Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,129
2	Betty	860
3	Shirley	820
4	Barbara	576
5	Patricia	472
6	Nancy	376
7	Phyllis	305
8	Margaret	288
9	Helen	277
10	Janet	261
11	Ruth	246
12	Carol	235
12	Norma	235
14	Virginia	225
15	Dorothy	218
16	Frances	216
17	Anna	213
18	Carolyn	211
19	Martha	202
20	Doris	195
21	Peggy	189
22	Wanda	184
23	Joyce	175
24	Elizabeth	172
25	Donna	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	140
27	Linda	139
28	Shelby	136
29	Lois	132
30	Joan	129
31	Jo	124
32	Loretta	123
33	Alice	120
33	Delores	120
35	Ruby	119
35	Sandra	119
37	Thelma	115
38	Charlotte	111
39	Joann	110
39	Mildred	110
39	Wilma	110
42	Evelyn	108
43	Jean	107
44	Sylvia	106
45	Rose	103
46	Gloria	95
47	Emma	94
47	Juanita	94
49	Deloris	92
49	Patsy	92
51	Eleanor	91
51	Patty	91
53	Hazel	87
53	Sue	87
55	Judith	86
56	Edna	84
57	Beverly	80
58	Bonnie	79
59	Violet	78
60	Dolores	76
60	Geraldine	76
62	Gladys	71
63	Edith	70
64	Naomi	68
65	Jane	67
65	Sarah	67
67	Clara	65
67	Louise	65
67	Pauline	65
70	Ann	63
71	Freda	62
72	Ethel	60
72	Nellie	60
74	Ellen	59
74	Sally	59
76	Jacqueline	57
76	Marilyn	57
78	Carole	56
78	Lillian	56
80	Margie	54
81	Alma	53
81	Elsie	53
81	Yvonne	53
84	Marie	51
84	Marlene	51
86	Ella	50
86	Eva	50
86	Roberta	50
89	Catherine	49
89	Maxine	49
89	Sharon	49
92	Kathryn	46
93	Irene	45
93	Josephine	45
93	Nina	45
96	Anita	44
96	Bertha	44
96	Julia	44
96	Katherine	44
96	Kay	44
96	Lucille	44