State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1910 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,719 West Virginia births in 1910 across 343 distinct names.

Distinctively West Virginia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say West Virginia more than they say America.

#54Alvaoutside the national top 200
#72Alonzooutside the national top 200
#68Kermit#193 nationally
#81Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#82Virgieoutside the national top 200
#82Boydoutside the national top 200
#84Daleoutside the national top 200
#77Freda#193 nationally
#85Forestoutside the national top 200
#28Goldie#139 nationally
#98Hallieoutside the national top 200
#98Edisonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary380US #1
#2Virginia144US #29
#3Helen124US #2
#4Ruth118US #5
#5Margaret115US #3
#6Thelma90US #25
#7Gladys89US #15
#8Anna88US #6
#9Ethel88US #13
#10Hazel88US #24
#11Elizabeth86US #7
#12Mildred84US #8
#13Nellie81US #51
#14Dorothy75US #4
#15Mabel75US #46
#16Edith71US #35
#17Evelyn67US #17
#18Opal67US #87
#19Ruby67US #27
#20Edna63US #18
#21Grace63US #23
#22Clara57US #32
#23Marie55US #9
#24Pearl55US #39
#25Lillian54US #14
#26Martha54US #28
#27Elsie53US #44
#28Goldie52US #139
#29Bessie51US #37
#30Myrtle51US #43
#31Beulah50US #82
#32Bertha49US #33
#33Eva49US #45
#34Frances48US #11
#35Florence46US #12
#36Alice45US #10
#37Irene41US #21
#38Josephine38US #30
#39Pauline38US #42
#40Louise36US #20
#41Blanche35US #74
#42Violet35US #89
#43Sarah34US #40
#44Georgia33US #91
#45Julia33US #49
#46Beatrice32US #36
#47Catherine32US #22
#48Ida32US #47
#49Mae32US #65
#50Ada31US #94
#51Genevieve31US #98
#52Laura31US #53
#53Lucille31US #31
#54Minnie31US #50
#55Emma30US #34
#56Gertrude30US #26
#57Hattie30US #73
#58Jessie30US #63
#59Stella30US #72
#60Alma29US #61
#61Katherine29US #57
#62Lucy29US #75
#63Sylvia29US #92
#64Bernice28US #58
#65Sadie28US #100
#66Rose27US #16
#67Viola26US #48
#68Cora25US #85
#69Nancy25US #105
#70Agnes24US #41
#71Carrie24US #70
#72Nora23US #111
#73Betty22US #69
#74Rosa22US #83
#75Daisy21US #101
#76Esther21US #38
#77Freda21US #193
#78Geneva21US #117
#79Inez21US #97
#80Lena21US #66
#81Lillie21US #54
#82Virgie21
#83Annie20US #19
#84Erma20US #140
#85Fannie20US #78
#86Hilda20US #109
#87Kathryn20US #80
#88Lula20US #93
#89Flora19US #108
#90Kathleen19US #131
#91Marguerite19US #84
#92Audrey18US #162
#93Dora18US #103
#94Geraldine18US #148
#95Mamie18US #86
#96Nina18US #160
#97Elva17US #194
#98Hallie17
#99Vivian17US #107
#100Ella16US #62

Boys

#1William151US #3
#2James134US #2
#3John125US #1
#4Charles95US #7
#5Robert70US #4
#6George68US #5
#7Joseph45US #6
#8Harry43US #16
#9Frank41US #8
#10Edward38US #9
#11Walter37US #13
#12Howard34US #27
#13Clarence33US #20
#14Fred32US #22
#15Paul32US #15
#16Thomas29US #12
#17Earl28US #33
#18Ralph28US #28
#19Russell27US #58
#20Harold26US #18
#21Roy26US #29
#22Raymond24US #19
#23Albert23US #14
#24Carl23US #26
#25Henry23US #10
#26Eugene22US #39
#27Willie21US #11
#28Donald19US #44
#29Samuel19US #32
#30Arthur18US #17
#31Cecil18US #77
#32Jack18US #23
#33Richard18US #21
#34Ernest17US #31
#35Herbert17US #41
#36Ray16US #68
#37Melvin14US #75
#38Clifford13US #66
#39Kenneth13US #43
#40Leonard13US #46
#41Chester12US #61
#42Joe12US #25
#43Lawrence12US #35
#44Lester12US #64
#45Norman12US #63
#46David11US #30
#47Homer11US #98
#48Jesse11US #60
#49Louis11US #24
#50Luther11US #87
#51Hubert10US #106
#52Lewis10US #65
#53Theodore10US #54
#54Alva9
#55Arnold9US #126
#56Claude9US #78
#57Clyde9US #57
#58Elmer9US #48
#59Floyd9US #55
#60Francis9US #36
#61Herman9US #52
#62Alfred8US #38
#63Charlie8US #34
#64Curtis8US #114
#65Daniel8US #53
#66Edgar8US #80
#67Everett8US #88
#68Kermit8US #193
#69Sam8US #40
#70Wayne8US #141
#71Wilbur8US #104
#72Alonzo7
#73Edwin7US #71
#74Frederick7US #69
#75Gilbert7US #116
#76Glen7US #165
#77Lee7US #49
#78Leroy7US #50
#79Leslie7US #102
#80Virgil7US #111
#81Aubrey6
#82Boyd6
#83Charley6US #167
#84Dale6
#85Forest6
#86Gerald6US #105
#87Glenn6US #97
#88Ira6US #138
#89Lloyd6US #67
#90Michael6US #45
#91Oliver6US #103
#92Oscar6US #73
#93Philip6US #83
#94Stanley6US #47
#95Aaron5US #187
#96Calvin5US #153
#97Earnest5US #128
#98Edison5
#99Estel5
#100Ezra5

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.