State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1913 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,025 West Virginia births in 1913 across 528 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.

#53Delbert#184 nationally
#59Freda#185 nationally
#82Virgieoutside the national top 200
#85Denveroutside the national top 200
#35Goldie#150 nationally
#89Basiloutside the national top 200
#93Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#97Boydoutside the national top 200
#88Ora#182 nationally
#99Don#176 nationally
#17Opal#86 nationally
#97Effie#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary641US #1
#2Virginia276US #15
#3Helen248US #2
#4Ruth216US #5
#5Margaret197US #4
#6Dorothy161US #3
#7Mildred155US #6
#8Edith136US #29
#9Ruby135US #23
#10Gladys134US #19
#11Anna124US #7
#12Thelma122US #26
#13Elizabeth121US #8
#14Hazel120US #27
#15Ethel110US #20
#16Nellie107US #58
#17Opal101US #86
#18Evelyn99US #12
#19Edna98US #18
#20Mabel93US #56
#21Alice87US #11
#22Frances87US #9
#23Louise81US #17
#24Martha81US #28
#25Lillian79US #16
#26Pauline78US #35
#27Beulah74US #85
#28Grace74US #25
#29Pearl73US #55
#30Myrtle71US #53
#31Irene70US #21
#32Marie70US #10
#33Bessie66US #47
#34Alma65US #64
#35Goldie65US #150
#36Emma63US #38
#37Jessie60US #61
#38Eva59US #50
#39Sarah58US #43
#40Catherine55US #22
#41Clara55US #36
#42Elsie53US #40
#43Georgia51US #100
#44Ida51US #49
#45Lena50US #73
#46Violet50US #82
#47Gertrude48US #33
#48Rose48US #14
#49Beatrice47US #37
#50Bertha47US #39
#51Genevieve47US #84
#52Lucille47US #31
#53Julia46US #42
#54Lucy46US #77
#55Juanita44US #95
#56Stella41US #69
#57Wilma41US #92
#58Florence40US #13
#59Freda40US #185
#60Ann39US #46
#61Kathleen39US #110
#62Eleanor38US #34
#63Mae38US #79
#64Esther36US #32
#65Sylvia36US #72
#66Geneva35US #120
#67Josephine34US #24
#68Marjorie34US #48
#69Blanche33US #76
#70Laura33US #62
#71Minnie33US #63
#72Betty32US #67
#73Katherine32US #54
#74Kathryn31US #66
#75Lillie31US #71
#76Audrey30US #136
#77Ada29US #104
#78Annie29US #30
#79Bernice29US #45
#80Lula29US #111
#81Viola29US #52
#82Virgie29
#83Dora28US #109
#84Olive28US #129
#85Erma27US #140
#86Hattie27US #96
#87Leona27US #74
#88Ora26US #182
#89Agnes25US #41
#90Carrie25US #90
#91Maxine25US #119
#92Ella24US #70
#93Jane24US #81
#94Madeline24US #117
#95Marguerite24US #78
#96Della23US #151
#97Effie23US #164
#98Ellen23US #88
#99Mable23US #134
#100Nancy23US #102

Boys

#1William386US #2
#2James352US #3
#3John327US #1
#4Charles222US #7
#5Robert209US #4
#6George173US #6
#7Paul125US #14
#8Joseph120US #5
#9Harry117US #15
#10Woodrow107US #44
#11Thomas96US #10
#12Frank92US #9
#13Harold89US #13
#14Carl80US #23
#15Edward79US #8
#16Howard78US #26
#17Ralph78US #22
#18Raymond70US #18
#19Roy70US #32
#20Walter70US #11
#21Earl69US #31
#22Richard69US #19
#23Clarence67US #21
#24Fred65US #27
#25Lawrence65US #35
#26Henry61US #12
#27Clyde51US #64
#28Arthur49US #17
#29Cecil46US #74
#30Donald46US #25
#31Albert45US #16
#32Kenneth45US #33
#33Herbert44US #39
#34Russell44US #50
#35Elmer39US #45
#36Jack39US #28
#37Joe39US #37
#38Samuel39US #36
#39Bernard37US #52
#40Eugene37US #43
#41David36US #29
#42Ernest35US #34
#43Glenn35US #85
#44Homer33US #96
#45Leonard29US #46
#46Ray28US #73
#47Alfred27US #42
#48Andrew25US #47
#49Everett25US #97
#50Claude24US #88
#51Clifford24US #68
#52Lewis24US #72
#53Delbert23US #184
#54Michael23US #40
#55Orville23US #120
#56Chester22US #56
#57Francis22US #30
#58Louis22US #20
#59Virgil22US #107
#60Wilson22US #122
#61Floyd21US #58
#62Herman21US #53
#63Hubert21US #112
#64Lester21US #59
#65Oscar21US #76
#66Theodore21US #60
#67Wilbur21US #91
#68Anthony20US #38
#69Frederick19US #49
#70Luther19US #116
#71Archie18US #134
#72Edgar18US #87
#73Victor18US #80
#74Willard18US #99
#75Jesse17US #79
#76Leo17US #48
#77Lloyd17US #67
#78Wayne17US #113
#79Willie17US #24
#80Lee16US #78
#81Norman16US #57
#82Arnold15US #92
#83Benjamin15US #70
#84Daniel15US #54
#85Denver15
#86Marvin15US #77
#87Melvin15US #61
#88Stanley15US #41
#89Basil14
#90Glen14US #129
#91Guy14US #137
#92Edwin13US #55
#93Roscoe13
#94Sam13US #65
#95Steve13US #121
#96Vernon13US #83
#97Boyd12
#98Charlie12US #62
#99Don12US #176
#100Ira12US #152

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑41Orville#55
↑34Eleanor#62
↑29Beatrice#49
↑29Esther#64
↑26Marjorie#68
↑26Alfred#47
↑23Joe#37
↑22Lucy#54

Falling

↓33Agnes#89
↓30Minnie#71
↓29Herman#62
↓28Bertha#50
↓27Carrie#90
↓24Laura#70
↓23Katherine#73
↓23Glen#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.