Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,022
2	Linda	755
3	Barbara	670
4	Patricia	571
5	Carolyn	558
6	Betty	511
7	Nancy	472
8	Sandra	453
9	Carol	449
10	Sharon	395
11	Shirley	374
12	Brenda	364
13	Judith	356
14	Judy	284
15	Janet	265
16	Joyce	257
17	Karen	253
18	Donna	247
19	Margaret	244
20	Phyllis	236
21	Wanda	202
22	Virginia	198
23	Ruth	183
24	Helen	180
25	Dorothy	178
26	Bonnie	174
27	Elizabeth	169
28	Frances	164
29	Charlotte	160
29	Janice	160
31	Martha	150
32	Peggy	146
33	Alice	138
34	Anna	134
35	Gloria	132
36	Doris	130
37	Connie	121
38	Norma	120
39	Joan	112
40	Rebecca	111
41	Lois	100
42	Beverly	95
43	Delores	92
44	Rose	91
44	Wilma	91
46	Loretta	89
46	Mildred	89
48	Jo	88
49	Susan	87
50	Patty	83

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,386
2	Robert	1,023
3	John	906
4	William	892
5	Charles	823
6	David	570
7	Larry	545
8	Richard	472
9	Thomas	422
10	Ronald	389
11	Roger	377
12	Donald	370
13	Jerry	358
14	Paul	321
15	Gary	311
16	George	302
17	Kenneth	279
18	Joseph	232
19	Michael	229
20	Harold	198
21	Carl	195
22	Edward	193
23	Billy	171
24	Roy	169
25	Douglas	168
26	Raymond	143
27	Frank	137
28	Harry	136
29	Bobby	130
30	Ralph	126
31	Johnny	120
32	Walter	117
33	Howard	113
34	Danny	111
35	Jack	110
36	Lawrence	107
37	Gerald	104
38	Earl	100
39	Jackie	98
39	Jimmy	98
41	Clarence	95
41	Daniel	95
43	Ernest	94
44	Dennis	93
45	Samuel	89
46	Fred	88
47	Arthur	87
48	Russell	85
49	Henry	79
49	Ronnie	79