State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1954 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,562 West Virginia births in 1954 across 769 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.

#73Dremaoutside the national top 200
#88Diannaoutside the national top 200
#91Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#85Shelia#190 nationally
#97Thelmaoutside the national top 200
#100Cecil#194 nationally
#57Jackie#150 nationally
#85Dana#165 nationally
#93Clyde#161 nationally
#90Franklin#157 nationally
#94Lewis#156 nationally
#57Charlotte#113 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah817US #3
#2Mary717US #1
#3Linda689US #2
#4Debra640US #6
#5Patricia539US #4
#6Brenda454US #18
#7Pamela445US #12
#8Karen436US #8
#9Barbara425US #7
#10Sandra420US #13
#11Sharon414US #16
#12Donna407US #11
#13Susan359US #5
#14Kathy354US #23
#15Nancy328US #9
#16Rebecca272US #26
#17Connie267US #39
#18Carolyn239US #27
#19Joyce225US #28
#20Cynthia218US #10
#21Janet205US #19
#22Elizabeth199US #20
#23Teresa198US #34
#24Betty197US #36
#25Beverly194US #31
#26Diana194US #57
#27Judy190US #29
#28Carol184US #15
#29Judith171US #30
#30Margaret161US #21
#31Bonnie156US #52
#32Vickie148US #69
#33Cathy144US #59
#34Sherry140US #62
#35Shirley140US #33
#36Vicki133US #50
#37Cheryl132US #22
#38Martha124US #46
#39Janice119US #25
#40Marilyn119US #35
#41Sheila119US #60
#42Marsha113US #86
#43Wanda113US #58
#44Kathryn110US #51
#45Paula109US #38
#46Peggy109US #48
#47Robin109US #41
#48Rita107US #67
#49Rose104US #54
#50Ruth102US #66
#51Helen99US #72
#52Virginia99US #61
#53Jo97US #53
#54Catherine94US #32
#55Jane94US #49
#56Rhonda93US #71
#57Charlotte92US #113
#58Anita88US #96
#59Diane87US #17
#60Darlene82US #76
#61Frances82US #83
#62Lois82US #110
#63Denise80US #24
#64Phyllis80US #75
#65Anna78US #105
#66Sue74US #106
#67Terry72US #88
#68Theresa72US #47
#69Gloria70US #42
#70Katherine70US #64
#71Terri69US #100
#72Doris68US #93
#73Drema67
#74Alice66US #81
#75Dorothy66US #55
#76Jean64US #56
#77Victoria64US #85
#78Jennifer62US #108
#79Loretta62US #125
#80Joan61US #40
#81Laura61US #45
#82Debbie60US #92
#83Kathleen60US #14
#84Roberta60US #102
#85Shelia60US #190
#86Christine57US #43
#87Jacqueline57US #68
#88Dianna56
#89Regina56US #137
#90Sarah56US #103
#91Wilma56
#92Sally53US #84
#93Lisa50US #73
#94Ellen48US #77
#95Evelyn45US #109
#96Suzanne42US #82
#97Thelma42
#98Valerie42US #87
#99Carla41US #135
#100Marcia41US #90

Boys

#1James1,182US #3
#2David1,046US #5
#3Robert946US #2
#4Michael859US #1
#5John845US #4
#6William796US #6
#7Charles681US #10
#8Richard611US #7
#9Gary527US #9
#10Thomas466US #8
#11Larry440US #19
#12Donald428US #14
#13Roger392US #34
#14Ronald338US #15
#15Terry331US #27
#16Steven330US #11
#17Mark310US #12
#18Joseph297US #13
#19Kenneth296US #17
#20Jerry281US #31
#21Stephen276US #20
#22Paul268US #16
#23Danny249US #42
#24Daniel247US #18
#25Gregory245US #25
#26Randy221US #33
#27George213US #24
#28Timothy213US #26
#29Dennis199US #21
#30Edward196US #22
#31Douglas165US #29
#32Jeffrey148US #23
#33Randall148US #55
#34Ricky148US #46
#35Carl147US #47
#36Harold130US #60
#37Johnny130US #54
#38Roy129US #56
#39Billy128US #65
#40Jack123US #57
#41Rodney122US #66
#42Ralph121US #61
#43Samuel115US #71
#44Raymond108US #35
#45Keith106US #45
#46Bruce104US #30
#47Darrell101US #95
#48Howard92US #80
#49Frank86US #36
#50Ronnie86US #78
#51Phillip85US #75
#52Bobby84US #72
#53Gerald83US #44
#54Allen81US #82
#55Stanley81US #58
#56Harry80US #86
#57Jackie79US #150
#58Dale75US #50
#59Kevin75US #28
#60Russell75US #69
#61Lawrence73US #39
#62Walter72US #49
#63Wayne71US #41
#64Arthur70US #52
#65Philip68US #62
#66Clarence66US #108
#67Rickey66US #113
#68Jimmy65US #74
#69Patrick64US #38
#70Barry63US #68
#71Ernest63US #87
#72Anthony61US #32
#73Steve61US #76
#74Eddie60US #91
#75Earl59US #98
#76Joe58US #67
#77Micheal58US #88
#78Eugene57US #77
#79Glenn53US #63
#80Alan52US #43
#81Clifford52US #112
#82Curtis52US #84
#83Leonard51US #85
#84Marvin51US #97
#85Dana50US #165
#86Henry48US #59
#87Melvin48US #92
#88Andrew47US #70
#89Albert46US #73
#90Franklin46US #157
#91Frederick46US #83
#92Tommy46US #100
#93Clyde45US #161
#94Lewis44US #156
#95Lloyd44US #142
#96Herbert43US #128
#97Calvin42US #117
#98Fred42US #93
#99Rick42US #102
#100Cecil41US #194

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑39Robin#47
↑30Rickey#67
↑29Arthur#64
↑24Philip#65
↑24Barry#70
↑20Vicki#36
↑18Phillip#51
↑17Cheryl#37

Falling

↓26Wilma#91
↓21Fred#98
↓18Ellen#94
↓18Marvin#84
↓17Kathleen#83
↓16Catherine#54
↓16Jacqueline#87
↓12Rose#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.