State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1926 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,513 West Virginia births in 1926 across 804 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.

#64Fredaoutside the national top 200
#76Goldieoutside the national top 200
#71Dewey#188 nationally
#97Wildaoutside the national top 200
#72Dennis#173 nationally
#65Guy#159 nationally
#94Nina#187 nationally
#26Junior#117 nationally
#50Naomi#141 nationally
#60Beulah#148 nationally
#78Delbert#163 nationally
#46Opal#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,437US #1
#2Betty1,036US #3
#3Helen635US #4
#4Dorothy488US #2
#5Virginia471US #8
#6Margaret426US #5
#7Ruth373US #6
#8Anna300US #15
#9Mildred281US #9
#10Frances257US #10
#11Elizabeth253US #11
#12Ruby218US #30
#13Evelyn198US #13
#14Thelma196US #36
#15Martha195US #24
#16Doris187US #7
#17Alice181US #17
#18Pauline179US #39
#19Wanda169US #66
#20Edna164US #38
#21Hazel164US #48
#22Juanita160US #52
#23Louise159US #27
#24Jean156US #12
#25Norma156US #29
#26Edith153US #42
#27Irene152US #21
#28Ethel142US #41
#29Wilma135US #67
#30Phyllis134US #33
#31Gladys131US #35
#32Maxine124US #85
#33Marie122US #18
#34Nellie118US #102
#35Lucille117US #43
#36Emma114US #59
#37Lillian113US #28
#38Geraldine109US #54
#39Kathleen109US #83
#40Violet108US #94
#41Josephine106US #37
#42Nancy106US #57
#43Marjorie105US #22
#44Clara103US #61
#45Eva101US #79
#46Opal100US #130
#47Rose100US #25
#48Gloria95US #20
#49Barbara94US #16
#50Naomi93US #141
#51June92US #40
#52Lois92US #19
#53Myrtle92US #101
#54Geneva90US #117
#55Sylvia89US #107
#56Beatrice87US #58
#57Audrey86US #60
#58Eleanor86US #32
#59Alma84US #91
#60Beulah83US #148
#61Elsie83US #69
#62Julia83US #75
#63Mabel83US #127
#64Freda82
#65Catherine81US #31
#66Sarah76US #63
#67Bernice73US #45
#68Grace72US #46
#69Katherine72US #72
#70Pearl72US #96
#71Charlotte70US #78
#72Patricia69US #23
#73Bertha68US #76
#74Lena67US #123
#75Lucy67US #106
#76Goldie65
#77Ida64US #82
#78Bessie63US #89
#79Peggy63US #104
#80Genevieve62US #128
#81Leona62US #112
#82Ann61US #55
#83Laura59US #81
#84Ella57US #98
#85Florence57US #26
#86Margie57US #103
#87Minnie56US #111
#88Ellen55US #100
#89Hilda54US #139
#90Ada53US #161
#91Agnes53US #77
#92Bonnie53US #105
#93Kathryn52US #87
#94Nina52US #187
#95Shirley51US #14
#96Vera51US #84
#97Wilda51
#98Jane50US #56
#99Joan50US #51
#100Stella50US #121

Boys

#1James1,203US #3
#2William1,050US #4
#3Robert962US #1
#4Charles822US #5
#5John783US #2
#6George398US #6
#7Paul334US #13
#8Donald299US #9
#9Harold288US #14
#10Jack272US #16
#11Richard265US #7
#12Thomas243US #11
#13Joseph239US #8
#14Harry238US #25
#15Carl228US #26
#16Edward219US #10
#17Frank209US #12
#18Roy185US #34
#19Howard181US #27
#20Billy180US #40
#21Ralph178US #24
#22Raymond177US #15
#23Eugene175US #23
#24Walter154US #17
#25Kenneth152US #18
#26Junior151US #117
#27Clarence148US #29
#28Earl146US #32
#29Henry129US #19
#30David118US #22
#31Albert117US #21
#32Ray116US #57
#33Lawrence114US #36
#34Ernest113US #37
#35Russell106US #52
#36Fred103US #31
#37Arthur102US #20
#38Cecil95US #86
#39Bernard91US #49
#40Samuel87US #48
#41Joe85US #33
#42Elmer80US #61
#43Leonard76US #38
#44Lewis75US #82
#45Gerald73US #41
#46Herbert71US #44
#47Clyde69US #67
#48Clifford68US #62
#49Virgil66US #118
#50Melvin65US #47
#51Norman65US #39
#52Calvin63US #65
#53Homer63US #123
#54Lester63US #78
#55Marvin63US #50
#56Glenn62US #75
#57Floyd60US #53
#58Stanley57US #43
#59Herman56US #69
#60Alfred55US #45
#61Bill55US #74
#62Vernon54US #66
#63Jesse53US #87
#64Louis52US #30
#65Guy49US #159
#66Earnest48US #147
#67Everett48US #119
#68Dale47US #84
#69Franklin47US #142
#70Lloyd47US #60
#71Dewey46US #188
#72Dennis44US #173
#73Gene44US #91
#74Willard44US #100
#75Claude43US #106
#76Daniel43US #46
#77Ronald43US #88
#78Delbert42US #163
#79Glen42US #121
#80Jimmie42US #115
#81Chester41US #79
#82Edgar41US #109
#83Lee41US #85
#84Edwin40US #55
#85Willie39US #28
#86Frederick38US #64
#87Luther38US #135
#88Francis37US #35
#89Arnold36US #99
#90Don36US #96
#91Leo36US #54
#92Wayne36US #68
#93Hubert35US #131
#94Alvin34US #72
#95Andrew34US #59
#96Sam34US #92
#97Victor34US #94
#98Bobby33US #116
#99Leroy31US #51
#100Leslie31US #126

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑37Naomi#50
↑31Everett#67
↑29Earnest#66
↑25Barbara#49
↑25Dale#68
↑24Wilma#29
↑24Sylvia#55
↑24Lucy#75

Falling

↓42Andrew#95
↓27Arnold#89
↓25Calvin#52
↓24Sarah#66
↓24Margie#86
↓22Florence#85
↓21Francis#88
↓20Leroy#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.