State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1912 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,951 West Virginia births in 1912 across 475 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.

#51Delbert#180 nationally
#74Basiloutside the national top 200
#75Dennisoutside the national top 200
#37Goldie#158 nationally
#77Wilbert#198 nationally
#80Denveroutside the national top 200
#84Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#60Freda#173 nationally
#68Iva#179 nationally
#92Charley#200 nationally
#97Tedoutside the national top 200
#81Wanda#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary519US #1
#2Virginia248US #20
#3Helen176US #2
#4Ruth169US #5
#5Mildred161US #6
#6Margaret153US #4
#7Hazel145US #25
#8Elizabeth142US #8
#9Anna138US #7
#10Gladys130US #19
#11Thelma129US #26
#12Dorothy121US #3
#13Ruby106US #23
#14Nellie98US #59
#15Edna97US #16
#16Opal94US #85
#17Edith91US #31
#18Ethel87US #18
#19Mabel87US #46
#20Frances80US #9
#21Evelyn73US #13
#22Bertha71US #36
#23Bessie69US #43
#24Pearl69US #54
#25Irene68US #22
#26Marie68US #10
#27Pauline68US #38
#28Alice67US #11
#29Grace67US #24
#30Lillian67US #14
#31Elsie65US #42
#32Beulah64US #80
#33Eva58US #49
#34Martha58US #29
#35Julia56US #44
#36Myrtle56US #50
#37Goldie55US #158
#38Louise55US #17
#39Alma53US #62
#40Lucille53US #32
#41Minnie51US #60
#42Violet51US #83
#43Rose50US #15
#44Clara49US #34
#45Gertrude49US #30
#46Laura48US #57
#47Ida45US #45
#48Catherine44US #21
#49Sarah44US #41
#50Katherine41US #53
#51Georgia40US #101
#52Emma39US #35
#53Lena39US #72
#54Jessie38US #65
#55Josephine38US #28
#56Agnes37US #40
#57Juanita37US #103
#58Blanche34US #75
#59Florence34US #12
#60Freda34US #173
#61Stella34US #73
#62Wilma34US #99
#63Carrie33US #82
#64Kathryn33US #71
#65Sylvia32US #77
#66Ada30US #96
#67Genevieve29US #92
#68Iva29US #179
#69Mae29US #74
#70Viola29US #52
#71Vivian29US #84
#72Dora28US #110
#73Bernice27US #51
#74Cora27US #98
#75Kathleen27US #118
#76Lucy27US #78
#77Audrey26US #145
#78Beatrice26US #37
#79Betty26US #66
#80Lula26US #107
#81Wanda26US #181
#82Annie25US #27
#83Daisy25US #112
#84Ella25US #69
#85Geneva25US #116
#86Nancy25US #108
#87Mamie24US #95
#88Doris23US #48
#89Maude23US #169
#90Nora23US #130
#91Sadie23US #114
#92Susie23US #120
#93Esther22US #33
#94Marjorie22US #56
#95Naomi22US #132
#96Eleanor21US #39
#97Leona21US #76
#98Lola21US #127
#99Nettie21US #143
#100Olive21US #131

Boys

#1James328US #3
#2William280US #2
#3John265US #1
#4Charles222US #7
#5Robert184US #4
#6George134US #6
#7Harry117US #16
#8Joseph109US #5
#9Paul84US #14
#10Clarence78US #21
#11Edward78US #8
#12Carl77US #24
#13Frank77US #9
#14Woodrow72US #46
#15Howard71US #25
#16Thomas70US #10
#17Roy66US #31
#18Harold64US #13
#19Ralph60US #23
#20Walter55US #11
#21Earl54US #34
#22Fred52US #26
#23Henry51US #12
#24Richard50US #19
#25Eugene47US #41
#26Raymond46US #18
#27Albert43US #17
#28Lawrence43US #38
#29Arthur39US #15
#30Clyde37US #65
#31Ernest37US #32
#32Ray36US #77
#33Herman35US #50
#34Herbert34US #39
#35David32US #29
#36Russell32US #56
#37Elmer31US #47
#38Lewis30US #68
#39Cecil29US #76
#40Bernard28US #60
#41Leonard28US #45
#42Jack27US #28
#43Kenneth26US #33
#44Samuel26US #30
#45Clifford25US #62
#46Donald25US #27
#47Louis25US #20
#48Theodore25US #52
#49Virgil25US #111
#50Andrew24US #44
#51Delbert24US #180
#52Homer24US #98
#53Lester23US #58
#54Anthony22US #37
#55Chester22US #55
#56Luther22US #114
#57Michael22US #42
#58Floyd21US #59
#59Jesse21US #74
#60Joe21US #36
#61Everett20US #96
#62Wilbur20US #92
#63Glenn19US #84
#64Edgar18US #85
#65Lee18US #78
#66Lloyd18US #70
#67Glen17US #139
#68Guy17US #140
#69Marvin17US #83
#70Norman16US #61
#71Stanley16US #43
#72Wilson16US #131
#73Alfred15US #40
#74Basil15
#75Dennis15
#76Francis15US #35
#77Wilbert15US #198
#78Willie15US #22
#79Daniel14US #53
#80Denver14
#81Frederick14US #51
#82Hubert14US #122
#83Oscar14US #73
#84Roscoe14
#85Victor14US #81
#86Willard14US #105
#87Benjamin13US #67
#88Irvin13US #170
#89Leon13US #79
#90Martin13US #75
#91Mike13US #144
#92Charley12US #200
#93Charlie12US #57
#94Gerald12US #87
#95Jacob12US #110
#96Orville12US #136
#97Ted12
#98Leo11US #49
#99Leslie11US #108
#100Melvin11US #71

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑58Woodrow#14
↑40Theodore#48
↑29Jack#42
↑26Anthony#54
↑24Herman#33
↑23Cora#74
↑21Juanita#57
↑20Ida#47

Falling

↓40Melvin#100
↓31Beatrice#78
↓30Hubert#82
↓29Oscar#83
↓28Willie#78
↓26Lula#80
↓24Leona#97
↓22Esther#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.