State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1924 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,016 West Virginia births in 1924 across 827 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.

#49Fredaoutside the national top 200
#72Goldieoutside the national top 200
#99Woodrowoutside the national top 200
#86Dewey#186 nationally
#27Junior#121 nationally
#46Beulah#138 nationally
#94Ira#173 nationally
#43Opal#120 nationally
#65Naomi#140 nationally
#75Madeline#150 nationally
#78Guy#151 nationally
#93Delbert#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,647US #1
#2Betty863US #4
#3Helen693US #3
#4Virginia612US #7
#5Dorothy535US #2
#6Margaret486US #5
#7Ruth452US #6
#8Anna358US #13
#9Mildred326US #8
#10Frances278US #10
#11Elizabeth276US #11
#12Evelyn244US #12
#13Thelma244US #33
#14Ruby232US #26
#15Edith211US #36
#16Juanita207US #48
#17Gladys196US #30
#18Martha196US #21
#19Edna195US #31
#20Hazel195US #42
#21Irene193US #18
#22Pauline185US #38
#23Lillian161US #23
#24Alice157US #15
#25Doris155US #9
#26Louise153US #24
#27Ethel152US #39
#28Maxine148US #77
#29Lucille147US #37
#30Wanda140US #74
#31Norma135US #40
#32Jean131US #16
#33Kathleen128US #76
#34Nellie122US #92
#35Marjorie120US #17
#36Sarah120US #54
#37Geraldine117US #58
#38Phyllis116US #44
#39Violet115US #88
#40Eva114US #66
#41Marie114US #14
#42Mabel113US #108
#43Opal113US #120
#44Rose113US #25
#45Josephine110US #34
#46Beulah109US #138
#47Elsie107US #61
#48Emma106US #57
#49Freda106
#50Eleanor105US #29
#51Julia105US #62
#52Katherine105US #59
#53Wilma103US #67
#54Clara102US #56
#55Nancy97US #69
#56Lois96US #22
#57Bertha92US #65
#58Pearl91US #78
#59Alma90US #87
#60Catherine90US #27
#61Geneva90US #110
#62Margie88US #102
#63Grace86US #43
#64Myrtle85US #89
#65Naomi83US #140
#66Lucy81US #98
#67Bessie79US #86
#68Laura78US #72
#69June76US #45
#70Lena75US #112
#71Bernice74US #47
#72Goldie74
#73Florence73US #20
#74Charlotte70US #80
#75Madeline68US #150
#76Barbara67US #28
#77Patricia66US #35
#78Vivian65US #71
#79Agnes64US #63
#80Sylvia64US #104
#81Bonnie63US #117
#82Stella63US #105
#83Beatrice62US #50
#84Genevieve62US #107
#85Georgia62US #113
#86Kathryn62US #81
#87Jessie61US #91
#88Gertrude60US #60
#89Leona60US #103
#90Ellen59US #99
#91Ida59US #70
#92Viola59US #82
#93Audrey57US #84
#94Dora57US #139
#95Velma57US #123
#96Eileen55US #93
#97Ella55US #94
#98Jane55US #53
#99Hilda54US #141
#100Ada52US #159

Boys

#1James1,238US #4
#2William1,060US #3
#3Robert937US #1
#4John932US #2
#5Charles864US #5
#6George455US #6
#7Paul369US #14
#8Harold296US #13
#9Joseph280US #7
#10Thomas261US #11
#11Donald259US #10
#12Jack250US #17
#13Richard245US #8
#14Harry240US #22
#15Edward230US #9
#16Carl222US #27
#17Frank215US #12
#18Clarence197US #29
#19Roy185US #31
#20Raymond184US #15
#21Walter177US #16
#22Earl172US #33
#23Ralph171US #23
#24Kenneth164US #19
#25Howard160US #26
#26Calvin153US #44
#27Junior147US #121
#28Eugene144US #25
#29Henry137US #18
#30David135US #24
#31Albert132US #21
#32Ernest126US #37
#33Fred122US #32
#34Ray122US #60
#35Billy120US #63
#36Bernard114US #46
#37Arthur112US #20
#38Lawrence108US #36
#39Russell108US #52
#40Joe106US #35
#41Herbert105US #41
#42Clyde100US #69
#43Samuel97US #45
#44Elmer93US #57
#45Cecil92US #85
#46Lewis81US #77
#47Homer75US #109
#48Clifford72US #64
#49Leonard66US #38
#50Jesse65US #86
#51Alfred63US #43
#52Everett62US #104
#53Lloyd62US #61
#54Chester61US #67
#55Louis61US #28
#56Norman60US #42
#57Herman59US #70
#58Andrew58US #56
#59Warren57US #58
#60Curtis55US #117
#61Arnold54US #95
#62Glenn54US #79
#63Edgar53US #96
#64Marvin51US #50
#65Francis50US #34
#66Stanley50US #40
#67Virgil49US #111
#68Willie48US #30
#69Leo47US #51
#70Melvin47US #48
#71Ronald47US #130
#72Wayne47US #74
#73Dale46US #84
#74Frederick46US #62
#75Leroy46US #53
#76Vernon45US #68
#77Floyd44US #66
#78Guy44US #151
#79Gerald43US #49
#80Hubert42US #115
#81Edwin41US #55
#82Lee41US #83
#83Lester41US #72
#84Willard41US #97
#85Anthony40US #39
#86Dewey39US #186
#87Bill38US #92
#88Daniel38US #47
#89Claude37US #103
#90Franklin37US #134
#91Michael37US #54
#92Alvin36US #73
#93Delbert36US #161
#94Ira36US #173
#95Luther36US #127
#96Orville36US #155
#97Steve35US #139
#98Benjamin34US #89
#99Woodrow34
#100Glen33US #118

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑38Curtis#60
↑29Julia#51
↑29Ronald#71
↑27Calvin#26
↑24Phyllis#38
↑23Leo#69
↑20Lucy#66
↑19Willie#68

Falling

↓25Sylvia#80
↓25Daniel#88
↓22Beatrice#83
↓21Catherine#60
↓21Floyd#77
↓21Glen#100
↓20Myrtle#64
↓20Claude#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.