
81	Geneva	55
81	Lucille	55
83	Catherine	53
84	Bernice	52
84	Billie	52
84	Laura	52
87	Glenna	51
87	Pearl	51
89	Vivian	50
89	Wilda	50
91	Ella	49
91	Ellen	49
91	Joanne	49
91	Myrtle	49
95	Julia	48
95	Leona	48
97	Audrey	47
97	Beatrice	47
99	Bessie	46
99	Josephine	46
99	Mabel	46