Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,057
2	Mary	1,016
3	Barbara	732
4	Patricia	678
5	Sandra	628
6	Sharon	571
7	Carolyn	530
8	Brenda	507
9	Nancy	471
10	Betty	451
11	Carol	450
12	Shirley	376
13	Judith	370
14	Judy	368
15	Donna	354
16	Karen	324
17	Joyce	272
18	Janet	241
19	Margaret	239
20	Susan	225
21	Connie	221
22	Wanda	217
23	Phyllis	214
24	Gloria	201
25	Bonnie	197
26	Rebecca	189
27	Elizabeth	184
28	Janice	180
29	Diana	176
30	Virginia	174
31	Peggy	173
32	Helen	171
33	Martha	168
34	Charlotte	166
35	Dorothy	164
36	Beverly	160
37	Ruth	159
38	Frances	144
39	Norma	125
40	Doris	124
41	Alice	120
42	Anna	114
43	Loretta	112
44	Cheryl	110
45	Jo	107
46	Lois	105
47	Pamela	104
48	Sue	101
49	Jane	94
49	Joan	94

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,514
2	Robert	1,091
3	John	1,083
4	William	983
5	Charles	899
6	David	809
7	Larry	763
8	Richard	638
9	Gary	633
10	Roger	569
11	Thomas	527
12	Ronald	481
13	Michael	407
14	Donald	405
15	Jerry	404
16	Kenneth	338
17	Paul	308
18	George	307
19	Danny	256
20	Joseph	244
21	Harold	203
22	Edward	202
23	Terry	195
24	Dennis	171
24	Roy	171
26	Carl	170
27	Ronnie	157
28	Billy	156
29	Daniel	154
30	Ralph	153
31	Stephen	152
32	Harry	149
33	Raymond	139
34	Johnny	132
35	Frank	124
36	Howard	118
37	Walter	117
38	Jack	115
39	Douglas	112
40	Bobby	106
40	Samuel	106
42	Jimmy	104
43	Gerald	103
44	Clarence	101
45	Russell	96
46	Ernest	94
46	Jackie	94
48	Lawrence	90
49	Wayne	88
50	Eugene	86