State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1914 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,792 West Virginia births in 1914 across 586 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.

#38Goldie#173 nationally
#59Freda#194 nationally
#50Delbert#184 nationally
#72Dennisoutside the national top 200
#84Denveroutside the national top 200
#86Ivaoutside the national top 200
#91Okeyoutside the national top 200
#96Kermitoutside the national top 200
#89Effie#184 nationally
#78Ira#152 nationally
#72Nora#143 nationally
#93Wilbert#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary790US #1
#2Virginia352US #14
#3Helen282US #2
#4Ruth250US #5
#5Margaret242US #4
#6Mildred209US #7
#7Dorothy197US #3
#8Elizabeth185US #8
#9Anna178US #6
#10Ruby176US #24
#11Thelma157US #26
#12Edith143US #31
#13Gladys137US #20
#14Edna134US #19
#15Hazel127US #29
#16Frances122US #9
#17Mabel121US #58
#18Evelyn120US #11
#19Nellie115US #61
#20Ethel107US #21
#21Pauline105US #34
#22Martha102US #27
#23Marie89US #10
#24Louise86US #17
#25Irene84US #22
#26Opal84US #89
#27Rose81US #15
#28Grace80US #25
#29Lucille80US #30
#30Lillian76US #16
#31Alice75US #12
#32Eva75US #52
#33Bessie73US #55
#34Josephine68US #23
#35Pearl68US #56
#36Wilma68US #95
#37Clara67US #37
#38Goldie67US #173
#39Beulah66US #96
#40Juanita66US #94
#41Myrtle66US #60
#42Beatrice65US #38
#43Sarah63US #47
#44Elsie61US #46
#45Violet60US #83
#46Bernice59US #43
#47Julia59US #42
#48Bertha58US #41
#49Emma58US #39
#50Kathryn58US #63
#51Catherine57US #18
#52Eleanor52US #28
#53Kathleen52US #110
#54Katherine51US #48
#55Sylvia51US #70
#56Alma50US #69
#57Florence50US #13
#58Stella49US #65
#59Freda47US #194
#60Genevieve47US #76
#61Georgia47US #107
#62Jessie47US #64
#63Blanche46US #80
#64Lucy45US #73
#65Olive45US #127
#66Agnes44US #44
#67Betty43US #62
#68Gertrude41US #32
#69Lena41US #75
#70Laura40US #59
#71Madeline40US #116
#72Nora40US #143
#73Ella39US #72
#74Ida39US #49
#75Minnie39US #67
#76Esther38US #35
#77Jean36US #54
#78Ada35US #106
#79Leona35US #79
#80Cora34US #105
#81Lois34US #51
#82Naomi34US #134
#83Viola34US #57
#84Ellen33US #86
#85Ann31US #40
#86Iva31
#87Mae31US #85
#88Maxine31US #114
#89Effie30US #184
#90Hilda30US #103
#91Doris29US #36
#92Nancy29US #102
#93Audrey28US #138
#94Carrie28US #91
#95Geraldine28US #123
#96Hattie28US #97
#97Phyllis28US #113
#98Wanda28US #164
#99Anne27US #53
#100Della26US #165

Boys

#1James459US #3
#2John458US #1
#3William448US #2
#4Charles350US #7
#5Robert274US #4
#6George240US #6
#7Paul168US #13
#8Harry151US #19
#9Joseph148US #5
#10Frank130US #9
#11Harold123US #14
#12Edward106US #8
#13Roy105US #32
#14Ralph104US #21
#15Walter103US #10
#16Carl100US #24
#17Clarence91US #22
#18Howard91US #26
#19Thomas91US #11
#20Raymond90US #16
#21Earl86US #33
#22Richard80US #17
#23Fred72US #28
#24Woodrow72US #71
#25Albert71US #15
#26Kenneth69US #30
#27Henry68US #12
#28Eugene64US #43
#29Arthur63US #18
#30Lawrence62US #35
#31Jack60US #27
#32Cecil57US #79
#33Clyde56US #63
#34Bernard54US #50
#35Elmer53US #46
#36Herbert52US #42
#37Donald50US #23
#38Ray48US #74
#39Russell48US #49
#40Ernest46US #38
#41Homer46US #101
#42Samuel43US #36
#43Everett40US #90
#44Herman40US #51
#45Chester39US #56
#46Joe38US #34
#47Virgil38US #107
#48Andrew36US #44
#49David36US #29
#50Delbert36US #184
#51Lester36US #57
#52Stanley36US #39
#53Louis34US #20
#54Lee33US #84
#55Leonard33US #45
#56Claude32US #93
#57Daniel31US #55
#58Alfred29US #41
#59Arnold29US #97
#60Clifford29US #62
#61Melvin29US #59
#62Willard29US #92
#63Francis28US #31
#64Lloyd28US #66
#65Michael28US #40
#66Floyd27US #58
#67Glen27US #123
#68Lewis27US #72
#69Edgar26US #87
#70Orville26US #133
#71Luther25US #114
#72Dennis24
#73Norman24US #54
#74Gilbert23US #104
#75Willie23US #25
#76Glenn22US #91
#77Hubert22US #118
#78Ira22US #152
#79Marvin22US #75
#80Anthony21US #37
#81Edwin21US #53
#82Oscar21US #77
#83Archie20US #145
#84Denver20
#85Franklin20US #134
#86Leo20US #47
#87Victor20US #76
#88Earnest19US #147
#89Gerald19US #81
#90Frederick18US #52
#91Okey18
#92Steve18US #112
#93Wilbert18US #162
#94Guy17US #156
#95Jesse17US #82
#96Kermit17
#97Sam17US #67
#98Vernon17US #83
#99Willis17US #135
#100Leslie16US #103

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑36Stanley#52
↑33Josephine#34
↑33Bernice#46
↑27Daniel#57
↑26Lee#54
↑26Melvin#61
↑24Kathryn#50
↑23Lucille#29

Falling

↓33Glenn#76
↓30Ida#74
↓25Jessie#62
↓25Ann#85
↓24Lena#69
↓24Mae#87
↓22Alma#56
↓21Gertrude#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.