Most popular girls’ names in West Virginia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,046
2	Betty	624
3	Barbara	609
4	Patricia	558
5	Shirley	480
6	Nancy	462
7	Linda	412
8	Carolyn	348
9	Judith	346
10	Carol	309
11	Sandra	307
12	Phyllis	294
13	Janet	276
14	Margaret	272
15	Helen	240
16	Joyce	231
17	Dorothy	229
18	Wanda	226
19	Ruth	225
20	Anna	193
21	Frances	192
22	Norma	191
23	Virginia	183
24	Elizabeth	179
25	Doris	176

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brenda	174
27	Judy	170
28	Janice	167
29	Martha	162
30	Donna	161
31	Bonnie	159
32	Alice	152
33	Peggy	139
34	Lois	136
35	Charlotte	130
36	Loretta	126
37	Sharon	125
38	Gloria	117
39	Juanita	109
40	Delores	98
40	Joan	98
42	Jo	97
43	Rebecca	96
44	Jean	94
45	Thelma	93
46	Evelyn	91
46	Mildred	91
46	Patty	91
49	Connie	89
50	Eleanor	87
51	Sue	85
51	Wilma	85
53	Rose	83
54	Sylvia	80
55	Emma	77
55	Ruby	77
57	Patsy	76
58	Geraldine	75
59	Sarah	69
60	Edith	68
61	Jane	67
61	Karen	67
63	Edna	66
63	Joann	66
65	Ann	65
66	Ethel	64
67	Julia	63
68	Beverly	62
69	Ellen	61
70	Lillian	60
71	Hazel	59
72	Clara	58
73	Sally	56
74	Alma	55
74	Shelby	55
76	Carole	54
77	Susan	52
78	Freda	51
79	Rita	50
80	Dolores	49
80	Glenna	49
82	Anita	48
82	Kay	48
82	Marie	48
85	Deloris	47
85	Irene	47
85	June	47
88	Gladys	46
89	Ella	45
89	Laura	45
89	Naomi	45
89	Nellie	45
93	Sara	43
94	Marilyn	42
94	Marjorie	42
94	Pauline	42
97	Catherine	41
97	Deanna	41
97	Geneva	41
97	Opal	41
97	Violet	41