Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	992
2	Barbara	644
3	Patricia	614
4	Betty	588
5	Linda	492
6	Carolyn	482
7	Nancy	449
8	Shirley	434
9	Judith	413
10	Sandra	386
11	Carol	361
12	Janet	291
13	Margaret	281
14	Phyllis	279
15	Joyce	264
16	Ruth	244
17	Brenda	240
18	Helen	225
19	Judy	212
20	Dorothy	200
21	Donna	197
22	Janice	195
23	Peggy	191
24	Wanda	189
25	Karen	185
26	Martha	183
27	Virginia	182
28	Bonnie	181
28	Sharon	181
30	Norma	176
31	Elizabeth	173
32	Frances	157
33	Anna	149
33	Doris	149
35	Alice	146
36	Juanita	132
37	Gloria	131
38	Charlotte	129
39	Lois	118
40	Patsy	117
41	Joan	116
42	Loretta	109
43	Patty	107
44	Delores	105
44	Sue	105
46	Beverly	94
47	Jo	93
47	Rebecca	93
49	Evelyn	92
50	Ruby	89

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,373
2	Robert	979
3	William	948
4	Charles	855
5	John	850
6	David	568
7	Richard	526
8	Larry	492
9	Donald	452
10	Jerry	420
11	Ronald	403
12	Thomas	383
13	George	338
14	Gary	300
15	Paul	296
16	Kenneth	251
17	Joseph	225
18	Roger	213
19	Edward	203
20	Carl	188
21	Billy	186
22	Harold	182
23	Roy	175
24	Bobby	174
25	Harry	150
26	Jackie	149
27	Jack	147
27	Ralph	147
29	Michael	132
29	Raymond	132
31	Frank	127
32	Walter	113
33	Howard	112
34	Clarence	110
35	Earl	109
36	Franklin	103
37	Gerald	102
38	Fred	101
39	Johnny	98
40	Lawrence	94
41	Samuel	90
42	Jimmy	89
43	Ernest	87
44	Eugene	86
45	Joe	85
46	Albert	83
47	Russell	82
48	Arthur	79
49	Melvin	78
50	Henry	77