Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1952

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	986
2	Mary	824
3	Deborah	805
4	Patricia	665
5	Brenda	655
6	Barbara	544
7	Sharon	501
8	Sandra	434
9	Karen	433
10	Nancy	418
11	Debra	409
12	Donna	400
13	Pamela	351
14	Carolyn	345
15	Rebecca	318
16	Susan	304
17	Kathy	270
18	Carol	268
19	Janet	259
20	Judy	256
21	Betty	250
22	Joyce	244
23	Judith	238
24	Connie	230
25	Elizabeth	215
26	Diana	202
27	Beverly	199
28	Margaret	187
29	Shirley	177
30	Peggy	168
31	Bonnie	156
32	Cynthia	148
33	Ruth	143
34	Martha	141
35	Vickie	137
36	Cathy	136
37	Kathryn	135
38	Charlotte	134
38	Wanda	134
40	Janice	133
41	Virginia	124
42	Phyllis	122
43	Sheila	119
44	Sherry	115
45	Gloria	113
45	Rita	113
45	Rose	113
48	Alice	111
49	Frances	106
49	Teresa	106

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,313
2	David	1,137
3	Robert	983
4	John	955
5	William	949
6	Michael	925
7	Charles	777
8	Gary	583
9	Larry	577
10	Richard	575
11	Thomas	519
12	Roger	451
13	Donald	435
14	Ronald	378
15	Kenneth	344
16	Jerry	313
17	Stephen	301
18	Paul	286
19	Joseph	271
20	Danny	270
21	George	264
22	Steven	263
23	Terry	258
24	Mark	238
25	Edward	223
26	Daniel	204
27	Dennis	193
28	Douglas	166
29	Gregory	164
30	Timothy	161
31	Roy	157
32	Harold	156
33	Carl	152
34	Randy	137
35	Randall	135
36	Ralph	130
37	Johnny	120
38	Jack	116
39	Darrell	114
40	Raymond	113
41	Billy	112
42	Frank	110
43	Samuel	109
44	Ronnie	107
45	Harry	99
46	Gerald	96
46	Jeffrey	96
48	Bruce	95
49	Rodney	94
50	Walter	91