State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1935 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,340 West Virginia births in 1935 across 769 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.

#37Patty#190 nationally
#59Deloris#200 nationally
#62Fredaoutside the national top 200
#73Glennaoutside the national top 200
#75Beulahoutside the national top 200
#73Junior#191 nationally
#86Denveroutside the national top 200
#74Nina#184 nationally
#68Homer#170 nationally
#99Buddyoutside the national top 200
#58Violet#159 nationally
#85Carroll#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,151US #1
#2Betty996US #4
#3Shirley885US #2
#4Barbara526US #3
#5Patricia382US #5
#6Helen345US #10
#7Phyllis322US #27
#8Nancy320US #9
#9Dorothy295US #6
#10Margaret286US #8
#11Norma266US #29
#12Virginia252US #16
#13Doris239US #13
#14Anna226US #34
#15Ruth223US #15
#16Janet199US #22
#17Elizabeth193US #17
#18Frances185US #19
#19Wanda173US #49
#20Carol157US #11
#21Joan155US #7
#22Martha150US #24
#23Alice143US #25
#24Carolyn142US #28
#25Joyce141US #12
#26Lois138US #21
#27Evelyn136US #31
#28Donna132US #23
#29Ruby129US #41
#30Jo127US #73
#31Peggy123US #36
#32Loretta121US #69
#33Jean112US #18
#34Joann111US #53
#35Mildred111US #35
#36Bonnie109US #62
#37Patty105US #190
#38Thelma104US #76
#39Juanita103US #72
#40Dolores102US #26
#41Delores100US #57
#42Wilma100US #70
#43Charlotte95US #65
#44Rose95US #37
#45Patsy93US #56
#46Hazel91US #92
#47Janice89US #47
#48Sarah89US #61
#49Clara85US #81
#50Edith85US #87
#51Pauline85US #80
#52Geraldine84US #40
#53Edna83US #67
#54Eleanor82US #48
#55Gloria79US #32
#56Gladys77US #78
#57Emma75US #89
#58Violet75US #159
#59Deloris69US #200
#60Naomi68US #144
#61Sylvia68US #60
#62Freda67
#63June67US #55
#64Nellie67US #131
#65Ann65US #30
#66Eva64US #110
#67Lillian64US #66
#68Alma60US #132
#69Marilyn60US #14
#70Josephine59US #75
#71Marie59US #33
#72Ellen58US #95
#73Glenna58
#74Nina58US #184
#75Beulah57
#76Sandra57US #50
#77Sue57US #115
#78Irene56US #52
#79Judith55US #54
#80Louise55US #45
#81Ella54US #122
#82Jane54US #43
#83Ethel51US #82
#84Laura51US #101
#85Sally51US #58
#86Geneva50US #156
#87Marjorie50US #46
#88Velma50US #147
#89Kathleen49US #71
#90Maxine49US #120
#91Myrtle49US #153
#92Bertha47US #114
#93Beverly47US #20
#94Lucille47US #85
#95Margie47US #100
#96Bessie46US #129
#97Billie46US #106
#98Beatrice44US #107
#99Catherine44US #42
#100Vivian44US #112

Boys

#1James1,250US #2
#2Robert1,065US #1
#3William840US #4
#4Charles820US #6
#5John706US #3
#6Donald598US #7
#7Richard420US #5
#8Paul315US #14
#9George304US #8
#10Thomas300US #9
#11David282US #11
#12Billy265US #19
#13Ronald252US #12
#14Kenneth238US #15
#15Harold234US #20
#16Jack214US #18
#17Bobby204US #24
#18Joseph194US #10
#19Carl189US #28
#20Edward183US #13
#21Franklin179US #71
#22Harry161US #37
#23Raymond152US #17
#24Joe146US #25
#25Ralph143US #32
#26Howard140US #39
#27Frank134US #16
#28Eugene131US #26
#29Jerry131US #22
#30Roy131US #40
#31Earl121US #46
#32Walter120US #23
#33Jackie113US #102
#34Ray111US #64
#35Clarence110US #48
#36Jimmie106US #69
#37Larry102US #33
#38Jimmy94US #47
#39Lawrence91US #35
#40Fred89US #34
#41Arthur84US #29
#42Henry82US #27
#43Albert81US #31
#44Gerald81US #21
#45Leonard80US #54
#46Clyde79US #82
#47Cecil78US #109
#48Gary78US #44
#49Ernest77US #55
#50Lewis74US #98
#51Russell74US #68
#52Norman72US #38
#53Bernard68US #67
#54Bill66US #60
#55Marvin66US #45
#56Melvin66US #57
#57Gene65US #66
#58Johnny63US #74
#59Samuel62US #62
#60Herbert60US #58
#61Roger58US #36
#62Willard57US #132
#63Curtis56US #108
#64Clifford53US #88
#65Glenn53US #78
#66Dale52US #61
#67Glen49US #124
#68Homer49US #170
#69Tommy48US #95
#70Dennis47US #72
#71Don47US #51
#72Darrell46US #136
#73Junior46US #191
#74Lloyd46US #84
#75Wayne46US #49
#76Jesse45US #104
#77Stanley45US #56
#78Arnold44US #103
#79Daniel44US #43
#80Lowell44US #152
#81Phillip44US #107
#82Delbert43US #165
#83Floyd40US #76
#84Alfred39US #63
#85Carroll39US #172
#86Denver39
#87Elmer39US #115
#88Everett39US #146
#89Philip39US #65
#90Vernon39US #94
#91Douglas38US #75
#92Herman38US #101
#93Virgil38US #141
#94Leo37US #92
#95Freddie36US #145
#96Leroy36US #50
#97Claude35US #129
#98Earnest35US #163
#99Buddy34
#100Edwin34US #89

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑26Sarah#48
↑26Ellen#72
↑24Rose#44
↑24Larry#37
↑24Roger#61
↑23Curtis#63
↑22Patsy#45
↑18Carol#20

Falling

↓36Maxine#90
↓23Ethel#83
↓23Virgil#93
↓21Lillian#67
↓21Billie#97
↓20Irene#78
↓18Edna#53
↓18Marjorie#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.