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Baby names in West Virginia in the 1910s

In West Virginia in the 1910s the most given names were James (4,969 boys) and Mary (8,620 girls), of 205,236 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in West Virginia each year, the 1910s shaded
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101950199020251910-1919BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

West Virginia, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in West Virginia, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#NameBirths
1Mary8,620
2Virginia3,694
3Helen3,316
4Ruth2,850
5Margaret2,701
6Mildred2,235
7Dorothy2,121
8Elizabeth1,800
9Anna1,790
10Ruby1,742
11Thelma1,605
12Hazel1,565
13Edith1,535
14Gladys1,462
15Frances1,374
16Evelyn1,368
17Ethel1,311
18Edna1,295
19Pauline1,291
20Nellie1,175
Boys, 1910-1919
#NameBirths
1James4,969
2William4,929
3John4,651
4Charles3,841
5Robert3,263
6George2,246
7Paul1,651
8Harry1,487
9Joseph1,480
10Frank1,302
11Edward1,230
12Harold1,211
13Thomas1,157
14Carl1,067
15Howard1,030
16Roy1,019
17Ralph992
18Clarence979
19Walter973
20Raymond927

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in West Virginia in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in West Virginia

  1. The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. West Virginia: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. West Virginia in the 1920sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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