State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1934 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,168 West Virginia births in 1934 across 764 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.

#61Fredaoutside the national top 200
#40Patty#173 nationally
#63Deloris#189 nationally
#83Glennaoutside the national top 200
#60Junior#171 nationally
#89Opal#199 nationally
#86Beulah#191 nationally
#97Dallasoutside the national top 200
#62Violet#148 nationally
#56Darrell#140 nationally
#65Lowell#148 nationally
#66Naomi#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,164US #1
#2Betty1,040US #2
#3Barbara452US #3
#4Helen378US #9
#5Patricia355US #6
#6Dorothy323US #5
#7Margaret295US #8
#8Nancy292US #10
#9Phyllis291US #28
#10Shirley275US #4
#11Doris262US #11
#12Norma260US #24
#13Anna248US #31
#14Virginia242US #15
#15Ruth233US #13
#16Frances210US #19
#17Wanda199US #47
#18Martha188US #27
#19Janet173US #21
#20Lois162US #20
#21Joyce159US #12
#22Peggy158US #36
#23Elizabeth152US #18
#24Alice151US #25
#25Donna145US #23
#26Evelyn142US #29
#27Joan141US #7
#28Jean135US #16
#29Juanita132US #64
#30Ruby131US #39
#31Thelma127US #65
#32Mildred119US #35
#33Wilma115US #73
#34Carolyn112US #33
#35Edna110US #55
#36Jo108US #75
#37Hazel107US #87
#38Carol104US #14
#39Delores102US #51
#40Patty100US #173
#41Charlotte99US #72
#42Joann97US #50
#43Dolores96US #26
#44Loretta96US #83
#45Eleanor95US #44
#46Lillian94US #52
#47Bonnie91US #58
#48Geraldine91US #43
#49Pauline87US #71
#50Eva86US #100
#51Sylvia85US #70
#52Clara84US #76
#53Gladys84US #66
#54Maxine84US #114
#55Emma83US #85
#56June83US #46
#57Edith82US #81
#58Irene81US #49
#59Janice81US #68
#60Ethel80US #78
#61Freda78
#62Violet78US #148
#63Deloris77US #189
#64Marie76US #34
#65Ann74US #32
#66Naomi74US #149
#67Patsy72US #59
#68Rose72US #37
#69Marjorie71US #41
#70Ella68US #113
#71Gloria68US #30
#72Alma65US #123
#73Nellie64US #126
#74Sarah63US #67
#75Josephine61US #60
#76Billie60US #92
#77Sue58US #119
#78Jane57US #48
#79Kathleen56US #74
#80Louise56US #40
#81Bernice53US #82
#82Bertha52US #112
#83Glenna52
#84Lucille52US #84
#85Beatrice51US #99
#86Beulah51US #191
#87Catherine50US #42
#88Myrtle50US #141
#89Opal49US #199
#90Vera49US #127
#91Laura48US #96
#92Pearl48US #154
#93Elsie47US #107
#94Jacqueline47US #80
#95Sally47US #62
#96Velma47US #144
#97Leona45US #140
#98Ellen44US #95
#99Erma44US #180
#100Margie44US #103

Boys

#1James1,270US #2
#2Robert1,023US #1
#3William845US #4
#4Charles831US #7
#5John721US #3
#6Donald594US #6
#7Richard441US #5
#8Thomas305US #9
#9George301US #8
#10Franklin282US #46
#11Paul281US #14
#12Jack264US #17
#13Ronald251US #11
#14Billy250US #20
#15Harold246US #18
#16David245US #12
#17Kenneth245US #15
#18Carl222US #28
#19Bobby180US #23
#20Edward177US #13
#21Joseph163US #10
#22Raymond159US #19
#23Roy159US #35
#24Frank150US #16
#25Eugene145US #24
#26Ralph144US #31
#27Harry142US #36
#28Howard137US #37
#29Earl125US #41
#30Clarence122US #45
#31Walter120US #21
#32Jackie110US #114
#33Jerry98US #25
#34Joe96US #26
#35Gerald94US #22
#36Bernard91US #65
#37Arthur90US #29
#38Fred89US #33
#39Jimmie89US #68
#40Henry88US #27
#41Lawrence80US #34
#42Ray80US #63
#43Gene79US #67
#44Norman79US #38
#45Jimmy78US #56
#46Herbert77US #57
#47Ernest76US #51
#48Russell76US #70
#49Samuel76US #66
#50Albert69US #32
#51Bill68US #59
#52Johnny68US #83
#53Clyde67US #84
#54Leonard67US #53
#55Cecil63US #111
#56Darrell63US #140
#57Melvin63US #55
#58Don62US #50
#59Gary62US #60
#60Junior61US #171
#61Larry61US #43
#62Clifford60US #85
#63Lewis60US #94
#64Dale58US #62
#65Lowell58US #148
#66Glen54US #120
#67Marvin54US #44
#68Glenn53US #81
#69Alfred52US #64
#70Virgil48US #141
#71Wayne46US #48
#72Floyd45US #73
#73Arnold44US #105
#74Douglas44US #72
#75Elmer44US #108
#76Willard44US #136
#77Edgar43US #137
#78Dennis42US #95
#79Homer42US #156
#80Tommy42US #98
#81Leroy41US #54
#82Louis40US #40
#83Eddie39US #92
#84Frederick38US #77
#85Roger38US #39
#86Curtis37US #103
#87Chester36US #123
#88Daniel36US #42
#89Everett36US #145
#90Vernon36US #89
#91Lee35US #79
#92Lloyd35US #82
#93Stanley35US #58
#94Willis35US #166
#95Theodore34US #74
#96Calvin33US #128
#97Dallas33
#98Michael33US #47
#99Earnest32US #161
#100Philip32US #69

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑29Darrell#56
↑28Alfred#69
↑26Lillian#46
↑26Sylvia#51
↑23Eva#50
↑20Edna#35
↑19Sue#77
↑19Jerry#33

Falling

↓37Louise#80
↓30Daniel#88
↓29Laura#91
↓24Marvin#67
↓23Homer#79
↓22Edith#57
↓22Rose#68
↓21Deloris#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.