Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,379
2	Mary	889
3	Brenda	736
4	Patricia	665
5	Sharon	602
6	Barbara	595
7	Sandra	564
8	Deborah	471
9	Nancy	441
10	Karen	429
11	Donna	428
12	Carolyn	415
13	Susan	322
14	Carol	315
15	Joyce	308
16	Judy	298
17	Judith	288
18	Betty	282
19	Pamela	276
20	Shirley	269
21	Rebecca	267
22	Janet	260
23	Margaret	245
24	Connie	239
25	Diana	209
26	Beverly	208
26	Elizabeth	208
28	Wanda	170
29	Bonnie	169
30	Martha	162
31	Kathy	158
32	Peggy	153
33	Virginia	151
34	Helen	145
35	Phyllis	138
36	Ruth	134
37	Charlotte	133
38	Janice	132
39	Rita	125
40	Gloria	124
41	Cheryl	117
42	Dorothy	116
43	Cynthia	113
44	Kathryn	112
45	Frances	108
46	Alice	106
47	Sherry	104
48	Debra	102
49	Anna	100
50	Sheila	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,435
2	Robert	1,119
3	John	1,098
4	William	1,028
5	David	1,012
6	Charles	871
7	Michael	810
8	Larry	718
9	Gary	626
10	Richard	583
11	Roger	579
12	Thomas	539
13	Ronald	460
14	Donald	427
15	Jerry	383
16	George	351
17	Paul	324
18	Kenneth	310
19	Danny	296
20	Joseph	293
21	Stephen	279
22	Steven	239
23	Terry	235
24	Edward	226
25	Daniel	223
26	Dennis	173
27	Harold	158
28	Gregory	155
29	Roy	142
30	Harry	137
31	Jack	134
32	Johnny	131
33	Billy	129
33	Carl	129
35	Ralph	127
35	Raymond	127
37	Frank	120
38	Douglas	119
39	Randall	107
40	Ronnie	105
41	Lawrence	104
42	Samuel	101
43	Walter	100
44	Clarence	99
45	Darrell	97
46	Gerald	95
47	Mark	94
47	Timothy	94
49	Wayne	91
50	Howard	90