Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,796
2	Mary	1,082
3	Patricia	805
4	Sandra	743
5	Barbara	735
6	Sharon	688
7	Brenda	632
8	Carolyn	577
9	Nancy	529
10	Donna	445
11	Betty	428
12	Shirley	422
13	Carol	421
14	Judy	419
15	Judith	413
16	Karen	381
17	Joyce	297
18	Connie	292
19	Margaret	269
20	Janet	262
21	Rebecca	248
22	Susan	242
23	Beverly	209
24	Diana	207
25	Phyllis	203
26	Elizabeth	201
27	Gloria	199
28	Bonnie	197
29	Martha	196
30	Virginia	193
31	Peggy	177
32	Wanda	176
33	Ruth	173
34	Helen	168
35	Frances	165
36	Pamela	160
37	Alice	157
38	Janice	154
39	Charlotte	153
40	Dorothy	152
41	Anna	137
42	Jo	126
43	Norma	125
44	Jane	117
45	Cheryl	115
46	Lois	104
47	Rita	102
48	Rose	101
48	Sue	101
50	Evelyn	100

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,680
2	John	1,186
3	Robert	1,169
4	William	1,127
5	David	1,086
6	Charles	921
7	Larry	912
8	Richard	706
9	Gary	661
10	Roger	648
11	Michael	558
12	Ronald	528
13	Thomas	524
14	Donald	432
15	Jerry	380
16	George	369
17	Kenneth	362
18	Paul	360
19	Joseph	285
20	Danny	279
21	Terry	244
22	Edward	238
23	Stephen	216
24	Harold	212
25	Carl	198
26	Daniel	185
27	Dennis	178
28	Roy	172
29	Billy	159
30	Ralph	158
31	Jack	155
32	Harry	150
33	Johnny	146
33	Raymond	146
35	Ronnie	143
36	Frank	140
37	Douglas	134
38	Lawrence	132
39	Howard	129
40	Jimmy	124
41	Gerald	121
42	Walter	118
43	Samuel	117
44	Steven	111
45	Wayne	105
46	Darrell	104
47	Russell	102
48	Bobby	101
49	Rodney	100
50	Fred	99