State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1943 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,644 West Virginia births in 1943 across 752 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.

#63Fredaoutside the national top 200
#50Patty#187 nationally
#67Delorisoutside the national top 200
#71Glennaoutside the national top 200
#86Dottieoutside the national top 200
#86Dallasoutside the national top 200
#87Naomioutside the national top 200
#87Homeroutside the national top 200
#89Delmasoutside the national top 200
#93Violetoutside the national top 200
#92Nellie#197 nationally
#98Junioroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,022US #1
#2Linda755US #4
#3Barbara670US #2
#4Patricia571US #3
#5Carolyn557US #11
#6Betty511US #10
#7Nancy472US #9
#8Sandra453US #6
#9Carol449US #5
#10Sharon395US #8
#11Shirley374US #12
#12Brenda364US #35
#13Judith356US #7
#14Judy284US #13
#15Janet265US #20
#16Joyce257US #16
#17Karen253US #15
#18Donna247US #17
#19Margaret244US #14
#20Phyllis236US #39
#21Wanda202US #56
#22Virginia198US #25
#23Ruth183US #33
#24Helen180US #28
#25Dorothy178US #19
#26Bonnie174US #34
#27Elizabeth169US #23
#28Frances164US #31
#29Charlotte160US #47
#30Janice160US #26
#31Martha150US #29
#32Peggy146US #41
#33Alice138US #38
#34Anna134US #64
#35Gloria132US #30
#36Doris130US #40
#37Connie121US #59
#38Norma120US #58
#39Joan112US #21
#40Rebecca111US #87
#41Lois100US #43
#42Beverly95US #32
#43Delores92US #99
#44Rose91US #50
#45Wilma91US #120
#46Loretta89US #89
#47Mildred89US #76
#48Jo88US #63
#49Susan87US #18
#50Patty83US #187
#51Juanita82US #91
#52Sue77US #72
#53Ann75US #37
#54Jean70US #36
#55Thelma70US #127
#56Geraldine68US #51
#57Ruby68US #82
#58Rita67US #52
#59Patsy65US #61
#60Sarah65US #71
#61Diana63US #62
#62Evelyn63US #53
#63Freda63
#64Ellen61US #67
#65Jane61US #44
#66Edna58US #106
#67Deloris56
#68Kay55US #81
#69Marilyn55US #27
#70Edith54US #118
#71Glenna54
#72Carole52US #42
#73Hazel52US #144
#74Kathryn52US #75
#75Sally52US #57
#76Catherine50US #48
#77Emma50US #114
#78Jacqueline49US #65
#79Katherine49US #78
#80Julia48US #95
#81Sylvia48US #77
#82Ethel47US #126
#83Marjorie47US #79
#84Gladys44US #131
#85Joann44US #60
#86Dottie42
#87Naomi42
#88Billie41US #138
#89Roberta41US #66
#90Diane39US #24
#91Eva39US #148
#92Nellie39US #197
#93Violet39
#94Beatrice38US #152
#95Glenda38US #83
#96Alma37US #174
#97Eleanor37US #107
#98Maxine37US #153
#99Pauline37US #112
#100Constance36US #109

Boys

#1James1,386US #1
#2Robert1,023US #2
#3John906US #3
#4William893US #4
#5Charles823US #7
#6David570US #6
#7Larry545US #12
#8Richard472US #5
#9Thomas422US #8
#10Ronald389US #9
#11Roger377US #24
#12Donald370US #11
#13Jerry358US #17
#14Paul321US #19
#15Gary311US #16
#16George302US #14
#17Kenneth279US #15
#18Joseph232US #13
#19Michael229US #10
#20Harold198US #27
#21Carl195US #33
#22Edward193US #18
#23Billy171US #37
#24Roy169US #38
#25Douglas168US #28
#26Raymond143US #22
#27Frank137US #21
#28Harry136US #50
#29Bobby130US #46
#30Ralph126US #40
#31Johnny120US #52
#32Walter117US #26
#33Howard113US #48
#34Danny111US #88
#35Jack110US #34
#36Lawrence107US #32
#37Gerald104US #23
#38Earl100US #60
#39Jackie98US #124
#40Jimmy98US #42
#41Clarence95US #68
#42Daniel95US #25
#43Ernest94US #61
#44Dennis93US #20
#45Samuel89US #62
#46Fred88US #45
#47Arthur87US #30
#48Russell85US #73
#49Henry79US #31
#50Ronnie79US #71
#51Joe78US #35
#52Darrell77US #140
#53Terry76US #49
#54Ray75US #84
#55Stephen75US #29
#56Wayne74US #41
#57Eugene73US #47
#58Bernard68US #92
#59Leonard68US #55
#60Bill67US #65
#61Marvin65US #66
#62Cecil64US #132
#63Tommy64US #77
#64Melvin63US #63
#65Don62US #72
#66Phillip61US #81
#67Albert60US #43
#68Curtis56US #100
#69Lewis55US #115
#70Franklin54US #119
#71Herbert53US #86
#72Lloyd53US #104
#73Norman53US #56
#74Clyde52US #114
#75Glen52US #146
#76Dale51US #59
#77Eddie51US #80
#78Jimmie51US #95
#79Arnold49US #131
#80Stanley49US #54
#81Allen48US #76
#82Clifford47US #94
#83Philip47US #57
#84Glenn46US #85
#85Keith46US #108
#86Dallas44
#87Homer44
#88Frederick43US #70
#89Delmas42
#90Elmer42US #154
#91Louis41US #53
#92Andrew40US #79
#93Chester40US #137
#94Leroy40US #74
#95Edwin39US #107
#96Patrick39US #69
#97Everett38US #174
#98Junior38
#99Rodney38US #118
#100Floyd37US #112

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑30Diana#61
↑30Edith#70
↑29Ray#54
↑23Freda#63
↑23Glenna#71
↑23Leonard#59
↑21Bill#60
↑18Deloris#67

Falling

↓35Franklin#70
↓27Carole#72
↓25Pauline#99
↓23Albert#67
↓23Philip#83
↓22Eleanor#97
↓19Evelyn#62
↓19Roberta#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.