State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1949 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,803 West Virginia births in 1949 across 803 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.

#59Dremaoutside the national top 200
#74Pattyoutside the national top 200
#50Wilma#167 nationally
#90Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#76Dianna#176 nationally
#47Jackie#140 nationally
#39Darrell#117 nationally
#95Cecil#173 nationally
#97Thelma#172 nationally
#86Franklin#155 nationally
#69Lewis#132 nationally
#91Freddie#152 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,634US #1
#2Mary957US #2
#3Brenda789US #13
#4Sharon685US #10
#5Barbara651US #4
#6Patricia643US #3
#7Sandra640US #6
#8Nancy484US #7
#9Carolyn457US #17
#10Donna437US #12
#11Karen427US #11
#12Judy387US #20
#13Betty333US #22
#14Judith331US #16
#15Deborah306US #15
#16Carol304US #8
#17Shirley298US #18
#18Susan298US #5
#19Joyce290US #26
#20Connie264US #43
#21Rebecca261US #40
#22Margaret242US #14
#23Janet238US #23
#24Pamela230US #21
#25Elizabeth226US #25
#26Diana225US #48
#27Wanda202US #56
#28Beverly194US #31
#29Bonnie189US #35
#30Virginia173US #39
#31Peggy167US #38
#32Phyllis165US #50
#33Gloria156US #29
#34Ruth155US #47
#35Helen154US #46
#36Janice154US #24
#37Martha152US #34
#38Charlotte136US #71
#39Alice135US #53
#40Frances133US #49
#41Dorothy132US #32
#42Anna130US #91
#43Kathy127US #42
#44Cynthia114US #27
#45Rita112US #54
#46Lois108US #73
#47Cheryl107US #28
#48Doris105US #69
#49Sherry103US #68
#50Wilma102US #167
#51Catherine95US #37
#52Sheila95US #76
#53Marilyn93US #33
#54Jane91US #41
#55Sarah87US #84
#56Evelyn84US #80
#57Rose83US #66
#58Vicki83US #70
#59Drema82
#60Jean82US #45
#61Kathleen82US #9
#62Jo81US #60
#63Kathryn81US #52
#64Sue81US #88
#65Jacqueline80US #58
#66Darlene78US #75
#67Teresa75US #82
#68Loretta74US #117
#69Paula73US #55
#70Diane71US #19
#71Ellen70US #64
#72Norma70US #105
#73Patsy68US #106
#74Patty68
#75Anita67US #99
#76Dianna67US #176
#77Marsha65US #79
#78Delores64US #126
#79Sylvia64US #94
#80Constance63US #83
#81Vickie62US #124
#82Sally60US #77
#83Victoria59US #96
#84Christine58US #30
#85Joan58US #36
#86Ann56US #44
#87Katherine55US #59
#88Roberta53US #97
#89Charlene51US #100
#90Shelia51
#91Cathy50US #81
#92Juanita50US #107
#93Laura50US #65
#94Regina50US #139
#95Jennifer49US #121
#96Mildred49US #120
#97Thelma49US #172
#98Theresa49US #63
#99Edna47US #142
#100Julia47US #112

Boys

#1James1,562US #1
#2Robert1,112US #2
#3David1,092US #6
#4John1,049US #3
#5William1,025US #4
#6Charles972US #9
#7Larry763US #10
#8Michael659US #5
#9Gary592US #12
#10Roger568US #25
#11Thomas564US #8
#12Richard541US #7
#13Ronald497US #11
#14Donald462US #13
#15Jerry403US #23
#16George347US #18
#17Joseph329US #14
#18Kenneth315US #15
#19Paul308US #17
#20Danny296US #40
#21Stephen293US #19
#22Daniel226US #22
#23Edward226US #21
#24Terry210US #28
#25Harold204US #42
#26Dennis187US #16
#27Steven176US #20
#28Carl172US #43
#29Ralph154US #50
#30Douglas148US #29
#31Harry142US #59
#32Jack142US #47
#33Raymond141US #30
#34Johnny138US #49
#35Billy137US #57
#36Roy129US #51
#37Samuel129US #62
#38Frank123US #27
#39Darrell115US #117
#40Gregory114US #31
#41Gerald110US #33
#42Walter107US #37
#43Lawrence106US #32
#44Earl102US #91
#45Mark102US #24
#46Rodney102US #87
#47Jackie99US #140
#48Randall99US #79
#49Wayne99US #35
#50Bruce98US #26
#51Russell98US #69
#52Ernest95US #76
#53Ronnie95US #65
#54Bobby93US #67
#55Howard93US #63
#56Jimmy92US #53
#57Allen89US #71
#58Fred87US #72
#59Eugene86US #58
#60Stanley83US #60
#61Phillip81US #66
#62Timothy81US #34
#63Arthur78US #44
#64Clarence77US #94
#65Philip75US #55
#66Dale74US #54
#67Eddie71US #80
#68Henry70US #46
#69Lewis70US #132
#70Albert66US #56
#71Glenn66US #61
#72Curtis64US #97
#73Frederick63US #70
#74Joe63US #52
#75Patrick63US #39
#76Randy63US #92
#77Anthony58US #36
#78Barry58US #73
#79Leonard58US #74
#80Jeffrey57US #48
#81Steve57US #68
#82Marvin55US #89
#83Bernard53US #111
#84Clyde53US #131
#85Clifford51US #103
#86Franklin51US #155
#87Glen51US #127
#88Melvin51US #82
#89Lloyd48US #124
#90Norman48US #90
#91Freddie47US #152
#92Lonnie46US #134
#93Ray45US #109
#94Alfred44US #96
#95Cecil44US #173
#96Herbert44US #107
#97Keith44US #85
#98Tommy44US #84
#99Arnold43US #158
#100Jesse43US #110

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑42Kathy#43
↑36Bruce#50
↑33Mark#45
↑31Stanley#60
↑22Jean#60
↑20Barry#78
↑18Deborah#15
↑18Vickie#81

Falling

↓31Tommy#98
↓29Leonard#79
↓24Marsha#77
↓23Ann#86
↓22Clarence#64
↓22Herbert#96
↓21Joan#85
↓21Ronnie#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.