State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1922 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,486 West Virginia births in 1922 across 817 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.

#48Fredaoutside the national top 200
#66Goldieoutside the national top 200
#83Dennis#198 nationally
#36Junior#149 nationally
#91Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#94Boydoutside the national top 200
#67Delbert#162 nationally
#81Ira#176 nationally
#95Nina#188 nationally
#32Beulah#124 nationally
#21Opal#108 nationally
#67Madeline#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,541US #1
#2Virginia674US #7
#3Helen663US #3
#4Ruth479US #5
#5Margaret471US #4
#6Dorothy435US #2
#7Betty419US #6
#8Mildred339US #8
#9Anna313US #12
#10Frances247US #10
#11Elizabeth243US #9
#12Ruby239US #26
#13Evelyn234US #13
#14Edith225US #34
#15Martha225US #21
#16Thelma225US #31
#17Pauline211US #36
#18Juanita210US #57
#19Gladys196US #25
#20Hazel195US #37
#21Opal170US #108
#22Irene163US #17
#23Lucille155US #33
#24Louise154US #22
#25Alice150US #15
#26Lillian150US #19
#27Edna149US #29
#28Marie147US #14
#29Doris133US #11
#30Ethel133US #32
#31Maxine133US #82
#32Beulah130US #124
#33Kathleen128US #80
#34Mabel127US #99
#35Geraldine120US #58
#36Nellie115US #83
#37Marjorie113US #16
#38Myrtle111US #75
#39Eva109US #64
#40Rose108US #23
#41Wanda108US #92
#42Violet106US #86
#43Beatrice100US #43
#44Jean98US #20
#45Sarah96US #51
#46Wilma96US #77
#47June95US #45
#48Freda94
#49Josephine90US #27
#50Julia89US #60
#51Norma89US #46
#52Alma88US #84
#53Catherine87US #24
#54Emma87US #50
#55Katherine87US #54
#56Clara86US #47
#57Grace86US #38
#58Nancy84US #78
#59Eleanor83US #28
#60Bertha82US #63
#61Sylvia82US #94
#62Elsie80US #59
#63Bessie79US #81
#64Pearl78US #71
#65Florence76US #18
#66Goldie76
#67Madeline76US #143
#68Phyllis74US #53
#69Kathryn73US #73
#70Margie73US #100
#71Lucy72US #93
#72Lena71US #107
#73Bernice69US #41
#74Stella67US #88
#75Agnes66US #62
#76Ann65US #49
#77Geneva65US #110
#78Lois65US #35
#79Ada64US #148
#80Esther64US #44
#81Hilda64US #131
#82Ida63US #65
#83Laura62US #68
#84Charlotte61US #76
#85Minnie61US #91
#86Vivian60US #74
#87Audrey58US #89
#88Ella58US #90
#89Georgia58US #114
#90Naomi58US #134
#91Genevieve57US #98
#92Leona57US #101
#93Barbara54US #40
#94Jane51US #55
#95Nina51US #188
#96Velma51US #113
#97Marguerite50US #106
#98Vera50US #79
#99Gertrude49US #48
#100Jessie49US #87

Boys

#1James1,037US #4
#2William1,028US #3
#3John821US #1
#4Charles781US #5
#5Robert762US #2
#6George427US #6
#7Paul320US #14
#8Joseph282US #7
#9Harold280US #13
#10Thomas251US #11
#11Harry244US #22
#12Frank234US #10
#13Edward211US #8
#14Jack211US #18
#15Walter187US #15
#16Ralph182US #23
#17Carl178US #30
#18Earl177US #31
#19Richard171US #9
#20Donald169US #12
#21Roy161US #32
#22Raymond154US #16
#23Kenneth151US #21
#24Eugene150US #25
#25Howard146US #26
#26Clarence144US #29
#27Albert128US #20
#28Fred121US #33
#29Henry119US #17
#30Joe111US #35
#31Herbert104US #40
#32Russell103US #49
#33Ernest102US #37
#34Arthur101US #19
#35David101US #24
#36Junior98US #149
#37Lawrence95US #36
#38Ray92US #65
#39Clyde90US #67
#40Leonard90US #38
#41Samuel90US #43
#42Bernard87US #46
#43Elmer87US #54
#44Warren82US #45
#45Homer81US #108
#46Cecil79US #85
#47Virgil75US #99
#48Clifford73US #63
#49Alfred65US #42
#50Lester61US #69
#51Floyd60US #61
#52Lewis60US #75
#53Louis59US #27
#54Chester58US #64
#55Herman58US #66
#56Andrew56US #53
#57Lloyd56US #59
#58Melvin54US #50
#59Everett53US #98
#60Jesse53US #81
#61Billy52US #90
#62Claude50US #97
#63Edgar49US #93
#64Stanley48US #41
#65Glenn47US #79
#66Daniel46US #47
#67Delbert46US #162
#68Guy46US #141
#69Hubert45US #116
#70Theodore44US #62
#71Glen43US #123
#72Luther43US #118
#73Vernon43US #68
#74Victor43US #86
#75Willard43US #91
#76Leo42US #51
#77Willie42US #28
#78Lee41US #83
#79Arnold40US #94
#80Edwin40US #52
#81Ira40US #176
#82Bill39US #104
#83Dennis39US #198
#84Francis39US #34
#85Gerald39US #58
#86Norman39US #44
#87Frederick37US #60
#88Leroy37US #55
#89Wilbur37US #102
#90Curtis36US #113
#91Woodrow36
#92Benjamin35US #82
#93Harvey35US #88
#94Boyd34
#95Calvin34US #128
#96Tony34US #137
#97Anthony33US #39
#98Leslie32US #114
#99Ronald32US #147
#100Wayne32US #78

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑30Doris#29
↑24Claude#62
↑23Myrtle#38
↑22Lester#50
↑19Margie#70
↑19Guy#68
↑17Sylvia#61
↑16Phyllis#68

Falling

↓32Gertrude#99
↓27Genevieve#91
↓26Warren#44
↓20Naomi#90
↓19Curtis#90
↓17Elsie#62
↓17Vivian#86
↓17Leona#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.