State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1919 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,167 West Virginia births in 1919 across 747 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.

#43Fredaoutside the national top 200
#49Junioroutside the national top 200
#64Goldie#193 nationally
#82Dennisoutside the national top 200
#88Denveroutside the national top 200
#91Kermitoutside the national top 200
#94Garnetoutside the national top 200
#99Okeyoutside the national top 200
#84Delbert#157 nationally
#37Beulah#108 nationally
#93Ira#164 nationally
#28Opal#98 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,225US #1
#2Virginia537US #7
#3Helen510US #2
#4Ruth401US #5
#5Margaret398US #4
#6Dorothy319US #3
#7Mildred305US #6
#8Anna259US #10
#9Edith236US #29
#10Elizabeth229US #8
#11Frances225US #9
#12Ruby217US #24
#13Evelyn197US #11
#14Pauline193US #36
#15Betty190US #15
#16Gladys190US #21
#17Edna178US #22
#18Ethel176US #28
#19Hazel175US #32
#20Thelma174US #31
#21Marie158US #12
#22Martha156US #25
#23Lucille145US #27
#24Irene142US #16
#25Lillian142US #17
#26Nellie140US #69
#27Louise139US #20
#28Opal133US #98
#29Alice130US #13
#30Violet125US #74
#31Juanita118US #73
#32Grace117US #34
#33Mabel115US #78
#34Elsie109US #47
#35Eva105US #55
#36Sarah104US #46
#37Beulah102US #108
#38Kathleen94US #101
#39Clara90US #43
#40Josephine89US #26
#41Catherine88US #23
#42Geraldine87US #68
#43Freda86
#44Myrtle85US #67
#45Pearl85US #56
#46Emma84US #45
#47Maxine83US #85
#48Rose83US #19
#49Bessie82US #59
#50Bertha81US #52
#51Marjorie81US #33
#52Lena80US #94
#53Julia79US #48
#54Genevieve78US #88
#55Beatrice77US #41
#56Jean77US #37
#57Stella74US #70
#58Wilma74US #86
#59Alma73US #76
#60Nancy73US #100
#61Katherine71US #51
#62Florence70US #14
#63Jessie70US #75
#64Goldie69US #193
#65Kathryn69US #66
#66Gertrude66US #39
#67Sylvia66US #77
#68Agnes64US #50
#69Doris64US #18
#70Esther63US #38
#71Eleanor61US #30
#72Ann60US #49
#73Madeline60US #139
#74Georgia58US #106
#75Ida58US #57
#76June58US #64
#77Vivian58US #72
#78Bernice57US #42
#79Lucy57US #91
#80Wanda56US #128
#81Minnie54US #80
#82Ada53US #129
#83Geneva53US #107
#84Laura53US #71
#85Vera52US #65
#86Marguerite49US #96
#87Mae48US #99
#88Audrey46US #115
#89Blanche46US #97
#90Ellen46US #92
#91Naomi46US #140
#92Carrie45US #111
#93Ella45US #87
#94Garnet44
#95Charlotte43US #79
#96Jane43US #53
#97Alberta42US #120
#98Viola41US #58
#99Nora40US #161
#100Olive40US #149

Boys

#1James829US #3
#2William742US #2
#3John708US #1
#4Charles620US #5
#5Robert584US #4
#6George308US #6
#7Paul269US #15
#8Edward209US #8
#9Harold206US #13
#10Joseph201US #7
#11Harry195US #20
#12Frank191US #9
#13Ralph175US #22
#14Carl164US #29
#15Thomas159US #10
#16Clarence158US #25
#17Raymond148US #14
#18Walter146US #11
#19Earl145US #31
#20Howard145US #24
#21Roy139US #32
#22Donald125US #17
#23Richard125US #12
#24Jack124US #21
#25Arthur109US #19
#26Kenneth106US #26
#27Henry105US #16
#28Fred104US #30
#29David100US #27
#30Ernest94US #36
#31Elmer93US #44
#32Ray91US #69
#33Albert90US #18
#34Clyde87US #67
#35Eugene87US #33
#36Lawrence84US #38
#37Herbert80US #40
#38Samuel79US #43
#39Cecil75US #78
#40Russell73US #50
#41Homer70US #104
#42Bernard69US #45
#43Leonard64US #39
#44Clifford61US #60
#45Stanley61US #37
#46Joe59US #35
#47Lewis58US #74
#48Francis54US #34
#49Junior54
#50Willard54US #87
#51Jesse52US #77
#52Andrew51US #47
#53Gerald51US #70
#54Herman51US #61
#55Chester49US #53
#56Woodrow49US #91
#57Claude47US #92
#58Floyd47US #59
#59Lester46US #62
#60Louis46US #28
#61Virgil46US #103
#62Edgar45US #89
#63Lloyd43US #58
#64Arnold42US #94
#65Glenn42US #84
#66Willie41US #23
#67Vernon40US #65
#68Edwin39US #52
#69Everett39US #93
#70Theodore39US #54
#71Alfred38US #42
#72Franklin38US #129
#73Marvin38US #63
#74Dale37US #112
#75Glen36US #116
#76Leo36US #49
#77Melvin36US #56
#78Norman36US #48
#79Victor36US #68
#80Daniel35US #51
#81Sam35US #75
#82Dennis34
#83Guy34US #148
#84Delbert33US #157
#85Hubert33US #115
#86Lee33US #82
#87Warren33US #83
#88Denver32
#89Benjamin31US #79
#90Billy31US #154
#91Kermit31
#92Luther30US #117
#93Ira29US #164
#94Earnest28US #139
#95Frederick28US #64
#96Orville28US #133
#97Wallace28US #107
#98Philip27US #71
#99Okey26
#100Wilbur26US #98

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑37Floyd#58
↑29Stella#57
↑27Geraldine#42
↑25Dale#74
↑23Vivian#77
↑23Gerald#53
↑22Jean#56
↑22Norman#78

Falling

↓27Luther#92
↓25Laura#84
↓23Eleanor#71
↓23Woodrow#56
↓22Viola#98
↓22Daniel#80
↓21Wilbur#100
↓20Ira#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.