State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1945 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,778 West Virginia births in 1945 across 720 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.

#52Patty#192 nationally
#77Dottieoutside the national top 200
#82Delorisoutside the national top 200
#83Nellieoutside the national top 200
#86Dallasoutside the national top 200
#90Fredaoutside the national top 200
#78Virgil#183 nationally
#97Dremaoutside the national top 200
#98Elsieoutside the national top 200
#99Delbertoutside the national top 200
#80Deanna#175 nationally
#47Darrell#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary840US #1
#2Linda780US #2
#3Patricia532US #4
#4Barbara516US #3
#5Carolyn471US #12
#6Sandra437US #6
#7Betty416US #11
#8Carol394US #5
#9Brenda370US #29
#10Sharon367US #8
#11Judith332US #9
#12Shirley321US #14
#13Nancy315US #7
#14Judy314US #13
#15Donna254US #17
#16Joyce252US #18
#17Janet245US #20
#18Karen235US #16
#19Margaret209US #15
#20Wanda187US #58
#21Elizabeth176US #26
#22Ruth173US #33
#23Phyllis169US #40
#24Virginia169US #28
#25Connie161US #47
#26Helen160US #31
#27Gloria156US #23
#28Janice147US #24
#29Martha147US #30
#30Bonnie145US #35
#31Dorothy137US #21
#32Frances137US #34
#33Peggy129US #45
#34Alice126US #41
#35Susan125US #10
#36Anna114US #73
#37Norma108US #74
#38Doris106US #46
#39Diana95US #43
#40Charlotte94US #55
#41Jane92US #36
#42Rebecca92US #85
#43Beverly90US #37
#44Joan84US #25
#45Lois80US #48
#46Cheryl78US #32
#47Jean78US #38
#48Sue78US #66
#49Evelyn72US #57
#50Loretta72US #107
#51Marilyn71US #27
#52Patty67US #192
#53Wilma67US #128
#54Mildred66US #93
#55Patsy65US #84
#56Rita63US #59
#57Thelma63US #131
#58Ruby61US #95
#59Sarah60US #76
#60Jo57US #60
#61Roberta57US #75
#62Rose56US #54
#63Ann55US #39
#64Darlene55US #71
#65Kathryn55US #65
#66Constance54US #109
#67Kay51US #91
#68Sylvia51US #83
#69Juanita50US #108
#70Edna49US #119
#71Delores46US #112
#72Emma46US #123
#73Pamela46US #42
#74Sheila46US #89
#75Ellen45US #61
#76Hazel44US #164
#77Dottie43
#78Eva43US #146
#79Paula43US #67
#80Deanna42US #175
#81Carole41US #51
#82Deloris41
#83Nellie41
#84Edith40US #132
#85Jacqueline40US #63
#86Catherine39US #50
#87Geraldine39US #56
#88Marjorie39US #94
#89Sally39US #64
#90Freda38
#91Gladys38US #141
#92Diane37US #22
#93Josephine37US #120
#94Katherine37US #82
#95Laura37US #77
#96Rosemary37US #79
#97Drema36
#98Elsie36
#99June36US #121
#100Lillian36US #124

Boys

#1James1,266US #1
#2William879US #4
#3Robert836US #2
#4John779US #3
#5Charles735US #7
#6David585US #6
#7Larry526US #11
#8Roger464US #22
#9Richard444US #5
#10Thomas399US #8
#11Gary370US #13
#12Donald330US #12
#13Ronald321US #10
#14Michael298US #9
#15Jerry294US #20
#16Paul285US #17
#17George272US #15
#18Kenneth246US #16
#19Edward191US #18
#20Joseph190US #14
#21Harold185US #28
#22Roy174US #40
#23Carl162US #39
#24Danny157US #56
#25Harry143US #47
#26Daniel127US #24
#27Frank123US #21
#28Bobby119US #53
#29Jack119US #32
#30Billy115US #42
#31Douglas113US #29
#32Ralph112US #44
#33Dennis111US #19
#34Johnny105US #45
#35Raymond104US #23
#36Stephen96US #26
#37Walter95US #27
#38Terry90US #33
#39Howard88US #54
#40Jimmy84US #41
#41Samuel84US #62
#42Ernest83US #60
#43Franklin81US #119
#44Gerald80US #25
#45Ronnie80US #67
#46Russell77US #64
#47Darrell75US #141
#48Clarence74US #82
#49Jackie74US #142
#50Lawrence72US #30
#51Henry70US #37
#52Earl69US #71
#53Eugene67US #50
#54Fred66US #51
#55Lewis65US #123
#56Joe64US #36
#57Ray62US #92
#58Wayne60US #35
#59Eddie58US #81
#60Dale55US #61
#61Frederick55US #77
#62Leonard54US #57
#63Arthur53US #34
#64Herbert52US #94
#65Rodney51US #105
#66Albert50US #49
#67Bill48US #66
#68Melvin48US #78
#69Clyde47US #121
#70Marvin47US #80
#71Glen45US #148
#72Tommy45US #75
#73Allen44US #74
#74Bernard44US #98
#75Stanley43US #59
#76Clifford42US #99
#77Floyd41US #114
#78Virgil40US #183
#79Cecil39US #152
#80Curtis39US #97
#81Glenn39US #93
#82Philip39US #58
#83Steve39US #79
#84Willie39US #31
#85Bruce38US #48
#86Dallas37
#87Lloyd36US #103
#88Phillip36US #85
#89Chester34US #144
#90Don34US #73
#91Norman34US #65
#92Freddie33US #145
#93Garry33US #165
#94Johnnie33US #133
#95Herman32US #146
#96Jesse32US #104
#97Willard32US #172
#98Alfred31US #88
#99Delbert31
#100Donnie31US #168

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑27Rodney#65
↑26Constance#66
↑25Frederick#61
↑24Hazel#76
↑23Darlene#64
↑20Jean#47
↑19Dale#60
↑17Steve#83

Falling

↓27Deloris#82
↓23Carole#81
↓22Norman#91
↓21Juanita#69
↓18Marvin#70
↓17Sally#89
↓17Arthur#63
↓15Clyde#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.