State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1927 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,644 West Virginia births in 1927 across 831 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.

#47Fredaoutside the national top 200
#86Denveroutside the national top 200
#94Goldieoutside the national top 200
#95Groveroutside the national top 200
#100Garlandoutside the national top 200
#96Nina#195 nationally
#98Dewey#197 nationally
#49Beulah#145 nationally
#26Junior#119 nationally
#48Opal#141 nationally
#96Ira#182 nationally
#80Delbert#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,466US #1
#2Betty1,114US #3
#3Helen577US #4
#4Virginia493US #8
#5Dorothy480US #2
#6Margaret429US #5
#7Ruth389US #6
#8Anna304US #16
#9Mildred293US #11
#10Frances252US #12
#11Doris251US #7
#12Elizabeth241US #13
#13Evelyn228US #15
#14Ruby227US #30
#15Martha206US #24
#16Wanda187US #66
#17Juanita176US #55
#18Pauline174US #42
#19Alice172US #17
#20Thelma167US #38
#21Edith165US #48
#22Jean163US #14
#23Gladys160US #37
#24Norma160US #26
#25Hazel148US #53
#26Lois143US #19
#27Phyllis143US #29
#28Patricia142US #18
#29Edna136US #40
#30Louise136US #27
#31Marie133US #20
#32Irene132US #21
#33Wilma129US #68
#34Ethel122US #47
#35Violet119US #103
#36Barbara115US #10
#37Maxine115US #87
#38Catherine111US #31
#39Emma111US #64
#40Lillian108US #32
#41Lucille108US #45
#42Rose107US #23
#43Kathleen105US #83
#44Geraldine103US #58
#45Marjorie103US #25
#46Nancy102US #56
#47Freda93
#48Opal90US #141
#49Beulah88US #145
#50Eva88US #79
#51Eleanor86US #33
#52Clara84US #63
#53Nellie84US #105
#54Katherine82US #73
#55Sarah82US #61
#56Beatrice81US #67
#57Geneva81US #119
#58Joyce81US #35
#59June80US #43
#60Bernice79US #49
#61Florence77US #28
#62Charlotte75US #75
#63Gloria75US #22
#64Josephine75US #39
#65Peggy75US #96
#66Audrey74US #62
#67Naomi73US #137
#68Elsie72US #72
#69Myrtle72US #110
#70Sylvia72US #116
#71Velma72US #118
#72Alma69US #97
#73Mabel69US #133
#74Joan67US #41
#75Julia66US #76
#76Bessie65US #88
#77Agnes63US #81
#78Genevieve63US #126
#79Grace63US #50
#80Jessie63US #95
#81Laura63US #82
#82Bonnie62US #100
#83Ida62US #84
#84Imogene61US #157
#85Bertha60US #80
#86Ella58US #98
#87Kathryn58US #90
#88Dora57US #140
#89Erma56US #161
#90Hilda55US #144
#91Margie55US #104
#92Pearl55US #102
#93Ann53US #59
#94Goldie53
#95Madeline53US #163
#96Nina52US #195
#97Viola52US #101
#98Vivian52US #77
#99Georgia51US #120
#100Rosemary51US #86

Boys

#1James1,198US #3
#2William1,086US #4
#3Robert1,016US #1
#4Charles952US #5
#5John799US #2
#6George417US #7
#7Paul359US #13
#8Donald338US #8
#9Jack322US #16
#10Richard302US #6
#11Harold288US #14
#12Thomas282US #11
#13Harry246US #25
#14Edward236US #10
#15Carl229US #26
#16Joseph224US #9
#17Roy198US #34
#18Frank195US #12
#19Kenneth192US #18
#20Clarence189US #32
#21Eugene189US #20
#22Billy186US #31
#23Raymond186US #15
#24Ralph181US #24
#25Howard177US #28
#26Junior149US #119
#27Earl146US #33
#28David128US #21
#29Albert125US #23
#30Ray124US #60
#31Arthur123US #22
#32Walter123US #17
#33Cecil118US #92
#34Lawrence112US #37
#35Fred111US #35
#36Ernest105US #41
#37Henry103US #19
#38Joe98US #30
#39Clyde93US #68
#40Herbert88US #42
#41Russell87US #54
#42Samuel86US #49
#43Gene80US #72
#44Calvin77US #73
#45Lewis75US #82
#46Clifford73US #65
#47Bernard67US #50
#48Gerald64US #38
#49Alfred63US #45
#50Willard63US #106
#51Melvin61US #48
#52Norman60US #39
#53Bill58US #69
#54Ronald58US #63
#55Leonard57US #40
#56Daniel56US #46
#57Lloyd55US #58
#58Stanley54US #44
#59Marvin52US #47
#60Elmer50US #61
#61Everett50US #120
#62Bobby49US #91
#63Edgar49US #107
#64Homer49US #129
#65Louis49US #29
#66Andrew48US #56
#67Glen48US #115
#68Virgil48US #121
#69Arnold47US #97
#70Jesse47US #89
#71Floyd46US #53
#72Luther46US #139
#73Willie46US #27
#74Claude45US #114
#75Don45US #90
#76Allen44US #95
#77Curtis44US #118
#78Lester44US #83
#79Dale43US #81
#80Delbert43US #159
#81Hubert43US #128
#82Lee43US #86
#83Vernon43US #71
#84Leo42US #55
#85Chester41US #85
#86Denver41
#87Herman41US #70
#88Francis40US #36
#89Benjamin39US #101
#90Glenn39US #76
#91Guy39US #162
#92Leroy39US #51
#93Wayne39US #67
#94Edwin38US #57
#95Grover35
#96Ira34US #182
#97Oscar34US #113
#98Dewey32US #197
#99Earnest32US #148
#100Garland32

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑44Patricia#28
↑36Bobby#62
↑30Gene#43
↑29Andrew#66
↑27Catherine#38
↑26Lois#26
↑25Joan#74
↑24Florence#61

Falling

↓34Glenn#90
↓33Earnest#99
↓28Herman#87
↓27Dewey#98
↓26Guy#91
↓24Lester#78
↓23Josephine#64
↓22Pearl#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.