Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,771
2	Mary	1,015
3	Barbara	702
4	Brenda	675
5	Sharon	653
6	Patricia	639
7	Sandra	590
8	Carolyn	534
9	Nancy	481
10	Donna	480
11	Carol	384
12	Karen	367
13	Judy	355
14	Betty	348
15	Judith	334
16	Shirley	332
17	Joyce	318
18	Susan	280
19	Connie	275
20	Margaret	265
21	Janet	255
22	Beverly	227
23	Phyllis	218
24	Diana	216
25	Pamela	213
26	Elizabeth	200
27	Rebecca	196
28	Wanda	191
29	Charlotte	184
30	Peggy	177
31	Helen	175
32	Frances	163
33	Deborah	162
34	Ruth	158
35	Janice	155
36	Bonnie	152
37	Virginia	150
38	Dorothy	134
39	Martha	133
40	Cheryl	132
40	Gloria	132
42	Anna	129
43	Alice	128
44	Cynthia	125
45	Sherry	121
46	Doris	116
47	Sheila	101
48	Sue	99
49	Paula	97
50	Marilyn	96

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,628
2	Robert	1,153
3	John	1,064
4	William	1,050
5	David	1,043
6	Charles	878
7	Larry	836
8	Roger	640
9	Richard	601
10	Thomas	591
11	Gary	572
12	Michael	561
13	Ronald	502
14	Donald	467
15	Jerry	384
16	Kenneth	338
17	George	318
18	Paul	307
19	Danny	292
20	Joseph	280
21	Stephen	268
22	Terry	224
23	Edward	218
24	Harold	215
25	Daniel	186
25	Dennis	186
27	Roy	184
28	Carl	170
29	Harry	153
30	Billy	150
31	Steven	141
32	Ronnie	139
33	Frank	131
34	Jack	127
35	Johnny	126
35	Ralph	126
37	Raymond	123
38	Douglas	122
39	Gregory	116
40	Howard	115
41	Walter	109
42	Clarence	108
43	Rodney	107
44	Gerald	106
45	Samuel	103
46	Bobby	99
47	Ernest	96
48	Darrell	95
49	Lawrence	92
50	Leonard	87