Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,223
2	Mary	843
3	Brenda	732
4	Deborah	709
5	Patricia	685
6	Sharon	591
7	Barbara	585
8	Sandra	480
9	Karen	478
10	Donna	467
11	Nancy	417
12	Carolyn	361
13	Rebecca	326
14	Pamela	320
15	Carol	302
16	Susan	294
17	Joyce	286
18	Janet	275
18	Judy	275
20	Betty	270
20	Debra	270
22	Connie	263
23	Judith	257
24	Margaret	224
25	Diana	213
26	Elizabeth	209
27	Beverly	207
28	Kathy	189
28	Shirley	189
30	Bonnie	182
31	Janice	170
32	Martha	161
33	Wanda	153
34	Peggy	152
35	Ruth	149
36	Phyllis	143
37	Cynthia	140
37	Helen	140
39	Gloria	133
40	Charlotte	127
41	Frances	123
41	Virginia	123
43	Alice	120
44	Cathy	115
45	Sherry	114
46	Sheila	113
47	Kathryn	112
48	Vicki	111
49	Jane	109
50	Cheryl	106

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,362
2	David	1,058
3	Robert	1,015
4	William	1,011
5	John	993
6	Charles	876
7	Michael	799
8	Larry	738
9	Gary	702
10	Richard	649
11	Thomas	593
12	Roger	520
13	Donald	393
14	Ronald	381
15	Jerry	341
16	Joseph	322
17	Paul	315
18	Stephen	307
19	Kenneth	292
20	Terry	276
21	George	273
22	Danny	264
22	Steven	264
24	Daniel	222
25	Dennis	212
25	Edward	212
27	Harold	179
28	Gregory	168
29	Mark	162
30	Douglas	149
31	Carl	146
32	Roy	142
33	Timothy	138
34	Raymond	137
35	Johnny	132
36	Randall	129
37	Darrell	127
38	Jack	124
39	Ralph	123
39	Rodney	123
41	Billy	116
42	Ronnie	113
43	Bruce	110
44	Samuel	108
45	Lawrence	97
46	Frank	96
46	Harry	96
46	Howard	96
49	Randy	93
50	Gerald	92