State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1959 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,400 West Virginia births in 1959 across 756 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
#62Timmy#188 nationally
#77Jackie#197 nationally
#97Crystaloutside the national top 200
#88Franklin#190 nationally
#63Marsha#163 nationally
#86Shelia#170 nationally
#86Clarence#147 nationally
#80Patty#140 nationally
#84Charlotte#144 nationally
#61Carla#118 nationally
#95Belinda#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary493US #1
#2Debra444US #7
#3Pamela423US #12
#4Donna416US #5
#5Tammy400US #31
#6Kathy383US #15
#7Linda375US #3
#8Deborah353US #9
#9Patricia334US #6
#10Brenda324US #16
#11Teresa317US #24
#12Karen311US #4
#13Kimberly297US #33
#14Sandra294US #13
#15Susan284US #2
#16Debbie271US #20
#17Barbara251US #11
#18Cheryl234US #18
#19Cynthia232US #8
#20Rebecca230US #38
#21Lisa221US #10
#22Sharon211US #17
#23Nancy196US #14
#24Connie194US #48
#25Robin193US #32
#26Cathy188US #39
#27Elizabeth173US #21
#28Janet166US #28
#29Joyce161US #50
#30Cindy153US #25
#31Terri153US #46
#32Carol152US #22
#33Diana144US #49
#34Beverly129US #55
#35Rhonda127US #45
#36Vickie121US #90
#37Carolyn120US #42
#38Peggy117US #57
#39Sherry117US #58
#40Judy115US #41
#41Tina115US #53
#42Betty108US #59
#43Darlene104US #66
#44Vicki91US #73
#45Anita88US #87
#46Jennifer87US #78
#47Sheila86US #52
#48Bonnie82US #71
#49Catherine82US #40
#50Kim82US #35
#51Margaret82US #36
#52Paula82US #51
#53Anna81US #99
#54Virginia80US #93
#55Denise78US #29
#56Diane76US #19
#57Rita76US #98
#58Martha75US #72
#59Julie73US #26
#60Kelly72US #74
#61Carla69US #118
#62Kathryn68US #69
#63Marsha68US #163
#64Valerie68US #60
#65Drema63
#66Terry63US #95
#67Theresa63US #34
#68Janice62US #37
#69Ruth62US #97
#70Tamara62US #121
#71Angela61US #68
#72Becky61US #102
#73Rose61US #88
#74Laura60US #30
#75Judith59US #70
#76Stephanie58US #101
#77Jane57US #67
#78Shirley57US #61
#79Beth56US #80
#80Patty55US #140
#81Regina54US #117
#82Phyllis52US #103
#83Wanda51US #65
#84Charlotte49US #144
#85Christine49US #43
#86Shelia48US #170
#87Alice47US #112
#88Amy47US #85
#89Katherine47US #79
#90Loretta46US #136
#91Penny46US #122
#92Dorothy45US #94
#93Melissa45US #127
#94Annette44US #64
#95Belinda44US #150
#96Sarah44US #119
#97Crystal43
#98Lori43US #27
#99Roberta43US #142
#100Sally43US #114

Boys

#1James971US #3
#2David922US #2
#3Robert797US #5
#4John741US #4
#5Michael689US #1
#6Mark606US #6
#7William597US #7
#8Timothy520US #12
#9Richard504US #8
#10Charles477US #11
#11Jeffrey334US #16
#12Thomas332US #9
#13Donald328US #19
#14Gary272US #20
#15Steven271US #10
#16Terry269US #33
#17Larry260US #25
#18Ricky257US #34
#19Ronald247US #21
#20Kenneth244US #15
#21Gregory242US #23
#22Paul240US #17
#23Joseph228US #13
#24Kevin204US #14
#25Randy200US #31
#26Jerry193US #36
#27Roger191US #47
#28George166US #32
#29Stephen162US #28
#30Daniel161US #18
#31Danny161US #48
#32Randall140US #59
#33Dennis139US #29
#34Douglas135US #30
#35Edward125US #27
#36Brian118US #22
#37Billy117US #65
#38Anthony113US #26
#39Carl113US #54
#40Jeffery111US #55
#41Keith103US #39
#42Mike97US #37
#43Rodney93US #67
#44Steve92US #41
#45Harold89US #87
#46Jimmy87US #69
#47Bruce85US #38
#48Ronnie84US #77
#49Bobby81US #71
#50Jeff80US #52
#51Johnny78US #64
#52Raymond78US #45
#53Jack77US #85
#54Dale75US #49
#55Ralph75US #84
#56Tim75US #60
#57Roy73US #81
#58Craig72US #44
#59Scott71US #24
#60Barry70US #73
#61Russell69US #56
#62Timmy69US #188
#63Tony69US #53
#64Samuel68US #86
#65Darrell67US #90
#66Frank67US #42
#67Phillip67US #74
#68Patrick63US #43
#69Walter61US #66
#70Eric59US #46
#71Allen58US #97
#72Harry58US #120
#73Eddie56US #101
#74Philip56US #68
#75Curtis55US #75
#76Howard55US #104
#77Jackie55US #197
#78Alan54US #50
#79Gerald53US #61
#80Rick53US #89
#81Tommy53US #108
#82Arthur52US #76
#83Christopher52US #35
#84Lawrence51US #62
#85Rickey51US #117
#86Clarence50US #147
#87Greg50US #91
#88Franklin49US #190
#89Stanley48US #98
#90Earl47US #135
#91Matthew47US #63
#92Ernest45US #118
#93Bryan43US #94
#94Eugene43US #106
#95Joe43US #57
#96Wayne42US #51
#97Don40US #111
#98Fred40US #112
#99Marvin40US #123
#100Micheal40US #96

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑29Eric#70
↑28Jimmy#46
↑26Tim#56
↑25Kathryn#62
↑22Stephanie#76
↑21Carla#61
↑19Jennifer#46
↑17Valerie#64

Falling

↓37Wayne#96
↓31Wanda#83
↓30Shirley#78
↓26Sarah#96
↓22Penny#91
↓20Rose#73
↓18Regina#81
↓16Katherine#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.