State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1947 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,235 West Virginia births in 1947 across 823 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.

#54Pattyoutside the national top 200
#69Delorisoutside the national top 200
#77Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#81Glennaoutside the national top 200
#98Delbertoutside the national top 200
#99Homeroutside the national top 200
#88Dianna#185 nationally
#56Jackie#141 nationally
#67Franklin#152 nationally
#68Wilma#152 nationally
#46Darrell#125 nationally
#86Garry#164 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,796US #1
#2Mary1,082US #2
#3Patricia805US #3
#4Sandra743US #5
#5Barbara735US #4
#6Sharon688US #9
#7Brenda632US #21
#8Carolyn577US #15
#9Nancy529US #7
#10Donna445US #10
#11Betty428US #17
#12Shirley422US #19
#13Carol421US #6
#14Judy419US #14
#15Judith413US #12
#16Karen381US #13
#17Joyce297US #20
#18Connie292US #43
#19Margaret269US #16
#20Janet262US #23
#21Rebecca248US #52
#22Susan242US #8
#23Beverly209US #31
#24Diana207US #48
#25Phyllis203US #37
#26Elizabeth201US #25
#27Gloria199US #27
#28Bonnie197US #35
#29Martha196US #32
#30Virginia193US #34
#31Peggy177US #42
#32Wanda176US #66
#33Ruth173US #44
#34Helen168US #38
#35Frances165US #39
#36Pamela160US #28
#37Alice157US #47
#38Janice154US #22
#39Charlotte153US #68
#40Dorothy152US #26
#41Anna137US #92
#42Jo126US #51
#43Norma125US #82
#44Jane117US #36
#45Cheryl115US #24
#46Lois104US #63
#47Rita102US #60
#48Rose101US #65
#49Sue101US #69
#50Evelyn100US #72
#51Doris96US #58
#52Patsy93US #87
#53Loretta88US #113
#54Patty87
#55Catherine86US #46
#56Cynthia86US #33
#57Marilyn86US #29
#58Sherry86US #67
#59Diane85US #18
#60Delores84US #115
#61Kathryn83US #55
#62Darlene81US #71
#63Sheila81US #73
#64Joan79US #30
#65Jean74US #40
#66Juanita72US #110
#67Ann71US #41
#68Wilma70US #152
#69Deloris69
#70Sally69US #70
#71Sarah68US #93
#72Deborah67US #62
#73Jacqueline67US #59
#74Paula67US #54
#75Anita64US #94
#76Constance63US #100
#77Shelia61
#78Mildred60US #109
#79Roberta59US #90
#80Edna57US #131
#81Glenna57
#82Ellen56US #61
#83Kathleen56US #11
#84Emma54US #141
#85Kay54US #104
#86Ruby54US #112
#87Carole53US #102
#88Dianna53US #185
#89Julia53US #116
#90Sylvia53US #97
#91Vicki52US #101
#92Christine51US #45
#93Edith51US #136
#94Lynda49US #77
#95Marsha48US #88
#96Rosemary48US #80
#97Suzanne48US #53
#98Eva46US #168
#99Thelma45US #153
#100Vivian45US #128

Boys

#1James1,680US #1
#2John1,186US #3
#3Robert1,169US #2
#4William1,127US #4
#5David1,086US #6
#6Charles921US #9
#7Larry912US #10
#8Richard706US #5
#9Gary661US #12
#10Roger648US #25
#11Michael558US #7
#12Ronald528US #11
#13Thomas524US #8
#14Donald433US #13
#15Jerry380US #20
#16George369US #16
#17Kenneth362US #15
#18Paul360US #18
#19Joseph285US #14
#20Danny279US #39
#21Terry244US #26
#22Edward238US #19
#23Stephen216US #21
#24Harold212US #35
#25Carl198US #40
#26Daniel185US #22
#27Dennis178US #17
#28Roy172US #48
#29Billy159US #51
#30Ralph158US #50
#31Jack155US #37
#32Harry150US #54
#33Johnny146US #49
#34Raymond146US #27
#35Ronnie143US #61
#36Frank140US #23
#37Douglas134US #31
#38Lawrence132US #32
#39Howard129US #62
#40Jimmy124US #44
#41Gerald121US #28
#42Walter118US #34
#43Samuel117US #72
#44Steven111US #24
#45Wayne105US #30
#46Darrell104US #125
#47Russell102US #69
#48Bobby101US #60
#49Rodney100US #94
#50Fred99US #56
#51Allen97US #73
#52Ernest97US #75
#53Earl92US #83
#54Eddie88US #80
#55Eugene88US #59
#56Jackie87US #141
#57Clarence86US #88
#58Phillip86US #74
#59Clyde85US #128
#60Joe82US #43
#61Arthur81US #38
#62Henry78US #46
#63Ray76US #97
#64Bruce75US #29
#65Gregory75US #33
#66Leonard74US #71
#67Franklin73US #152
#68Albert72US #55
#69Lewis72US #118
#70Dale71US #63
#71Randall71US #106
#72Stanley70US #67
#73Timothy70US #52
#74Bernard66US #100
#75Patrick66US #53
#76Norman65US #81
#77Steve65US #58
#78Melvin64US #85
#79Philip64US #57
#80Bill61US #76
#81Marvin61US #89
#82Tommy61US #79
#83Glenn58US #70
#84Frederick55US #78
#85Herbert54US #104
#86Garry53US #164
#87Arnold52US #149
#88Glen52US #138
#89Alan50US #45
#90Anthony50US #41
#91Cecil50US #165
#92Keith50US #91
#93Andrew49US #82
#94Curtis49US #99
#95Freddie49US #153
#96Jesse48US #107
#97Lloyd48US #112
#98Delbert45
#99Homer45
#100Jim45US #77

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑32Cynthia#56
↑29Catherine#55
↑24Ray#63
↑23Sally#70
↑17Deloris#69
↑17Bill#80
↑16Eddie#54
↑16Phillip#58

Falling

↓28Sylvia#90
↓25Thelma#99
↓22Curtis#94
↓20Ruby#86
↓20Lloyd#97
↓19Philip#79
↓19Tommy#82
↓18Edith#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.