Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,041
2	Patricia	688
3	Barbara	679
4	Linda	657
5	Carolyn	550
6	Betty	546
7	Shirley	485
8	Sandra	471
9	Carol	438
10	Nancy	431
11	Judith	398
12	Joyce	330
13	Janet	321
14	Karen	293
15	Margaret	276
16	Sharon	272
17	Brenda	263
18	Donna	259
19	Phyllis	258
20	Judy	254
21	Ruth	225
22	Helen	222
23	Bonnie	195
23	Frances	195
25	Virginia	189
26	Elizabeth	187
27	Dorothy	186
28	Anna	181
29	Wanda	177
30	Peggy	174
31	Martha	168
32	Charlotte	157
33	Janice	155
34	Alice	149
35	Norma	140
36	Doris	134
37	Gloria	131
38	Lois	124
39	Rebecca	120
40	Connie	117
41	Susan	101
42	Wilma	96
43	Evelyn	94
43	Patsy	94
45	Carole	93
45	Delores	93
45	Loretta	93
48	Joan	91
48	Rita	91
50	Beverly	90

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,515
2	Robert	1,020
3	William	953
4	John	886
5	Charles	806
6	David	616
7	Larry	609
8	Richard	540
9	Donald	462
10	Ronald	438
11	Thomas	422
12	Jerry	387
13	Gary	348
14	Douglas	318
15	George	314
16	Paul	294
17	Roger	269
18	Kenneth	245
19	Harold	220
20	Joseph	218
21	Carl	205
22	Michael	184
23	Roy	174
24	Billy	171
25	Edward	167
26	Ralph	156
27	Harry	144
28	Raymond	140
29	Jack	138
30	Bobby	132
31	Frank	129
32	Walter	120
33	Danny	118
34	Earl	117
35	Franklin	110
36	Howard	105
36	Jackie	105
38	Lawrence	104
39	Clarence	98
40	Gerald	97
41	Samuel	94
42	Daniel	93
43	Eugene	91
44	Albert	89
44	Dennis	89
46	Henry	87
47	Johnny	84
48	Joe	82
48	Stephen	82
50	Arthur	81