State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1915 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,920 West Virginia births in 1915 across 710 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.

#66Denveroutside the national top 200
#64Jess#193 nationally
#45Goldie#172 nationally
#50Freda#176 nationally
#84Basiloutside the national top 200
#99Dennisoutside the national top 200
#100Harleyoutside the national top 200
#91Delbert#179 nationally
#85Nina#171 nationally
#86Della#169 nationally
#63Guy#145 nationally
#71Ira#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,054US #1
#2Virginia427US #12
#3Helen413US #2
#4Ruth369US #5
#5Margaret344US #4
#6Mildred290US #6
#7Dorothy257US #3
#8Ruby231US #24
#9Anna230US #7
#10Elizabeth221US #8
#11Thelma215US #30
#12Evelyn208US #10
#13Hazel197US #26
#14Frances178US #9
#15Pauline178US #32
#16Edith157US #31
#17Gladys155US #21
#18Martha148US #25
#19Edna146US #20
#20Ethel145US #23
#21Nellie144US #63
#22Opal138US #90
#23Louise127US #18
#24Mabel121US #62
#25Marie115US #11
#26Lillian113US #15
#27Alice108US #13
#28Grace107US #27
#29Irene107US #17
#30Lucille104US #29
#31Beulah99US #95
#32Elsie99US #41
#33Bessie98US #57
#34Catherine92US #19
#35Eva90US #55
#36Sarah89US #51
#37Wilma89US #80
#38Violet82US #82
#39Lena81US #77
#40Pearl80US #56
#41Bertha79US #46
#42Julia77US #44
#43Rose77US #16
#44Eleanor76US #28
#45Goldie76US #172
#46Florence74US #14
#47Josephine74US #22
#48Minnie74US #68
#49Myrtle74US #58
#50Freda73US #176
#51Kathleen72US #104
#52Betty69US #53
#53Clara69US #38
#54Jessie69US #66
#55Juanita69US #92
#56Kathryn69US #60
#57Beatrice68US #37
#58Stella64US #64
#59Bernice63US #42
#60Genevieve63US #76
#61Katherine63US #49
#62Blanche59US #87
#63Emma59US #40
#64Gertrude59US #35
#65Lucy59US #79
#66Georgia58US #111
#67Maxine58US #98
#68Laura57US #61
#69Ida56US #54
#70Sylvia56US #67
#71Ann55US #43
#72Marjorie54US #39
#73Alma53US #70
#74Leona52US #74
#75Olive51US #123
#76Esther50US #33
#77Daisy49US #131
#78Mae49US #89
#79Naomi49US #128
#80Geneva48US #110
#81Vivian48US #78
#82Doris47US #34
#83Nora46US #144
#84Agnes45US #45
#85Nina45US #171
#86Della44US #169
#87Jean44US #48
#88Lois44US #47
#89Lillie43US #84
#90Ada42US #114
#91Carrie42US #103
#92Ella42US #75
#93Geraldine42US #108
#94Hilda42US #107
#95Nancy42US #102
#96Audrey40US #127
#97June40US #96
#98Anne38US #52
#99Barbara38US #83
#100Velma38US #94

Boys

#1William622US #2
#2James602US #3
#3John594US #1
#4Charles491US #7
#5Robert405US #4
#6George331US #6
#7Paul220US #13
#8Joseph208US #5
#9Harry187US #19
#10Harold161US #12
#11Thomas160US #10
#12Frank153US #9
#13Edward148US #8
#14Howard140US #25
#15Carl137US #22
#16Ralph132US #21
#17Roy126US #32
#18Clarence120US #24
#19Willard117US #58
#20Raymond109US #16
#21Ernest105US #35
#22Walter100US #11
#23Richard99US #15
#24Earl97US #33
#25Albert96US #17
#26Henry93US #14
#27Fred88US #26
#28Jack84US #27
#29Lawrence84US #37
#30Samuel83US #39
#31Ray82US #67
#32Joe81US #38
#33Kenneth80US #28
#34Clyde77US #63
#35Elmer72US #45
#36Arthur70US #18
#37Eugene68US #41
#38Russell66US #51
#39Cecil64US #76
#40Donald64US #20
#41Woodrow64US #83
#42Homer58US #98
#43Bernard57US #48
#44Lester56US #57
#45David55US #31
#46Herbert55US #40
#47Leonard54US #44
#48Louis53US #23
#49Virgil53US #108
#50Jesse52US #77
#51Chester48US #54
#52Edgar47US #85
#53Lewis47US #70
#54Andrew45US #46
#55Herman45US #56
#56Clifford43US #61
#57Francis43US #29
#58Glenn39US #87
#59Everett37US #89
#60Stanley37US #34
#61Floyd36US #59
#62Luther36US #115
#63Guy35US #145
#64Jess35US #193
#65Leo35US #47
#66Denver34
#67Vernon34US #80
#68Daniel33US #55
#69Melvin33US #60
#70Alfred32US #42
#71Ira32US #146
#72Lee32US #84
#73Lloyd32US #62
#74Claude31US #96
#75Gerald31US #78
#76Steve31US #110
#77Arnold30US #91
#78Willie30US #30
#79Edwin29US #53
#80Glen28US #123
#81Hubert28US #116
#82Ronald27US #155
#83Anthony26US #36
#84Basil26
#85Curtis26US #128
#86Dale26US #125
#87Frederick26US #52
#88Marvin26US #72
#89Sam26US #68
#90Benjamin25US #71
#91Delbert25US #179
#92Leslie25US #106
#93Norman25US #50
#94Orville25US #127
#95Earnest24US #143
#96Victor24US #74
#97Harvey23US #95
#98Tony23US #130
#99Dennis22
#100Harley22

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑45Jesse#50
↑43Willard#19
↑31Guy#63
↑31Vernon#67
↑30Lena#39
↑27Minnie#48
↑21Maxine#67
↑21Leo#65

Falling

↓41Delbert#91
↓27Dennis#99
↓24Orville#94
↓20Norman#93
↓19Ella#92
↓18Agnes#84
↓18Lee#72
↓18Claude#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.