Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	840
2	Linda	780
3	Patricia	532
4	Barbara	516
5	Carolyn	471
6	Sandra	437
7	Betty	416
8	Carol	394
9	Brenda	370
10	Sharon	367
11	Judith	332
12	Shirley	321
13	Nancy	315
14	Judy	314
15	Donna	254
16	Joyce	252
17	Janet	245
18	Karen	235
19	Margaret	209
20	Wanda	187
21	Elizabeth	176
22	Ruth	173
23	Phyllis	169
23	Virginia	169
25	Connie	161
26	Helen	160
27	Gloria	156
28	Janice	147
28	Martha	147
30	Bonnie	145
31	Dorothy	137
31	Frances	137
33	Peggy	129
34	Alice	126
35	Susan	125
36	Anna	114
37	Norma	108
38	Doris	106
39	Diana	95
40	Charlotte	94
41	Jane	92
41	Rebecca	92
43	Beverly	90
44	Joan	84
45	Lois	80
46	Cheryl	78
46	Jean	78
46	Sue	78
49	Evelyn	72
49	Loretta	72

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,266
2	William	879
3	Robert	836
4	John	779
5	Charles	735
6	David	585
7	Larry	526
8	Roger	465
9	Richard	444
10	Thomas	399
11	Gary	370
12	Donald	330
13	Ronald	321
14	Michael	298
15	Jerry	294
16	Paul	285
17	George	272
18	Kenneth	246
19	Edward	191
20	Joseph	190
21	Harold	185
22	Roy	174
23	Carl	162
24	Danny	157
25	Harry	143
26	Daniel	127
27	Frank	123
28	Bobby	119
28	Jack	119
30	Billy	115
31	Douglas	113
32	Ralph	112
33	Dennis	111
34	Johnny	105
35	Raymond	104
36	Stephen	97
37	Walter	95
38	Terry	90
39	Howard	88
40	Jimmy	84
40	Samuel	84
42	Ernest	83
43	Franklin	81
44	Gerald	80
44	Ronnie	80
46	Russell	77
47	Darrell	75
48	Clarence	74
48	Jackie	74
50	Lawrence	72