Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,634
2	Mary	957
3	Brenda	789
4	Sharon	685
5	Barbara	651
6	Patricia	643
7	Sandra	640
8	Nancy	484
9	Carolyn	457
10	Donna	437
11	Karen	427
12	Judy	387
13	Betty	333
14	Judith	331
15	Deborah	306
16	Carol	304
17	Shirley	298
17	Susan	298
19	Joyce	290
20	Connie	264
21	Rebecca	261
22	Margaret	242
23	Janet	238
24	Pamela	230
25	Elizabeth	226
26	Diana	225
27	Wanda	202
28	Beverly	194
29	Bonnie	189
30	Virginia	173
31	Peggy	167
32	Phyllis	165
33	Gloria	156
34	Ruth	155
35	Helen	154
35	Janice	154
37	Martha	152
38	Charlotte	136
39	Alice	135
40	Frances	133
41	Dorothy	132
42	Anna	130
43	Kathy	127
44	Cynthia	114
45	Rita	112
46	Lois	108
47	Cheryl	107
48	Doris	105
49	Sherry	103
50	Wilma	102

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,562
2	Robert	1,112
3	David	1,092
4	John	1,049
5	William	1,025
6	Charles	972
7	Larry	763
8	Michael	659
9	Gary	592
10	Roger	568
11	Thomas	564
12	Richard	541
13	Ronald	497
14	Donald	462
15	Jerry	403
16	George	347
17	Joseph	329
18	Kenneth	315
19	Paul	308
20	Danny	296
21	Stephen	293
22	Daniel	226
22	Edward	226
24	Terry	210
25	Harold	204
26	Dennis	187
27	Steven	176
28	Carl	172
29	Ralph	154
30	Douglas	148
31	Harry	142
31	Jack	142
33	Raymond	141
34	Johnny	138
35	Billy	137
36	Roy	129
36	Samuel	129
38	Frank	123
39	Darrell	115
40	Gregory	114
41	Gerald	110
42	Walter	107
43	Lawrence	106
44	Earl	102
44	Mark	102
44	Rodney	102
47	Jackie	99
47	Randall	99
47	Wayne	99
50	Bruce	98