State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1923 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,914 West Virginia births in 1923 across 821 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.

#59Fredaoutside the national top 200
#71Goldieoutside the national top 200
#83Denveroutside the national top 200
#88Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#30Junior#139 nationally
#95Wildaoutside the national top 200
#94Dewey#185 nationally
#93Dennis#181 nationally
#97Nina#182 nationally
#35Opal#113 nationally
#80Delbert#156 nationally
#95Ira#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,522US #1
#2Betty652US #5
#3Helen645US #3
#4Virginia583US #7
#5Margaret510US #4
#6Ruth473US #6
#7Dorothy469US #2
#8Mildred360US #8
#9Anna326US #13
#10Elizabeth311US #9
#11Ruby305US #25
#12Evelyn264US #12
#13Frances262US #10
#14Thelma216US #31
#15Martha210US #21
#16Juanita199US #51
#17Pauline198US #37
#18Hazel190US #40
#19Edith189US #36
#20Gladys176US #29
#21Irene171US #17
#22Doris166US #11
#23Alice163US #15
#24Ethel154US #38
#25Lillian154US #20
#26Kathleen152US #70
#27Louise144US #22
#28Nellie141US #88
#29Wanda140US #80
#30Edna139US #32
#31Marie137US #14
#32Maxine137US #76
#33Marjorie135US #16
#34Lucille134US #35
#35Opal133US #113
#36Violet132US #86
#37Jean120US #19
#38Elsie114US #61
#39Catherine113US #24
#40Geraldine111US #58
#41Mabel111US #102
#42Josephine109US #30
#43Emma107US #53
#44Myrtle107US #84
#45Rose105US #23
#46Clara104US #49
#47Eva104US #66
#48Norma103US #41
#49Eleanor98US #28
#50Grace97US #39
#51Sarah97US #54
#52Wilma93US #74
#53June92US #42
#54Bertha90US #64
#55Sylvia86US #98
#56Bessie85US #81
#57Lois85US #27
#58Beulah84US #129
#59Freda84
#60Katherine83US #60
#61Beatrice82US #46
#62Phyllis82US #45
#63Nancy81US #75
#64Alma80US #89
#65Bernice80US #43
#66Margie79US #101
#67Pearl79US #78
#68Vivian77US #69
#69Florence76US #18
#70Gertrude74US #59
#71Goldie74
#72Geneva73US #111
#73Agnes72US #63
#74Georgia72US #112
#75Laura72US #73
#76Madeline71US #143
#77Naomi71US #137
#78Ann68US #52
#79Charlotte68US #77
#80Julia68US #62
#81Leona67US #100
#82Lena66US #108
#83Ella63US #93
#84Genevieve63US #97
#85Hilda63US #140
#86Lucy63US #92
#87Velma63US #116
#88Barbara62US #33
#89Jane62US #55
#90Stella62US #96
#91Esther61US #47
#92Ada59US #153
#93Ida55US #68
#94Audrey53US #85
#95Wilda53
#96Cora52US #149
#97Nina52US #182
#98Kathryn50US #72
#99Annie48US #34
#100Ellen48US #103

Boys

#1James1,081US #4
#2William1,002US #3
#3John873US #1
#4Robert856US #2
#5Charles779US #5
#6George435US #6
#7Paul323US #14
#8Harold299US #13
#9Thomas266US #12
#10Joseph262US #7
#11Edward233US #8
#12Frank215US #11
#13Carl214US #28
#14Harry209US #22
#15Ralph207US #23
#16Donald205US #10
#17Richard198US #9
#18Jack196US #17
#19Walter180US #16
#20Raymond173US #15
#21Roy173US #32
#22Howard169US #26
#23Eugene164US #25
#24Kenneth153US #21
#25Earl135US #31
#26Clarence134US #29
#27David124US #24
#28Henry124US #18
#29Fred118US #33
#30Junior115US #139
#31Ernest114US #38
#32Albert111US #20
#33Arthur109US #19
#34Ray109US #61
#35Clyde107US #68
#36Lawrence102US #36
#37Joe98US #35
#38Russell97US #52
#39Cecil89US #87
#40Herbert88US #40
#41Samuel86US #45
#42Billy80US #78
#43Homer78US #113
#44Bernard72US #46
#45Leonard72US #37
#46Warren71US #43
#47Herman70US #66
#48Elmer68US #57
#49Virgil65US #100
#50Chester63US #63
#51Lewis63US #74
#52Alfred59US #42
#53Calvin59US #82
#54Louis59US #27
#55Clifford58US #65
#56Floyd58US #64
#57Lloyd58US #59
#58Marvin56US #51
#59Norman56US #44
#60Melvin55US #48
#61Jesse53US #83
#62Andrew52US #53
#63Daniel51US #47
#64Edwin51US #56
#65Everett51US #99
#66Lester51US #71
#67Stanley51US #41
#68Arnold50US #93
#69Claude50US #103
#70Glenn50US #84
#71Edgar49US #94
#72Francis49US #34
#73Hubert49US #117
#74Earnest48US #146
#75Guy48US #149
#76Wallace47US #69
#77Bill46US #98
#78Frederick45US #60
#79Glen45US #121
#80Delbert44US #156
#81Vernon44US #67
#82Willard43US #92
#83Denver42
#84Benjamin41US #86
#85Gerald41US #54
#86Lee41US #85
#87Willie41US #30
#88Woodrow40
#89Franklin39US #132
#90Luther39US #126
#91Harvey38US #91
#92Leo38US #49
#93Dennis37US #181
#94Dewey37US #185
#95Ira37US #171
#96Oscar37US #96
#97Theodore37US #62
#98Curtis36US #116
#99Steve36US #133
#100Ronald35US #142

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑42Calvin#53
↑29Gertrude#70
↑27Norman#59
↑24Elsie#38
↑21Lois#57
↑19Billy#42
↑18Vivian#68
↑16Edwin#64

Falling

↓30Julia#80
↓29Kathryn#98
↓27Theodore#97
↓26Beulah#58
↓18Beatrice#61
↓18Luther#90
↓16Stella#90
↓16Lester#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.