State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1930 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,515 West Virginia births in 1930 across 788 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.

#71Fredaoutside the national top 200
#76Glennaoutside the national top 200
#100Dallasoutside the national top 200
#35Junior#135 nationally
#53Delbert#151 nationally
#63Opal#156 nationally
#57Homer#146 nationally
#79Beulah#168 nationally
#90Darrell#173 nationally
#57Naomi#139 nationally
#43Violet#120 nationally
#81Jackie#157 nationally

Girls

#1Betty1,276US #2
#2Mary1,253US #1
#3Helen450US #4
#4Dorothy384US #3
#5Margaret344US #5
#6Virginia339US #12
#7Ruth302US #10
#8Doris269US #9
#9Anna242US #23
#10Patricia229US #7
#11Barbara222US #6
#12Mildred215US #21
#13Norma203US #25
#14Wanda197US #56
#15Frances196US #16
#16Ruby190US #36
#17Phyllis189US #28
#18Nancy188US #24
#19Elizabeth180US #15
#20Evelyn175US #19
#21Martha173US #27
#22Juanita150US #57
#23Wilma148US #68
#24Alice145US #20
#25Jean144US #14
#26Thelma140US #45
#27Joan132US #8
#28Edith129US #61
#29Lois128US #17
#30Dolores126US #13
#31Louise123US #31
#32Edna121US #51
#33Geraldine121US #43
#34Pauline121US #52
#35Hazel114US #71
#36Maxine113US #93
#37Rose106US #29
#38Peggy104US #67
#39Gladys102US #48
#40Nellie98US #113
#41Eva88US #86
#42Eleanor86US #39
#43Violet86US #120
#44Irene85US #33
#45Joyce85US #18
#46Lucille84US #59
#47Marie84US #26
#48Clara83US #64
#49Shirley83US #11
#50Lillian82US #44
#51Emma80US #73
#52Elsie78US #88
#53Gloria78US #30
#54Josephine78US #49
#55Marjorie78US #32
#56Alma77US #109
#57Naomi77US #139
#58Ethel76US #65
#59Jo73US #131
#60Joann70US #118
#61June70US #47
#62Kathleen69US #84
#63Opal66US #156
#64Bonnie64US #78
#65Laura63US #89
#66Beatrice62US #76
#67Ellen62US #100
#68Georgia62US #117
#69Sarah62US #70
#70Catherine61US #35
#71Freda61
#72Bernice60US #58
#73Loretta60US #105
#74Audrey58US #63
#75Billie58US #79
#76Glenna57
#77Grace57US #62
#78Jacqueline57US #74
#79Beulah56US #168
#80Janet56US #53
#81Pearl55US #121
#82Leona54US #130
#83Myrtle54US #123
#84Ann53US #41
#85Charlotte53US #75
#86Julia52US #90
#87Minnie52US #122
#88Donna51US #37
#89Dora51US #142
#90Ella51US #107
#91Bessie50US #108
#92Ida50US #94
#93Janice50US #126
#94Stella50US #140
#95Sylvia50US #132
#96Velma50US #127
#97Florence49US #38
#98Katherine49US #85
#99Mabel49US #150
#100Margie49US #112

Boys

#1James1,238US #2
#2Robert1,049US #1
#3William970US #4
#4Charles854US #6
#5John735US #3
#6Donald446US #7
#7Richard375US #5
#8George313US #8
#9Jack307US #14
#10Paul302US #12
#11Thomas255US #11
#12Billy228US #20
#13Harold217US #18
#14Kenneth214US #17
#15Carl211US #26
#16Edward203US #10
#17Raymond202US #16
#18Harry187US #28
#19Joseph184US #9
#20Roy175US #33
#21David163US #15
#22Howard163US #31
#23Ralph163US #25
#24Clarence154US #39
#25Bobby152US #41
#26Frank137US #13
#27Eugene135US #21
#28Walter132US #19
#29Earl115US #38
#30Ray114US #57
#31Joe112US #27
#32Arthur111US #23
#33Herbert111US #35
#34Ernest102US #43
#35Junior102US #135
#36Bernard97US #52
#37Fred90US #32
#38Cecil88US #99
#39Lawrence87US #36
#40Henry85US #22
#41Clyde84US #76
#42Samuel84US #55
#43Albert80US #24
#44Gene79US #70
#45Ronald77US #37
#46Leonard74US #45
#47Russell74US #60
#48Bill64US #59
#49Clifford64US #73
#50Marvin60US #48
#51Glenn59US #71
#52Melvin58US #50
#53Delbert57US #151
#54Lewis55US #87
#55Norman55US #40
#56Don54US #68
#57Homer53US #146
#58Gerald52US #30
#59Herman52US #78
#60Vernon51US #72
#61Daniel50US #47
#62Elmer49US #80
#63Glen48US #114
#64Louis48US #34
#65Arnold47US #98
#66Floyd47US #61
#67Johnny47US #101
#68Lloyd46US #69
#69Alfred45US #46
#70Dale45US #64
#71Virgil45US #128
#72Claude44US #122
#73Jimmie44US #86
#74Wayne44US #65
#75Andrew43US #62
#76Everett43US #134
#77Francis43US #42
#78Willard43US #117
#79Chester42US #103
#80Dennis42US #145
#81Jackie42US #157
#82Willie42US #29
#83Edwin40US #66
#84Edgar39US #119
#85Stanley38US #49
#86Calvin37US #111
#87Curtis37US #106
#88Jimmy37US #102
#89Jerry36US #51
#90Darrell34US #173
#91Frederick34US #74
#92Gilbert34US #90
#93Earnest33US #153
#94Hubert33US #137
#95Leon33US #81
#96Jesse32US #94
#97Lee32US #82
#98Leo32US #63
#99Allen31US #85
#100Dallas31

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑34Delbert#53
↑27Dale#70
↑26Vernon#60
↑25Johnny#67
↑23Lucille#46
↑23Elsie#52
↑23Beatrice#66
↑22Laura#65

Falling

↓35Sylvia#95
↓34Jesse#96
↓26Alfred#69
↓26Stanley#85
↓24Beulah#79
↓23Kathleen#62
↓23Curtis#87
↓20June#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.