State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1925 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,169 West Virginia births in 1925 across 822 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.

#46Fredaoutside the national top 200
#76Okeyoutside the national top 200
#80Denveroutside the national top 200
#84Goldieoutside the national top 200
#75Dennis#177 nationally
#87Ira#183 nationally
#54Beulah#143 nationally
#29Junior#115 nationally
#73Guy#157 nationally
#49Opal#129 nationally
#82Ada#161 nationally
#89Erma#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,548US #1
#2Betty1,044US #3
#3Helen637US #4
#4Virginia575US #7
#5Dorothy561US #2
#6Margaret466US #5
#7Ruth437US #6
#8Anna325US #13
#9Mildred307US #9
#10Ruby257US #30
#11Elizabeth233US #10
#12Frances231US #11
#13Pauline210US #38
#14Thelma207US #35
#15Evelyn204US #12
#16Doris198US #8
#17Juanita190US #49
#18Martha183US #23
#19Edith179US #42
#20Edna177US #37
#21Gladys172US #33
#22Irene166US #19
#23Louise165US #27
#24Wanda162US #72
#25Maxine161US #79
#26Hazel160US #45
#27Lillian152US #25
#28Jean143US #14
#29Alice139US #15
#30Marie137US #16
#31Emma136US #57
#32Ethel134US #43
#33Lucille133US #41
#34June128US #39
#35Lois126US #18
#36Norma123US #34
#37Kathleen116US #81
#38Marjorie116US #21
#39Eva113US #71
#40Eleanor111US #31
#41Geraldine111US #54
#42Sarah108US #58
#43Violet107US #92
#44Phyllis106US #40
#45Clara104US #55
#46Freda102
#47Nancy101US #60
#48Myrtle100US #95
#49Opal100US #129
#50Alma99US #94
#51Gloria94US #20
#52Nellie94US #98
#53Wilma93US #62
#54Beulah90US #143
#55Elsie90US #63
#56Catherine89US #29
#57Josephine87US #36
#58Bernice85US #46
#59Grace85US #44
#60Rose84US #26
#61Mabel79US #118
#62Margie79US #99
#63Florence76US #24
#64Laura76US #75
#65Beatrice75US #50
#66Katherine75US #61
#67Genevieve74US #113
#68Georgia72US #112
#69Julia71US #65
#70Jessie70US #97
#71Patricia69US #28
#72Pearl67US #90
#73Vivian67US #76
#74Barbara66US #22
#75Geneva66US #109
#76Audrey64US #78
#77Bessie64US #87
#78Agnes63US #69
#79Sylvia63US #106
#80Bertha60US #74
#81Esther60US #56
#82Ada59US #161
#83Ella59US #93
#84Goldie59
#85Ida57US #82
#86Kathryn57US #88
#87Naomi57US #144
#88Bonnie56US #107
#89Erma56US #162
#90Jane56US #53
#91Stella56US #114
#92Viola56US #84
#93Ann55US #52
#94Hilda55US #142
#95Rosa55US #125
#96Velma55US #128
#97Blanche54US #138
#98Leona54US #108
#99Lucy53US #102
#100Shirley53US #17

Boys

#1James1,109US #4
#2William1,077US #3
#3Robert883US #1
#4Charles878US #5
#5John821US #2
#6George419US #6
#7Paul365US #13
#8Harold306US #14
#9Richard267US #8
#10Joseph263US #7
#11Jack255US #17
#12Donald248US #10
#13Thomas246US #11
#14Edward236US #9
#15Carl218US #28
#16Harry212US #23
#17Ralph190US #25
#18Roy182US #32
#19Howard177US #26
#20Raymond177US #15
#21Frank175US #12
#22Kenneth173US #19
#23Walter173US #16
#24Eugene169US #24
#25Clarence164US #30
#26Earl163US #31
#27Calvin145US #47
#28Ernest139US #37
#29Junior134US #115
#30David129US #22
#31Henry126US #18
#32Billy123US #49
#33Arthur117US #20
#34Ray114US #64
#35Albert112US #21
#36Fred106US #33
#37Joe106US #34
#38Clyde95US #68
#39Cecil94US #87
#40Samuel94US #46
#41Russell93US #53
#42Lawrence87US #36
#43Lewis87US #79
#44Herbert81US #42
#45Bernard80US #48
#46Leonard77US #38
#47Clifford75US #59
#48Homer74US #116
#49Elmer70US #61
#50Floyd67US #58
#51Alfred66US #43
#52Jesse66US #85
#53Andrew62US #56
#54Virgil62US #120
#55Lloyd58US #62
#56Louis58US #29
#57Gerald57US #45
#58Norman57US #41
#59Melvin55US #50
#60Stanley55US #40
#61Herman54US #69
#62Arnold50US #95
#63Claude50US #102
#64Daniel50US #44
#65Glenn49US #77
#66Bill48US #84
#67Francis48US #35
#68Lester46US #81
#69Marvin46US #51
#70Ronald45US #104
#71Frederick44US #65
#72Glen44US #117
#73Guy43US #157
#74Curtis42US #118
#75Dennis42US #177
#76Okey42
#77Willard42US #97
#78Chester40US #73
#79Leroy40US #52
#80Denver39
#81Edgar39US #96
#82Theodore39US #63
#83Vernon39US #67
#84Warren39US #66
#85Lee38US #82
#86Edwin37US #57
#87Ira37US #183
#88Leo37US #54
#89Willie37US #27
#90Hubert36US #124
#91Benjamin35US #93
#92Luther34US #132
#93Dale33US #86
#94Allen32US #94
#95Earnest32US #148
#96Gene32US #112
#97Delbert31US #167
#98Everett31US #108
#99Harvey31US #88
#100Alvin30US #70

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑35June#34
↑28Glen#72
↑27Floyd#50
↑26Claude#63
↑24Daniel#64
↑22Gerald#57
↑21Lois#35
↑21Bill#66

Falling

↓46Everett#98
↓33Lucy#99
↓25Warren#84
↓24Chester#78
↓23Bertha#80
↓22Naomi#87
↓21Willie#89
↓20Dale#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.