State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1961 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,624 West Virginia births in 1961 across 729 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.

#66Timmy#200 nationally
#76Franklin#195 nationally
#66Marsha#179 nationally
#100Dana#180 nationally
#60Melinda#129 nationally
#88Rickey#153 nationally
#93Clarence#155 nationally
#63Sherri#121 nationally
#84Belinda#141 nationally
#58Terry#108 nationally
#55Penny#101 nationally
#57Virginia#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary468US #1
#2Tammy407US #28
#3Lisa396US #2
#4Kimberly352US #22
#5Brenda336US #11
#6Donna326US #7
#7Teresa318US #18
#8Pamela305US #15
#9Debra304US #13
#10Kathy295US #25
#11Karen270US #5
#12Susan258US #3
#13Linda254US #4
#14Patricia252US #6
#15Deborah240US #10
#16Robin238US #27
#17Sandra231US #9
#18Barbara218US #12
#19Rebecca200US #44
#20Connie196US #50
#21Sharon181US #17
#22Debbie176US #31
#23Elizabeth171US #19
#24Nancy170US #16
#25Tina170US #41
#26Cheryl169US #20
#27Cynthia169US #8
#28Sherry163US #53
#29Cindy131US #33
#30Carol129US #24
#31Cathy127US #55
#32Janet124US #32
#33Terri124US #51
#34Jennifer119US #47
#35Joyce119US #62
#36Diana118US #56
#37Rhonda113US #46
#38Angela111US #38
#39Carolyn110US #42
#40Kelly106US #45
#41Laura103US #21
#42Jacqueline101US #37
#43Judy95US #58
#44Sheila94US #59
#45Denise93US #30
#46Beverly89US #66
#47Betty88US #87
#48Paula87US #60
#49Anita84US #91
#50Beth84US #65
#51Lori82US #14
#52Carla75US #77
#53Kim75US #36
#54Vicki75US #76
#55Penny74US #101
#56Bonnie73US #75
#57Virginia73US #103
#58Terry71US #108
#59Martha69US #81
#60Melinda67US #129
#61Stephanie67US #78
#62Diane66US #26
#63Sherri66US #121
#64Peggy65US #88
#65Melissa63US #95
#66Marsha62US #179
#67Michelle62US #34
#68Margaret61US #40
#69Vickie61US #107
#70Regina60US #98
#71Rose59US #111
#72Darlene57US #80
#73Ruth56US #96
#74Janice55US #52
#75Judith55US #83
#76Wanda55US #70
#77Shirley54US #85
#78Dawn53US #49
#79Julie53US #23
#80Alice52US #126
#81Rita52US #105
#82Kathryn51US #93
#83Theresa51US #35
#84Belinda50US #141
#85Catherine50US #48
#86Helen48US #119
#87Jane48US #72
#88Tamara48US #125
#89Tracy48US #64
#90Anna47US #100
#91Annette47US #73
#92Jill47US #74
#93Becky46US #115
#94Jackie45US #112
#95Julia45US #116
#96Michele45US #63
#97Amy43US #69
#98Katherine43US #86
#99Dorothy41US #99
#100Valerie41US #67

Boys

#1David923US #2
#2James875US #4
#3John795US #3
#4Michael749US #1
#5Robert683US #5
#6Mark594US #6
#7William541US #7
#8Timothy456US #15
#9Charles446US #13
#10Jeffrey446US #11
#11Richard404US #8
#12Thomas293US #9
#13Gregory282US #23
#14Gary247US #21
#15Donald242US #22
#16Joseph232US #12
#17Kenneth230US #16
#18Kevin228US #14
#19Ronald228US #24
#20Paul226US #18
#21Terry220US #32
#22Steven215US #10
#23Larry207US #30
#24Roger191US #47
#25Brian190US #20
#26Ricky190US #44
#27Jerry175US #37
#28Daniel163US #17
#29Randy157US #33
#30Douglas153US #28
#31Randall142US #63
#32George137US #31
#33Edward131US #29
#34Scott128US #19
#35Stephen128US #27
#36Jeffery125US #50
#37Danny122US #54
#38Billy103US #68
#39Christopher101US #26
#40Anthony99US #25
#41Keith98US #35
#42Mike96US #36
#43Rodney96US #72
#44Bruce94US #40
#45Dennis93US #34
#46Carl90US #56
#47Jeff89US #49
#48Barry87US #66
#49Frank85US #41
#50Russell82US #55
#51Ronnie81US #91
#52Steve74US #45
#53Patrick73US #39
#54Samuel73US #89
#55Alan72US #51
#56Harold72US #94
#57Johnny72US #70
#58Bobby71US #76
#59Jack71US #90
#60Phillip71US #69
#61Craig68US #43
#62Jimmy67US #71
#63Allen66US #96
#64Eric66US #38
#65Roy66US #83
#66Timmy66US #200
#67Raymond63US #48
#68Dale62US #58
#69Tony62US #53
#70Todd61US #46
#71Tim60US #65
#72Darrell59US #101
#73Howard58US #109
#74Bryan53US #82
#75Curtis53US #75
#76Franklin53US #195
#77Micheal53US #103
#78Andrew51US #52
#79Ralph51US #95
#80Chris50US #57
#81Joe50US #60
#82Dwayne48US #111
#83Greg46US #77
#84Philip45US #79
#85Tommy44US #116
#86Gerald43US #62
#87Matthew42US #59
#88Rickey42US #153
#89Eddie41US #102
#90Harry41US #131
#91Rick41US #108
#92Leonard40US #114
#93Clarence39US #155
#94Jim39US #78
#95Jay38US #81
#96Marvin38US #120
#97Walter38US #74
#98Earl37US #139
#99Wayne37US #61
#100Dana36US #180

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑52Jacqueline#42
↑28Alan#55
↑26Marsha#66
↑24Melissa#65
↑22Beth#50
↑20Stephanie#61
↑19Penny#55
↑18Franklin#76

Falling

↓35Anna#90
↓29Vickie#69
↓29Wayne#99
↓27Annette#91
↓24Theresa#83
↓22Darrell#72
↓20Rita#81
↓20Catherine#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.