State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1948 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,793 West Virginia births in 1948 across 804 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.

#71Dremaoutside the national top 200
#74Pattyoutside the national top 200
#51Wilma#164 nationally
#100Delbertoutside the national top 200
#75Dianna#172 nationally
#55Jackie#147 nationally
#72Franklin#159 nationally
#88Thelma#163 nationally
#92Cecil#166 nationally
#48Darrell#121 nationally
#58Lewis#130 nationally
#95Chester#158 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,771US #1
#2Mary1,015US #2
#3Barbara702US #3
#4Brenda675US #17
#5Sharon653US #9
#6Patricia639US #4
#7Sandra590US #6
#8Carolyn534US #14
#9Nancy481US #7
#10Donna480US #11
#11Carol384US #8
#12Karen367US #12
#13Judy355US #16
#14Betty348US #18
#15Judith334US #15
#16Shirley332US #20
#17Joyce318US #21
#18Susan280US #5
#19Connie275US #43
#20Margaret265US #13
#21Janet255US #24
#22Beverly227US #31
#23Phyllis218US #46
#24Diana216US #48
#25Pamela213US #22
#26Elizabeth200US #26
#27Rebecca196US #50
#28Wanda192US #57
#29Charlotte184US #69
#30Peggy177US #38
#31Helen175US #40
#32Frances163US #42
#33Deborah162US #30
#34Ruth158US #45
#35Janice155US #23
#36Bonnie152US #34
#37Virginia150US #36
#38Dorothy134US #29
#39Martha133US #32
#40Cheryl132US #25
#41Gloria132US #28
#42Anna129US #89
#43Alice128US #49
#44Cynthia125US #27
#45Sherry121US #61
#46Doris116US #64
#47Sheila101US #71
#48Sue99US #78
#49Paula97US #52
#50Marilyn96US #33
#51Wilma96US #164
#52Jane95US #39
#53Marsha91US #76
#54Loretta90US #115
#55Norma89US #103
#56Sarah89US #85
#57Kathryn87US #54
#58Patsy87US #98
#59Rita87US #59
#60Rose87US #62
#61Jo82US #56
#62Lois81US #70
#63Ann80US #44
#64Joan78US #37
#65Evelyn75US #74
#66Kathleen75US #10
#67Catherine74US #41
#68Jacqueline74US #58
#69Darlene72US #77
#70Diane72US #19
#71Drema70
#72Ellen68US #67
#73Vicki68US #81
#74Patty67
#75Dianna66US #172
#76Juanita66US #107
#77Delores64US #116
#78Constance63US #93
#79Edna63US #139
#80Mildred63US #120
#81Sally60US #72
#82Jean59US #47
#83Geraldine58US #83
#84Teresa58US #82
#85Kathy56US #55
#86Laura56US #73
#87Ruby56US #114
#88Thelma56US #163
#89Anita55US #102
#90Emma54US #138
#91Katherine52US #68
#92Regina51US #132
#93Rosemary49US #90
#94Edith48US #140
#95Carole46US #106
#96Julia46US #118
#97Lynda46US #84
#98Roberta46US #101
#99Vickie46US #143
#100Suzanne45US #66

Boys

#1James1,628US #1
#2Robert1,153US #2
#3John1,064US #3
#4William1,050US #4
#5David1,043US #5
#6Charles878US #9
#7Larry836US #11
#8Roger640US #24
#9Richard601US #7
#10Thomas591US #8
#11Gary572US #12
#12Michael561US #6
#13Ronald502US #10
#14Donald467US #14
#15Jerry384US #21
#16Kenneth338US #15
#17George318US #16
#18Paul307US #18
#19Danny292US #39
#20Joseph280US #13
#21Stephen268US #20
#22Terry224US #26
#23Edward218US #19
#24Harold215US #36
#25Daniel186US #22
#26Dennis186US #17
#27Roy184US #49
#28Carl170US #42
#29Harry153US #57
#30Billy150US #53
#31Steven141US #23
#32Ronnie139US #59
#33Frank131US #25
#34Jack127US #43
#35Johnny126US #52
#36Ralph126US #51
#37Raymond123US #27
#38Douglas122US #33
#39Gregory116US #32
#40Howard115US #63
#41Walter109US #35
#42Clarence108US #87
#43Rodney107US #92
#44Gerald106US #30
#45Samuel103US #70
#46Bobby99US #62
#47Ernest96US #76
#48Darrell95US #121
#49Lawrence92US #31
#50Leonard87US #71
#51Wayne86US #34
#52Phillip85US #69
#53Randall84US #98
#54Earl83US #83
#55Jackie81US #147
#56Jimmy81US #50
#57Arthur80US #44
#58Lewis79US #130
#59Dale78US #56
#60Eddie78US #78
#61Timothy78US #38
#62Fred75US #66
#63Patrick75US #48
#64Eugene74US #61
#65Joe74US #47
#66Albert73US #55
#67Tommy73US #79
#68Henry72US #45
#69Russell72US #67
#70Melvin71US #81
#71Allen70US #72
#72Franklin70US #159
#73Ray69US #100
#74Herbert65US #103
#75Steve64US #60
#76Norman62US #85
#77Clyde61US #131
#78Mark60US #29
#79Glen59US #133
#80Lloyd59US #118
#81Marvin59US #90
#82Philip59US #54
#83Bernard58US #107
#84Glenn58US #73
#85Frederick56US #75
#86Bruce55US #28
#87Don55US #91
#88Curtis52US #101
#89Jimmie51US #120
#90Freddie50US #152
#91Stanley50US #65
#92Cecil47US #166
#93Keith45US #89
#94Bill44US #84
#95Chester44US #158
#96Clifford44US #105
#97Arnold43US #154
#98Barry42US #74
#99Calvin42US #117
#100Delbert42

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑42Marsha#53
↑39Deborah#33
↑26Gregory#39
↑25Paula#49
↑18Vicki#73
↑18Randall#53
↑17Wilma#51
↑17Kathleen#66

Falling

↓22Russell#69
↓22Bruce#86
↓20Patty#74
↓20Allen#71
↓19Jo#61
↓19Roberta#98
↓19Stanley#91
↓18Clyde#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.