Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,164
2	Betty	1,040
3	Barbara	452
4	Helen	378
5	Patricia	355
6	Dorothy	323
7	Margaret	295
8	Nancy	292
9	Phyllis	291
10	Shirley	275
11	Doris	262
12	Norma	260
13	Anna	248
14	Virginia	242
15	Ruth	233
16	Frances	210
17	Wanda	199
18	Martha	188
19	Janet	173
20	Lois	162
21	Joyce	159
22	Peggy	158
23	Elizabeth	152
24	Alice	151
25	Donna	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	142
27	Joan	141
28	Jean	135
29	Juanita	132
30	Ruby	131
31	Thelma	127
32	Mildred	119
33	Wilma	115
34	Carolyn	112
35	Edna	110
36	Jo	108
37	Hazel	107
38	Carol	103
39	Delores	102
40	Patty	100
41	Charlotte	99
42	Joann	97
43	Dolores	96
43	Loretta	96
45	Eleanor	95
46	Lillian	94
47	Bonnie	91
47	Geraldine	91
49	Pauline	87
50	Eva	86
51	Sylvia	85
52	Clara	84
52	Gladys	84
52	Maxine	84
55	Emma	83
55	June	83
57	Edith	82
58	Irene	81
58	Janice	81
60	Ethel	80
61	Freda	78
61	Violet	78
63	Deloris	77
64	Marie	76
65	Ann	74
65	Naomi	74
67	Patsy	72
67	Rose	72
69	Marjorie	71
70	Ella	68
70	Gloria	68
72	Alma	65
73	Nellie	64
74	Sarah	63
75	Josephine	61
76	Billie	60
77	Sue	58
78	Jane	57
79	Kathleen	56
79	Louise	56
81	Bernice	53
82	Bertha	52
82	Glenna	52
82	Lucille	52
85	Beatrice	51
85	Beulah	51
87	Catherine	50
87	Myrtle	50
89	Opal	49
89	Vera	49
91	Laura	48
91	Pearl	48
93	Elsie	47
93	Jacqueline	47
93	Sally	47
93	Velma	47
97	Leona	45
98	Ellen	44
98	Erma	44
98	Margie	44