State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1933 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,319 West Virginia births in 1933 across 720 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.

#42Deloris#187 nationally
#56Patty#191 nationally
#67Fredaoutside the national top 200
#74Glennaoutside the national top 200
#80Beulah#189 nationally
#88Mabel#196 nationally
#76Opal#182 nationally
#96Dallasoutside the national top 200
#65Junior#168 nationally
#56Homer#150 nationally
#83Nina#177 nationally
#32Jackie#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,111US #1
#2Betty1,036US #2
#3Barbara418US #3
#4Helen336US #8
#5Patricia296US #6
#6Dorothy272US #4
#7Margaret264US #7
#8Virginia259US #15
#9Phyllis249US #28
#10Nancy233US #11
#11Anna232US #29
#12Ruth229US #13
#13Doris219US #10
#14Norma213US #23
#15Wanda199US #48
#16Frances177US #18
#17Martha158US #27
#18Elizabeth155US #17
#19Janet151US #25
#20Peggy147US #36
#21Jean141US #14
#22Lois139US #19
#23Joyce137US #12
#24Thelma137US #57
#25Ruby136US #43
#26Evelyn133US #30
#27Joan129US #5
#28Shirley128US #9
#29Alice127US #22
#30Juanita127US #63
#31Mildred110US #32
#32Wilma109US #66
#33Hazel106US #82
#34Delores103US #52
#35Edith103US #80
#36Dolores98US #21
#37Donna96US #24
#38Eleanor94US #38
#39Pauline92US #64
#40Emma87US #75
#41Joann85US #72
#42Deloris82US #187
#43Louise82US #39
#44Ethel80US #71
#45Jo80US #90
#46Rose80US #35
#47Carol79US #20
#48Clara78US #67
#49Carolyn77US #40
#50Bonnie76US #68
#51Geraldine76US #42
#52Janice76US #81
#53Loretta75US #87
#54Violet75US #136
#55Edna74US #55
#56Patty74US #191
#57Charlotte71US #79
#58June66US #45
#59Nellie66US #120
#60Naomi65US #140
#61Gloria64US #31
#62Laura64US #91
#63Maxine63US #110
#64Gladys62US #60
#65Marie62US #33
#66Sarah62US #58
#67Freda61
#68Irene61US #46
#69Kathleen61US #77
#70Billie60US #92
#71Patsy60US #65
#72Lillian59US #51
#73Eva58US #101
#74Glenna58
#75Lucille56US #78
#76Opal53US #182
#77Sylvia53US #84
#78Alma52US #124
#79Ann52US #34
#80Beulah51US #189
#81Elsie51US #99
#82Julia50US #97
#83Nina50US #177
#84Marjorie48US #41
#85Myrtle48US #142
#86Bernice46US #83
#87Kathryn46US #108
#88Mabel46US #196
#89Audrey45US #59
#90Vera45US #121
#91Josephine44US #62
#92Rosa44US #132
#93Ellen43US #104
#94Leona43US #139
#95Lola42US #163
#96Sue42US #131
#97Geneva41US #141
#98Jacqueline41US #86
#99Pearl41US #143
#100Bertha40US #106

Boys

#1James1,091US #2
#2Robert945US #1
#3William765US #4
#4Charles743US #6
#5John669US #3
#6Donald529US #7
#7Richard361US #5
#8Franklin340US #33
#9Paul282US #14
#10Thomas282US #10
#11George276US #8
#12Harold235US #18
#13Jack224US #17
#14Billy210US #20
#15David210US #13
#16Kenneth200US #15
#17Carl172US #28
#18Ronald166US #12
#19Bobby164US #26
#20Edward154US #11
#21Joseph152US #9
#22Raymond145US #19
#23Frank141US #16
#24Howard140US #36
#25Ralph139US #29
#26Eugene134US #23
#27Harry131US #35
#28Roy118US #39
#29Clarence101US #43
#30Earl95US #41
#31Joe91US #27
#32Jackie89US #123
#33Walter86US #21
#34Lawrence83US #38
#35Herbert80US #49
#36Ray80US #62
#37Ernest75US #50
#38Russell74US #67
#39Clyde73US #87
#40Jimmy72US #64
#41Norman71US #37
#42Cecil69US #111
#43Marvin66US #44
#44Albert65US #30
#45Arthur65US #25
#46Fred65US #34
#47Gerald65US #22
#48Jimmie65US #72
#49Glenn64US #74
#50Bernard63US #63
#51Henry63US #24
#52Jerry63US #31
#53Melvin63US #51
#54Gene60US #66
#55Samuel60US #61
#56Homer58US #150
#57Leonard58US #47
#58Daniel54US #42
#59Glen54US #124
#60Lewis53US #92
#61Arnold52US #103
#62Bill52US #59
#63Herman52US #96
#64Gary51US #80
#65Junior49US #168
#66Larry48US #58
#67Wayne48US #52
#68Dennis46US #106
#69Francis46US #45
#70Jesse46US #100
#71Johnny46US #90
#72Clifford44US #86
#73Dale43US #65
#74Don43US #54
#75Everett43US #139
#76Willard42US #130
#77Floyd41US #69
#78Keith40US #127
#79Lloyd40US #73
#80Louis40US #40
#81Delbert39US #157
#82Douglas39US #81
#83Theodore39US #68
#84Tommy39US #109
#85Darrell37US #148
#86Frederick37US #78
#87Virgil37US #138
#88Chester36US #119
#89Claude36US #131
#90Vernon36US #83
#91Elmer35US #101
#92Edgar34US #135
#93Leo34US #75
#94Andrew33US #76
#95Billie33US #146
#96Dallas33
#97Alfred32US #57
#98Roger32US #48
#99Bob31US #82
#100Eddie31US #93

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑33Deloris#42
↑30Jimmy#40
↑30Jesse#70
↑25Dennis#68
↑24Laura#62
↑23Norman#41
↑21Janice#52
↑21Larry#66

Falling

↓40Alfred#97
↓30Marjorie#84
↓30Delbert#81
↓26Edna#55
↓24Bertha#100
↓23Elmer#91
↓21Junior#65
↓20Bill#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.