State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1937 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,591 West Virginia births in 1937 across 765 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.

#49Deloris#193 nationally
#71Fredaoutside the national top 200
#52Patty#180 nationally
#59Violet#177 nationally
#94Junioroutside the national top 200
#64Naomi#168 nationally
#95Nina#196 nationally
#100Denveroutside the national top 200
#68Homer#165 nationally
#28Shelby#119 nationally
#98Carroll#178 nationally
#30Jackie#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,129US #1
#2Betty860US #5
#3Shirley820US #4
#4Barbara576US #2
#5Patricia472US #3
#6Nancy376US #7
#7Phyllis305US #27
#8Margaret288US #10
#9Helen277US #12
#10Janet261US #18
#11Ruth246US #15
#12Carol235US #6
#13Norma235US #33
#14Virginia225US #16
#15Dorothy218US #8
#16Frances216US #19
#17Anna213US #39
#18Carolyn211US #20
#19Martha202US #24
#20Doris195US #22
#21Peggy189US #31
#22Wanda184US #55
#23Joyce175US #11
#24Elizabeth172US #17
#25Donna160US #21
#26Janice140US #25
#27Linda139US #49
#28Shelby136US #119
#29Lois132US #29
#30Joan129US #9
#31Jo124US #73
#32Loretta123US #63
#33Alice120US #28
#34Delores120US #68
#35Ruby119US #52
#36Sandra119US #26
#37Thelma115US #78
#38Charlotte111US #67
#39Joann110US #58
#40Mildred110US #43
#41Wilma110US #80
#42Evelyn108US #36
#43Jean107US #23
#44Sylvia106US #50
#45Rose103US #38
#46Gloria95US #32
#47Emma94US #89
#48Juanita94US #75
#49Deloris92US #193
#50Patsy92US #54
#51Eleanor91US #53
#52Patty91US #180
#53Hazel87US #106
#54Sue87US #101
#55Judith86US #34
#56Edna84US #74
#57Beverly80US #14
#58Bonnie79US #64
#59Violet78US #177
#60Dolores76US #37
#61Geraldine76US #44
#62Gladys71US #86
#63Edith70US #96
#64Naomi68US #168
#65Jane67US #42
#66Sarah67US #65
#67Clara65US #100
#68Louise65US #48
#69Pauline65US #87
#70Ann63US #30
#71Freda62
#72Ethel60US #88
#73Nellie60US #140
#74Ellen59US #102
#75Sally59US #59
#76Jacqueline57US #70
#77Marilyn57US #13
#78Carole56US #56
#79Lillian56US #84
#80Margie54US #111
#81Alma53US #138
#82Elsie53US #125
#83Yvonne53US #77
#84Marie51US #35
#85Marlene51US #40
#86Ella50US #134
#87Eva50US #117
#88Roberta50US #66
#89Catherine49US #47
#90Maxine49US #136
#91Sharon49US #41
#92Kathryn46US #108
#93Irene45US #62
#94Josephine45US #82
#95Nina45US #196
#96Anita44US #93
#97Bertha44US #121
#98Julia44US #112
#99Katherine44US #103
#100Kay44US #79

Boys

#1James1,285US #2
#2Robert1,070US #1
#3Charles884US #6
#4William832US #4
#5John704US #3
#6Donald624US #7
#7Richard380US #5
#8Thomas352US #9
#9Paul331US #15
#10George330US #10
#11David323US #8
#12Ronald319US #11
#13Kenneth269US #14
#14Billy234US #22
#15Harold214US #21
#16Larry213US #16
#17Bobby207US #24
#18Edward204US #13
#19Jack191US #23
#20Carl187US #28
#21Joseph178US #12
#22Jerry173US #17
#23Roy165US #40
#24Franklin159US #77
#25Raymond148US #19
#26Ralph142US #34
#27Harry136US #41
#28Howard132US #42
#29Frank128US #18
#30Jackie127US #107
#31Clarence124US #54
#32Gary123US #29
#33Earl109US #48
#34Gerald109US #20
#35Walter109US #26
#36Eugene106US #33
#37Joe102US #25
#38Jimmy97US #45
#39Fred94US #35
#40Ernest93US #53
#41Henry93US #30
#42Russell90US #67
#43Jimmie88US #72
#44Arthur85US #31
#45Wayne82US #44
#46Ray81US #71
#47Samuel77US #66
#48Gene76US #61
#49Lawrence75US #38
#50Bill73US #64
#51Melvin73US #50
#52Johnny72US #69
#53Michael70US #27
#54Norman69US #43
#55Bernard68US #73
#56Glenn67US #88
#57Roger66US #36
#58Clyde63US #93
#59Dennis63US #63
#60Lewis63US #104
#61Cecil61US #114
#62Marvin61US #49
#63Albert60US #37
#64Leonard60US #58
#65Daniel59US #39
#66Darrell57US #130
#67Don57US #51
#68Homer57US #165
#69Curtis54US #109
#70Dale54US #59
#71Clifford53US #90
#72Herbert53US #65
#73Tommy52US #84
#74Allen50US #76
#75Floyd47US #80
#76Frederick47US #68
#77Lloyd47US #91
#78Phillip47US #98
#79Douglas46US #74
#80Francis45US #55
#81Philip44US #62
#82Alfred43US #60
#83Eddie43US #83
#84Elmer43US #120
#85Willard43US #135
#86Arnold42US #111
#87Delbert42US #161
#88Lowell42US #155
#89Chester41US #129
#90Freddie41US #134
#91Glen41US #122
#92Herman41US #101
#93Jesse41US #102
#94Junior41
#95Danny40US #152
#96Everett39US #156
#97Vernon38US #96
#98Carroll37US #178
#99Andrew35US #79
#100Denver35

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑56Linda#27
↑39Michael#53
↑31Sue#54
↑28Deloris#49
↑26Sandra#36
↑25Judith#55
↑21Allen#74
↑19Alma#81

Falling

↓36Irene#93
↓27Yvonne#83
↓24Arnold#86
↓19Nellie#73
↓19Lowell#88
↓18Alfred#82
↓16Roberta#88
↓15Albert#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.