State roster

Top names in West Virginia

The names most likely to appear on 1962 West Virginia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,817 West Virginia births in 1962 across 719 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.

#77Timmyoutside the national top 200
#90Franklin#199 nationally
#94Jackieoutside the national top 200
#82Marsha#182 nationally
#87Crystal#180 nationally
#89Patty#172 nationally
#91Shelia#173 nationally
#100Tonya#174 nationally
#100Dana#172 nationally
#93Roberta#159 nationally
#50Vickie#107 nationally
#72Melinda#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary422US #2
#2Lisa380US #1
#3Kimberly374US #16
#4Tammy369US #23
#5Teresa315US #18
#6Donna312US #7
#7Karen284US #4
#8Debra277US #15
#9Brenda272US #12
#10Pamela266US #13
#11Linda259US #5
#12Susan244US #3
#13Barbara240US #14
#14Kathy235US #27
#15Sandra228US #10
#16Robin214US #25
#17Patricia211US #6
#18Deborah206US #9
#19Cynthia194US #8
#20Rebecca183US #47
#21Connie176US #51
#22Sharon176US #17
#23Tina174US #33
#24Sherry167US #48
#25Cheryl150US #24
#26Elizabeth148US #20
#27Kelly142US #38
#28Debbie136US #32
#29Angela134US #36
#30Janet134US #35
#31Nancy133US #19
#32Rhonda131US #45
#33Terri129US #54
#34Beverly126US #69
#35Jennifer125US #41
#36Carolyn120US #46
#37Carol117US #28
#38Lori115US #11
#39Diana108US #57
#40Cindy107US #34
#41Joyce105US #74
#42Sheila104US #52
#43Cathy98US #62
#44Sherri94US #82
#45Carla91US #78
#46Judy84US #63
#47Julie84US #22
#48Laura81US #21
#49Paula81US #60
#50Vickie81US #107
#51Anita80US #81
#52Vicki79US #85
#53Kim77US #37
#54Betty76US #97
#55Denise74US #30
#56Beth73US #66
#57Margaret73US #43
#58Peggy72US #93
#59Penny71US #92
#60Stephanie71US #70
#61Melissa70US #68
#62Melanie67US #106
#63Darlene64US #88
#64Jacqueline62US #44
#65Bonnie59US #79
#66Catherine59US #53
#67Michelle59US #31
#68Regina59US #91
#69Diane57US #26
#70Jane56US #73
#71Christine55US #39
#72Melinda55US #118
#73Rita54US #110
#74Sarah54US #98
#75Tamara54US #119
#76Amy53US #61
#77Theresa53US #40
#78Anna52US #100
#79Jill52US #72
#80Ruth51US #104
#81Wanda50US #77
#82Marsha48US #182
#83Julia47US #120
#84Shirley47US #96
#85Becky46US #122
#86Virginia46US #105
#87Crystal45US #180
#88Helen45US #128
#89Patty45US #172
#90Rose45US #116
#91Shelia45US #173
#92Judith44US #86
#93Roberta44US #159
#94Jackie42US #126
#95Tracy42US #55
#96Alice41US #133
#97Terry41US #112
#98Christina40US #124
#99Leslie40US #80
#100Tonya40US #174

Boys

#1David859US #2
#2James790US #4
#3John739US #3
#4Michael701US #1
#5Robert698US #5
#6Mark524US #6
#7William507US #7
#8Charles436US #15
#9Timothy420US #16
#10Jeffrey407US #10
#11Richard391US #8
#12Gregory296US #21
#13Thomas288US #9
#14Kevin262US #14
#15Gary258US #22
#16Steven241US #12
#17Joseph234US #13
#18Donald233US #23
#19Kenneth222US #18
#20Ronald206US #25
#21Paul197US #19
#22Larry193US #31
#23Roger172US #47
#24Terry171US #34
#25Brian163US #20
#26Jerry161US #38
#27Daniel160US #17
#28Scott150US #11
#29Ricky147US #50
#30Jeffery145US #45
#31Randy142US #35
#32Douglas139US #27
#33Stephen127US #28
#34Danny117US #54
#35Anthony110US #24
#36Christopher108US #26
#37George105US #32
#38Randall98US #64
#39Bruce97US #41
#40Keith90US #36
#41Billy89US #71
#42Edward88US #29
#43Mike88US #39
#44Barry86US #61
#45Jeff85US #44
#46Phillip83US #68
#47Dennis80US #37
#48Carl79US #58
#49Rodney76US #76
#50Russell76US #57
#51Harold75US #95
#52Bobby74US #78
#53Eric73US #33
#54Roy71US #90
#55Todd67US #30
#56Craig66US #51
#57Jack65US #99
#58Jimmy65US #75
#59Ralph65US #97
#60Steve65US #46
#61Tony65US #52
#62Patrick63US #40
#63Frank61US #42
#64Ronnie61US #100
#65Samuel61US #88
#66Raymond60US #48
#67Johnny59US #69
#68Dale57US #62
#69Tim57US #72
#70Walter57US #79
#71Alan54US #53
#72Matthew54US #56
#73Bryan53US #82
#74Curtis50US #73
#75Darrell50US #102
#76Jonathan50US #94
#77Timmy50
#78Allen48US #93
#79Dwayne48US #119
#80Howard47US #114
#81Glenn46US #55
#82Bradley44US #87
#83Chris44US #60
#84Andrew43US #49
#85Jay43US #80
#86Joe43US #59
#87Micheal42US #104
#88Glen41US #129
#89Troy41US #67
#90Franklin40US #199
#91Greg40US #77
#92Harry40US #134
#93Vincent40US #66
#94Jackie38
#95Gerald37US #65
#96Philip37US #81
#97Arthur36US #91
#98Calvin36US #144
#99Marvin36US #118
#100Dana34US #172

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑32Julie#47
↑27Walter#70
↑21Amy#76
↑20Ralph#59
↑19Sherri#44
↑19Vickie#50
↑19Catherine#66
↑17Jane#70

Falling

↓39Terry#97
↓29Virginia#86
↓22Jacqueline#64
↓19Rose#90
↓17Judith#92
↓16Marsha#82
↓16Alice#96
↓16Alan#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.