State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1944 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,183 West Virginia births in 1944 across 728 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.

#53Pattyoutside the national top 200
#55Delorisoutside the national top 200
#77Homeroutside the national top 200
#78Fredaoutside the national top 200
#83Glennaoutside the national top 200
#86Ninaoutside the national top 200
#87Deweyoutside the national top 200
#93Dottieoutside the national top 200
#98Delbert#200 nationally
#99Denveroutside the national top 200
#40Wilma#125 nationally
#48Jackie#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary889US #1
#2Linda759US #3
#3Barbara614US #2
#4Patricia550US #4
#5Betty491US #10
#6Carolyn472US #11
#7Sandra446US #6
#8Carol432US #5
#9Nancy412US #7
#10Sharon379US #8
#11Judith360US #9
#12Shirley345US #15
#13Brenda328US #30
#14Judy317US #12
#15Joyce290US #18
#16Donna262US #17
#17Margaret244US #14
#18Janet227US #21
#19Karen225US #16
#20Phyllis199US #40
#21Ruth198US #32
#22Helen196US #31
#23Wanda187US #58
#24Frances182US #33
#25Bonnie177US #34
#26Virginia177US #26
#27Martha173US #29
#28Charlotte167US #50
#29Dorothy163US #19
#30Elizabeth160US #23
#31Alice145US #38
#32Peggy132US #45
#33Connie116US #51
#34Doris115US #42
#35Gloria113US #25
#36Anna108US #74
#37Rebecca108US #84
#38Janice106US #28
#39Loretta106US #98
#40Wilma102US #125
#41Lois101US #47
#42Susan95US #13
#43Norma92US #66
#44Joan91US #22
#45Beverly86US #35
#46Diana79US #60
#47Sue78US #62
#48Juanita77US #94
#49Jane73US #41
#50Sarah73US #67
#51Jo72US #61
#52Cheryl71US #36
#53Patty71
#54Ruby71US #87
#55Deloris69
#56Evelyn69US #57
#57Delores68US #97
#58Carole65US #43
#59Marilyn65US #27
#60Kathryn64US #68
#61Rose64US #52
#62Edna63US #112
#63Sylvia63US #83
#64Thelma63US #131
#65Mildred61US #81
#66Ann60US #39
#67Jean60US #37
#68Kay56US #88
#69Rita56US #54
#70Emma55US #118
#71Patsy55US #72
#72Sally55US #59
#73Ellen51US #63
#74Pamela50US #44
#75Joann48US #65
#76Catherine45US #49
#77Billie44US #142
#78Freda44
#79Geraldine44US #53
#80Edith43US #123
#81Julia43US #102
#82Sheila43US #103
#83Glenna42
#84Eva41US #148
#85June41US #121
#86Nina41
#87Darlene40US #76
#88Kathleen40US #20
#89Marie40US #48
#90Pauline40US #124
#91Anita39US #95
#92Constance39US #104
#93Dottie39
#94Paula38US #82
#95Rosa37US #145
#96Sara37US #136
#97Laura36US #119
#98Alma35US #176
#99Jacqueline35US #64
#100Hazel34US #147

Boys

#1James1,321US #1
#2Robert928US #2
#3William870US #4
#4John785US #3
#5Charles783US #7
#6David564US #6
#7Roger522US #23
#8Larry518US #12
#9Richard462US #5
#10Thomas415US #8
#11Ronald372US #10
#12Gary369US #15
#13Donald341US #11
#14Paul326US #17
#15Jerry318US #19
#16George284US #14
#17Kenneth242US #16
#18Michael218US #9
#19Joseph214US #13
#20Harold184US #27
#21Roy176US #39
#22Carl170US #36
#23Edward161US #18
#24Billy147US #38
#25Raymond141US #22
#26Harry138US #49
#27Danny134US #76
#28Ralph121US #42
#29Frank113US #21
#30Jack113US #30
#31Johnny109US #45
#32Bobby106US #50
#33Dennis106US #20
#34Douglas105US #34
#35Ernest103US #59
#36Walter102US #26
#37Daniel100US #25
#38Howard100US #53
#39Ronnie97US #69
#40Stephen91US #28
#41Terry91US #43
#42Jimmy90US #41
#43Earl89US #65
#44Clarence87US #74
#45Gerald85US #24
#46Arthur84US #29
#47Russell81US #63
#48Jackie80US #128
#49Samuel78US #62
#50Eugene75US #48
#51Franklin75US #121
#52Marvin75US #75
#53Fred73US #47
#54Clyde72US #111
#55Lawrence71US #32
#56Henry63US #35
#57Darrell62US #133
#58Lewis62US #112
#59Joe61US #33
#60Ray61US #86
#61Leonard60US #56
#62Tommy60US #70
#63Wayne60US #37
#64Bernard58US #94
#65Curtis55US #97
#66Melvin54US #67
#67Allen53US #77
#68Albert52US #44
#69Norman52US #58
#70Cecil51US #142
#71Clifford50US #99
#72Herbert50US #90
#73Phillip50US #83
#74Arnold49US #145
#75Eddie48US #79
#76Glenn47US #88
#77Homer46
#78Lloyd46US #102
#79Dale45US #61
#80Stanley44US #57
#81Glen42US #147
#82Philip42US #60
#83Bill41US #66
#84Chester41US #137
#85Floyd41US #110
#86Frederick40US #73
#87Dewey39
#88Jimmie38US #98
#89Alfred37US #82
#90Don37US #72
#91Jesse37US #103
#92Rodney37US #123
#93Warren37US #100
#94Calvin36US #124
#95Freddie36US #138
#96Gene36US #95
#97Willard34US #166
#98Delbert31US #200
#99Denver31
#100Steve31US #89

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑20Clyde#54
↑19Franklin#51
↑18Sylvia#63
↑16Jane#49
↑15Diana#46
↑15Stephen#40
↑15Floyd#85
↑14Carole#58

Falling

↓27Hazel#100
↓25Don#90
↓23Geraldine#79
↓23Bill#83
↓21Jacqueline#99
↓19Lawrence#55
↓18Mildred#65
↓17Rose#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.