State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1953 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,348 West Virginia births in 1953 across 760 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.

#65Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#70Pattyoutside the national top 200
#73Dremaoutside the national top 200
#79Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#99Diannaoutside the national top 200
#78Dana#178 nationally
#98Cecil#196 nationally
#60Jackie#145 nationally
#79Franklin#158 nationally
#98Belinda#174 nationally
#97Mildred#166 nationally
#88Lewis#155 nationally

Girls

#1Linda798US #2
#2Mary766US #1
#3Deborah765US #3
#4Patricia636US #4
#5Brenda524US #18
#6Debra499US #7
#7Barbara470US #6
#8Sharon458US #15
#9Karen422US #9
#10Sandra401US #11
#11Pamela384US #10
#12Donna382US #13
#13Nancy358US #8
#14Susan348US #5
#15Kathy318US #23
#16Rebecca280US #24
#17Carolyn243US #25
#18Joyce239US #26
#19Judy221US #27
#20Diana217US #55
#21Betty214US #33
#22Carol209US #16
#23Janet205US #19
#24Connie200US #47
#25Cynthia196US #12
#26Beverly191US #34
#27Elizabeth190US #21
#28Margaret177US #20
#29Judith172US #30
#30Cathy163US #56
#31Shirley161US #29
#32Teresa151US #42
#33Bonnie146US #45
#34Vickie142US #79
#35Wanda136US #57
#36Martha134US #41
#37Rose125US #59
#38Catherine124US #35
#39Peggy122US #44
#40Sheila113US #60
#41Kathryn112US #48
#42Janice110US #22
#43Virginia110US #53
#44Paula108US #40
#45Sherry107US #70
#46Ruth106US #62
#47Charlotte104US #100
#48Marsha104US #83
#49Jo99US #54
#50Jane98US #43
#51Helen97US #65
#52Marilyn97US #36
#53Phyllis97US #69
#54Cheryl95US #28
#55Rita95US #64
#56Vicki94US #61
#57Rhonda90US #85
#58Diane89US #17
#59Frances85US #72
#60Gloria80US #38
#61Darlene79US #75
#62Lois79US #91
#63Anita77US #89
#64Anna77US #98
#65Wilma74
#66Kathleen73US #14
#67Alice72US #73
#68Katherine72US #63
#69Victoria71US #82
#70Patty69
#71Jacqueline68US #58
#72Dorothy67US #49
#73Drema67
#74Sue65US #106
#75Denise64US #31
#76Ellen63US #76
#77Christine62US #32
#78Regina62US #132
#79Shelia62
#80Loretta61US #137
#81Roberta57US #90
#82Ann56US #46
#83Doris56US #87
#84Debbie55US #119
#85Evelyn55US #94
#86Robin54US #66
#87Joan53US #37
#88Jean52US #52
#89Sally51US #81
#90Julia49US #124
#91Norma49US #122
#92Sarah49US #93
#93Charlene48US #113
#94Constance48US #95
#95Jennifer48US #116
#96Laura48US #51
#97Mildred48US #166
#98Belinda47US #174
#99Dianna46
#100Marcia46US #84

Boys

#1James1,226US #2
#2David1,041US #5
#3Robert994US #1
#4John899US #4
#5William884US #6
#6Michael861US #3
#7Charles687US #9
#8Richard645US #7
#9Gary520US #10
#10Thomas503US #8
#11Larry444US #18
#12Roger415US #31
#13Ronald388US #15
#14Donald357US #14
#15Jerry320US #29
#16Kenneth308US #17
#17Paul299US #16
#18Joseph281US #13
#19Steven281US #11
#20Terry272US #30
#21Stephen258US #21
#22Danny244US #41
#23George240US #22
#24Mark235US #12
#25Daniel224US #20
#26Edward211US #23
#27Randy196US #35
#28Dennis195US #19
#29Timothy190US #26
#30Gregory175US #24
#31Rodney170US #58
#32Carl147US #44
#33Jeffrey141US #25
#34Douglas139US #27
#35Harold138US #56
#36Randall131US #64
#37Billy128US #65
#38Ralph127US #59
#39Ricky119US #51
#40Jack118US #57
#41Roy117US #55
#42Johnny116US #52
#43Frank114US #33
#44Raymond114US #34
#45Bobby101US #74
#46Ronnie99US #79
#47Harry94US #83
#48Samuel94US #70
#49Darrell90US #103
#50Bruce88US #28
#51Allen86US #81
#52Russell82US #71
#53Wayne81US #40
#54Walter80US #45
#55Howard79US #77
#56Stanley79US #62
#57Keith78US #47
#58Dale77US #48
#59Ernest76US #87
#60Jackie76US #145
#61Jimmy75US #72
#62Patrick74US #39
#63Gerald73US #42
#64Earl71US #96
#65Clarence70US #108
#66Marvin70US #94
#67Lawrence69US #37
#68Dwight66US #122
#69Phillip65US #76
#70Glenn63US #67
#71Leonard63US #85
#72Joe60US #66
#73Curtis59US #86
#74Micheal58US #88
#75Steve57US #84
#76Anthony55US #32
#77Fred55US #92
#78Dana54US #178
#79Franklin54US #158
#80Eddie52US #97
#81Tommy52US #95
#82Eugene51US #75
#83Frederick50US #80
#84Henry50US #54
#85Alan49US #43
#86Albert48US #69
#87Don48US #121
#88Lewis48US #155
#89Philip47US #61
#90Donnie46US #156
#91Lloyd46US #138
#92Melvin44US #91
#93Arthur43US #50
#94Barry43US #73
#95Bernard43US #119
#96Garry43US #142
#97Rickey43US #113
#98Cecil40US #196
#99Glen40US #129
#100Clyde39US #154

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑23Denise#75
↑21Ricky#39
↑19Sue#74
↑18Teresa#32
↑18Rodney#31
↑17Catherine#38
↑17Paula#44
↑17Patty#70

Falling

↓42Arthur#93
↓28Barry#94
↓20Cecil#98
↓19Alice#67
↓17Gerald#63
↓15Gloria#60
↓15Laura#96
↓15Lawrence#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.