State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1916 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,370 West Virginia births in 1916 across 707 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.

#43Freda#188 nationally
#54Goldie#178 nationally
#77Roscoeoutside the national top 200
#82Dennisoutside the national top 200
#84Boydoutside the national top 200
#86Denveroutside the national top 200
#90Jessoutside the national top 200
#93Basiloutside the national top 200
#94Forrest#183 nationally
#81Della#165 nationally
#78Delbert#161 nationally
#67Ira#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,120US #1
#2Virginia446US #10
#3Helen445US #2
#4Ruth377US #5
#5Margaret374US #4
#6Dorothy286US #3
#7Mildred263US #6
#8Ruby232US #23
#9Anna215US #7
#10Edith207US #28
#11Elizabeth207US #8
#12Thelma203US #29
#13Hazel199US #31
#14Evelyn183US #11
#15Edna181US #19
#16Opal181US #91
#17Pauline170US #33
#18Frances163US #9
#19Mabel155US #65
#20Martha154US #24
#21Ethel151US #25
#22Gladys150US #22
#23Marie142US #12
#24Nellie140US #61
#25Louise132US #18
#26Irene130US #17
#27Lillian124US #16
#28Beulah123US #97
#29Alice114US #13
#30Eva109US #55
#31Lucille108US #30
#32Juanita106US #90
#33Grace99US #26
#34Myrtle94US #58
#35Bessie93US #56
#36Emma87US #41
#37Josephine87US #21
#38Sarah87US #52
#39Clara86US #39
#40Pearl85US #57
#41Betty84US #44
#42Elsie81US #48
#43Freda80US #188
#44Rose77US #15
#45Gertrude76US #35
#46Katherine76US #51
#47Bertha75US #49
#48Eleanor74US #27
#49Julia74US #46
#50Violet74US #83
#51Maxine73US #96
#52Alma72US #70
#53Catherine72US #20
#54Goldie71US #178
#55Genevieve70US #76
#56Kathleen70US #104
#57Florence69US #14
#58Beatrice68US #38
#59Wilma68US #82
#60Ann64US #40
#61Georgia63US #108
#62Kathryn62US #60
#63Sylvia61US #69
#64Agnes60US #50
#65Bernice60US #42
#66Laura60US #64
#67Leona60US #75
#68Naomi59US #130
#69Ellen58US #87
#70Lucy58US #84
#71Geraldine56US #94
#72Jessie56US #68
#73Minnie56US #71
#74June55US #86
#75Lena55US #85
#76Mae55US #92
#77Wanda53US #138
#78Ida52US #54
#79Ada49US #117
#80Esther49US #34
#81Della48US #165
#82Velma47US #99
#83Vivian47US #77
#84Stella45US #63
#85Blanche43US #89
#86Carrie43US #103
#87Doris43US #32
#88Marjorie43US #37
#89Viola43US #59
#90Jane39US #62
#91Geneva38US #112
#92Lois38US #43
#93Nancy38US #102
#94Vera38US #66
#95Jean37US #45
#96Marguerite37US #78
#97Daisy36US #137
#98Hattie36US #115
#99Nina36US #170
#100Audrey35US #119

Boys

#1John648US #1
#2William634US #2
#3James611US #3
#4Charles522US #6
#5Robert408US #4
#6George272US #7
#7Paul241US #12
#8Harry199US #19
#9Joseph180US #5
#10Frank176US #9
#11Edward168US #8
#12Harold146US #13
#13Thomas138US #10
#14Woodrow133US #64
#15Roy132US #33
#16Carl131US #23
#17Howard126US #25
#18Raymond124US #16
#19Richard120US #15
#20Earl118US #32
#21Ralph114US #21
#22Walter108US #11
#23Albert107US #17
#24Clarence103US #24
#25Fred98US #29
#26Clyde94US #62
#27Kenneth91US #27
#28Henry89US #14
#29Arthur81US #18
#30Willard80US #69
#31Samuel75US #41
#32Ernest74US #36
#33Ray74US #73
#34Lawrence72US #38
#35Herbert71US #40
#36Joe70US #35
#37Donald69US #20
#38Jack68US #26
#39Cecil67US #80
#40David64US #28
#41Virgil64US #104
#42Russell60US #51
#43Homer57US #103
#44Leonard56US #42
#45Elmer54US #45
#46Chester52US #54
#47Eugene52US #39
#48Clifford51US #61
#49Bernard50US #49
#50Lester47US #59
#51Stanley45US #34
#52Alfred42US #43
#53Jesse42US #77
#54Lewis42US #71
#55Everett41US #91
#56Andrew40US #46
#57Sam40US #74
#58Frederick39US #52
#59Glenn39US #84
#60Luther39US #116
#61Edwin38US #53
#62Arnold37US #89
#63Norman37US #48
#64Edgar36US #88
#65Floyd36US #60
#66Glen36US #122
#67Ira36US #149
#68Lee36US #83
#69Claude35US #93
#70Francis35US #31
#71Lloyd35US #58
#72Leo34US #47
#73Louis34US #22
#74Gerald32US #76
#75Marvin32US #66
#76Herman31US #56
#77Roscoe31
#78Delbert30US #161
#79Leslie30US #112
#80Melvin30US #57
#81Steve29US #108
#82Dennis28
#83Willie28US #30
#84Boyd27
#85Daniel27US #55
#86Denver27
#87Guy27US #144
#88Harvey27US #92
#89Hubert27US #113
#90Jess27
#91Curtis26US #120
#92Oscar26US #86
#93Basil25
#94Forrest25US #183
#95Theodore25US #65
#96Hugh24US #96
#97Orville24US #131
#98Otis24US #142
#99Willis24US #136
#100Anthony23US #37

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑32Sam#57
↑30Norman#63
↑29Frederick#58
↑27Emma#36
↑27Woodrow#14
↑23Juanita#32
↑23June#74
↑22Geraldine#71

Falling

↓36Lena#75
↓26Stella#84
↓26Jess#90
↓25Minnie#73
↓25Louis#73
↓24Guy#87
↓23Blanche#85
↓22Wilma#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.