State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1955 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,229 West Virginia births in 1955 across 771 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.

#91Diannaoutside the national top 200
#95Pattyoutside the national top 200
#100Dreamaoutside the national top 200
#81Shelia#181 nationally
#78Dana#176 nationally
#61Jackie#148 nationally
#77Franklin#163 nationally
#55Charlotte#129 nationally
#100Donnie#169 nationally
#92Lewis#160 nationally
#99Vicky#159 nationally
#96Lonnie#155 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah708US #2
#2Debra653US #4
#3Mary625US #1
#4Linda611US #3
#5Patricia496US #6
#6Pamela442US #12
#7Brenda385US #18
#8Barbara384US #7
#9Sharon384US #16
#10Karen369US #8
#11Donna363US #10
#12Sandra359US #13
#13Susan352US #5
#14Kathy346US #22
#15Nancy318US #9
#16Rebecca291US #27
#17Connie270US #35
#18Teresa241US #26
#19Cheryl207US #19
#20Diana201US #55
#21Cynthia197US #11
#22Carolyn194US #30
#23Janet190US #20
#24Beverly181US #34
#25Joyce180US #29
#26Carol179US #15
#27Betty172US #36
#28Cathy163US #44
#29Elizabeth154US #21
#30Vickie154US #68
#31Robin149US #33
#32Sheila148US #57
#33Judith147US #31
#34Judy142US #32
#35Sherry142US #56
#36Margaret138US #24
#37Shirley119US #37
#38Vicki118US #52
#39Virginia111US #66
#40Bonnie110US #45
#41Peggy110US #51
#42Rita106US #72
#43Martha105US #53
#44Rose104US #54
#45Diane102US #14
#46Paula98US #39
#47Kathryn97US #59
#48Catherine96US #28
#49Darlene96US #76
#50Ruth93US #70
#51Debbie91US #63
#52Jo88US #58
#53Terri88US #85
#54Denise87US #23
#55Charlotte86US #129
#56Marsha86US #106
#57Anita83US #94
#58Jane83US #50
#59Phyllis83US #74
#60Rhonda83US #71
#61Terry81US #83
#62Marilyn79US #49
#63Wanda79US #61
#64Janice78US #25
#65Jennifer76US #104
#66Katherine73US #65
#67Doris72US #101
#68Alice71US #87
#69Gloria71US #47
#70Roberta68US #113
#71Kathleen65US #17
#72Anna64US #105
#73Regina64US #127
#74Lois63US #124
#75Sue63US #116
#76Dorothy62US #64
#77Frances62US #96
#78Helen61US #78
#79Theresa61US #38
#80Sarah58US #108
#81Shelia58US #181
#82Loretta56US #123
#83Laura55US #41
#84Lisa55US #48
#85Ellen52US #81
#86Kimberly51US #111
#87Victoria51US #82
#88Jean49US #60
#89Christine48US #40
#90Vanessa48US #140
#91Dianna47
#92Evelyn47US #112
#93Tina47US #132
#94Charlene46US #130
#95Patty46
#96Carla45US #135
#97Joan42US #46
#98Norma42US #137
#99Vicky42US #159
#100Dreama41

Boys

#1David1,144US #2
#2James1,104US #3
#3John860US #5
#4Robert842US #4
#5Michael834US #1
#6William802US #6
#7Charles668US #11
#8Richard632US #7
#9Gary453US #12
#10Thomas406US #8
#11Larry390US #19
#12Steven346US #10
#13Mark341US #9
#14Roger333US #37
#15Donald326US #14
#16Terry322US #28
#17Ronald319US #18
#18Joseph298US #13
#19Kenneth290US #15
#20Randy265US #30
#21Timothy258US #22
#22Paul255US #16
#23Jerry237US #33
#24Daniel236US #17
#25Danny236US #45
#26Stephen236US #21
#27Gregory225US #24
#28Jeffrey207US #20
#29George190US #26
#30Dennis176US #23
#31Edward161US #25
#32Ricky154US #46
#33Randall147US #53
#34Douglas146US #29
#35Carl129US #47
#36Bruce124US #32
#37Billy119US #69
#38Roy114US #58
#39Harold112US #63
#40Rodney111US #65
#41Jack110US #60
#42Darrell96US #91
#43Keith94US #39
#44Johnny93US #55
#45Frank90US #34
#46Samuel90US #71
#47Ronnie88US #80
#48Dale83US #52
#49Kevin83US #27
#50Ralph83US #67
#51Walter81US #51
#52Bobby80US #75
#53Raymond79US #36
#54Steve74US #72
#55Anthony73US #31
#56Lawrence73US #42
#57Harry69US #89
#58Howard69US #83
#59Russell69US #57
#60Barry67US #70
#61Jackie67US #148
#62Phillip66US #74
#63Earl64US #106
#64Jeffery64US #73
#65Curtis62US #79
#66Jimmy62US #78
#67Wayne62US #44
#68Clarence59US #117
#69Eugene59US #81
#70Arthur58US #56
#71Gerald58US #48
#72Patrick58US #41
#73Philip56US #62
#74Alan55US #43
#75Stanley55US #64
#76Allen53US #84
#77Franklin53US #163
#78Dana52US #176
#79Leonard51US #88
#80Micheal48US #87
#81Rickey48US #114
#82Tommy48US #108
#83Christopher47US #49
#84Ernest47US #90
#85Frederick47US #86
#86Joe47US #68
#87Albert45US #76
#88Fred45US #97
#89Henry45US #61
#90Marvin44US #94
#91Eddie42US #92
#92Lewis42US #160
#93Ray42US #113
#94Melvin41US #95
#95Scott41US #38
#96Lonnie40US #155
#97Glenn39US #59
#98Jesse39US #122
#99Alfred38US #119
#100Donnie38US #169

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑31Debbie#51
↑19Steve#54
↑18Cheryl#19
↑18Terri#53
↑17Anthony#55
↑17Curtis#65
↑16Robin#31
↑16Regina#73

Falling

↓27Helen#78
↓25Janice#64
↓22Marilyn#62
↓22Allen#76
↓20Wanda#63
↓20Stanley#75
↓18Gerald#71
↓18Glenn#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.