Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,046
2	Betty	624
3	Barbara	609
4	Patricia	558
5	Shirley	480
6	Nancy	462
7	Linda	412
8	Carolyn	348
9	Judith	346
10	Carol	309
11	Sandra	307
12	Phyllis	294
13	Janet	276
14	Margaret	272
15	Helen	240
16	Joyce	231
17	Dorothy	229
18	Wanda	226
19	Ruth	225
20	Anna	193
21	Frances	192
22	Norma	191
23	Virginia	183
24	Elizabeth	179
25	Doris	176
26	Brenda	174
27	Judy	170
28	Janice	167
29	Martha	162
30	Donna	161
31	Bonnie	159
32	Alice	152
33	Peggy	139
34	Lois	136
35	Charlotte	130
36	Loretta	126
37	Sharon	125
38	Gloria	117
39	Juanita	109
40	Delores	98
40	Joan	98
42	Jo	97
43	Rebecca	96
44	Jean	94
45	Thelma	93
46	Evelyn	91
46	Mildred	91
46	Patty	91
49	Connie	89
50	Eleanor	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,332
2	Robert	974
3	William	896
4	Charles	825
5	John	797
6	Donald	466
7	David	459
7	Richard	459
9	Larry	437
10	Thomas	405
11	Ronald	392
12	Jerry	318
13	George	310
14	Paul	294
15	Gary	253
16	Kenneth	237
17	Carl	209
17	Harold	209
19	Joseph	208
20	Billy	187
20	Edward	187
22	Roger	163
23	Jack	160
24	Bobby	157
25	Franklin	155
26	Jackie	151
27	Roy	141
28	Harry	138
29	Ralph	137
30	Walter	132
31	Frank	130
32	Raymond	129
33	Howard	127
34	Michael	121
35	Clarence	103
35	Lawrence	103
37	Joe	99
38	Fred	95
38	Gerald	95
40	Daniel	94
41	Earl	93
42	Arthur	88
42	Norman	88
44	Johnny	86
45	Russell	85
46	Melvin	82
47	Eugene	81
47	Samuel	81
49	Gene	76
50	Jimmy	75