Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	889
2	Linda	759
3	Barbara	614
4	Patricia	550
5	Betty	491
6	Carolyn	472
7	Sandra	446
8	Carol	432
9	Nancy	412
10	Sharon	379
11	Judith	360
12	Shirley	345
13	Brenda	328
14	Judy	317
15	Joyce	290
16	Donna	262
17	Margaret	244
18	Janet	227
19	Karen	225
20	Phyllis	199
21	Ruth	198
22	Helen	196
23	Wanda	187
24	Frances	182
25	Bonnie	177
25	Virginia	177
27	Martha	173
28	Charlotte	167
29	Dorothy	163
30	Elizabeth	160
31	Alice	145
32	Peggy	132
33	Connie	116
34	Doris	115
35	Gloria	113
36	Anna	108
36	Rebecca	108
38	Janice	106
38	Loretta	106
40	Wilma	102
41	Lois	101
42	Susan	95
43	Norma	92
44	Joan	91
45	Beverly	86
46	Diana	79
47	Sue	78
48	Juanita	77
49	Jane	73
49	Sarah	73

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,321
2	Robert	928
3	William	871
4	John	785
5	Charles	783
6	David	564
7	Roger	522
8	Larry	518
9	Richard	462
10	Thomas	415
11	Ronald	372
12	Gary	369
13	Donald	341
14	Paul	326
15	Jerry	318
16	George	284
17	Kenneth	242
18	Michael	218
19	Joseph	214
20	Harold	184
21	Roy	176
22	Carl	170
23	Edward	161
24	Billy	147
25	Raymond	141
26	Harry	138
27	Danny	134
28	Ralph	121
29	Frank	113
29	Jack	113
31	Johnny	109
32	Bobby	106
32	Dennis	106
34	Douglas	105
35	Ernest	103
36	Walter	102
37	Daniel	100
37	Howard	100
39	Ronnie	97
40	Terry	91
41	Jimmy	90
41	Stephen	90
43	Earl	89
44	Clarence	87
45	Gerald	85
46	Arthur	84
47	Russell	81
48	Jackie	80
49	Samuel	78
50	Eugene	75