State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1957 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,339 West Virginia births in 1957 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.

#65Dremaoutside the national top 200
#80Dianna#199 nationally
#64Jackie#178 nationally
#77Patty#174 nationally
#84Franklin#180 nationally
#90Shelia#180 nationally
#94Lewis#182 nationally
#58Marsha#144 nationally
#82Dwight#159 nationally
#71Lois#145 nationally
#57Regina#123 nationally
#76Vicky#142 nationally

Girls

#1Debra607US #4
#2Mary562US #1
#3Deborah522US #6
#4Linda479US #3
#5Brenda447US #13
#6Kathy428US #20
#7Pamela428US #12
#8Patricia393US #8
#9Karen385US #5
#10Donna359US #10
#11Barbara327US #9
#12Sandra316US #15
#13Cheryl311US #16
#14Sharon309US #14
#15Susan299US #2
#16Teresa288US #24
#17Cynthia285US #7
#18Nancy255US #11
#19Rebecca245US #34
#20Connie234US #47
#21Kimberly222US #42
#22Debbie201US #27
#23Diana201US #43
#24Cathy199US #39
#25Carol192US #18
#26Cindy189US #19
#27Sherry182US #55
#28Robin181US #30
#29Joyce172US #40
#30Elizabeth169US #22
#31Janet166US #23
#32Carolyn156US #33
#33Beverly146US #48
#34Judy146US #38
#35Vickie135US #70
#36Betty134US #50
#37Peggy130US #62
#38Sheila125US #58
#39Rhonda124US #52
#40Vicki122US #51
#41Margaret116US #29
#42Anita114US #81
#43Darlene113US #57
#44Diane109US #17
#45Paula104US #49
#46Tina104US #80
#47Tammy103US #107
#48Terri103US #68
#49Wanda102US #59
#50Rita101US #78
#51Shirley99US #46
#52Lisa90US #26
#53Martha90US #63
#54Rose90US #69
#55Virginia90US #75
#56Judith89US #53
#57Regina87US #123
#58Marsha85US #144
#59Terry85US #92
#60Janice82US #32
#61Bonnie81US #64
#62Kim78US #35
#63Denise77US #25
#64Kathryn75US #65
#65Drema73
#66Catherine69US #37
#67Helen68US #95
#68Jennifer67US #87
#69Phyllis65US #90
#70Jo63US #83
#71Lois63US #145
#72Anna62US #105
#73Carla62US #128
#74Alice61US #106
#75Sarah61US #116
#76Vicky60US #142
#77Patty59US #174
#78Theresa59US #36
#79Charlotte58US #133
#80Dianna57US #199
#81Roberta57US #121
#82Julie54US #28
#83Loretta54US #131
#84Ruth54US #84
#85Laura53US #31
#86Sue53US #104
#87Frances52US #113
#88Charlene51US #136
#89Christine51US #41
#90Shelia51US #180
#91Lynn49US #61
#92Katherine48US #72
#93Gloria47US #66
#94Marilyn47US #82
#95Ann46US #44
#96Penny46US #138
#97Becky45US #127
#98Dorothy45US #74
#99Gail45US #54
#100Kathleen45US #21

Boys

#1James1,065US #2
#2David948US #3
#3Michael874US #1
#4Robert841US #4
#5John774US #5
#6William718US #6
#7Charles587US #11
#8Richard510US #8
#9Mark507US #7
#10Gary412US #13
#11Thomas389US #9
#12Donald374US #15
#13Larry372US #22
#14Timothy365US #19
#15Ronald328US #17
#16Gregory322US #23
#17Terry306US #33
#18Steven286US #10
#19Joseph275US #12
#20Kenneth274US #14
#21Jeffrey271US #21
#22Paul269US #18
#23Randy265US #31
#24Jerry245US #35
#25Roger244US #42
#26Stephen228US #24
#27Danny198US #45
#28Douglas183US #30
#29Daniel182US #16
#30Ricky178US #40
#31Edward171US #25
#32George171US #29
#33Dennis155US #28
#34Randall140US #59
#35Kevin134US #20
#36Bruce132US #34
#37Carl129US #49
#38Rodney121US #70
#39Billy118US #64
#40Raymond118US #39
#41Brian116US #26
#42Roy115US #65
#43Jeffery113US #52
#44Jack110US #67
#45Ronnie110US #73
#46Keith105US #36
#47Ralph97US #76
#48Johnny96US #61
#49Harold83US #74
#50Steve83US #44
#51Darrell81US #90
#52Samuel79US #82
#53Dale76US #50
#54Bobby73US #78
#55Harry72US #100
#56Russell72US #54
#57Anthony71US #27
#58Frank69US #38
#59Phillip68US #79
#60Scott68US #32
#61Howard67US #89
#62Allen65US #91
#63Patrick65US #41
#64Jackie64US #178
#65Lawrence64US #46
#66Eddie63US #95
#67Jimmy63US #77
#68Mike63US #53
#69Walter63US #58
#70Wayne63US #47
#71Tony62US #71
#72Barry60US #72
#73Clarence57US #135
#74Curtis57US #80
#75Leonard57US #94
#76Rickey57US #108
#77Alan55US #48
#78Tommy55US #102
#79Earl54US #122
#80Rick53US #87
#81Gerald51US #51
#82Dwight50US #159
#83Micheal50US #85
#84Franklin49US #180
#85Philip49US #68
#86Arthur48US #66
#87Ernest48US #101
#88Marvin47US #112
#89Eric46US #60
#90Henry46US #75
#91Jay46US #88
#92Bradley45US #107
#93Joe45US #57
#94Lewis45US #182
#95Matthew44US #83
#96Greg43US #127
#97Stanley43US #81
#98Calvin42US #114
#99Glenn42US #62
#100Perry42US #145

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑30Kim#62
↑29Cindy#26
↑26Brian#41
↑23Drema#65
↑23Vicky#76
↑22Peggy#37
↑22Lois#71
↑20Tony#71

Falling

↓31Ruth#84
↓26Kathleen#100
↓25Stanley#97
↓21Bonnie#61
↓20Catherine#66
↓20Katherine#92
↓20Micheal#83
↓19Barry#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.