Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	798
2	Deborah	765
2	Mary	765
4	Patricia	636
5	Brenda	524
6	Debra	499
7	Barbara	470
8	Sharon	458
9	Karen	422
10	Sandra	401
11	Pamela	385
12	Donna	382
13	Nancy	358
14	Susan	348
15	Kathy	318
16	Rebecca	280
17	Carolyn	243
18	Joyce	239
19	Judy	221
20	Diana	217
21	Betty	214
22	Carol	209
23	Janet	205
24	Connie	200
25	Cynthia	196
26	Beverly	191
27	Elizabeth	190
28	Margaret	177
29	Judith	172
30	Cathy	163
31	Shirley	161
32	Teresa	151
33	Bonnie	146
34	Vickie	142
35	Wanda	136
36	Martha	134
37	Rose	125
38	Catherine	124
39	Peggy	122
40	Sheila	113
41	Kathryn	112
42	Janice	110
42	Virginia	110
44	Paula	108
45	Sherry	107
46	Ruth	106
47	Charlotte	104
47	Marsha	104
49	Jo	99
50	Jane	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,226
2	David	1,041
3	Robert	994
4	John	898
5	William	884
6	Michael	861
7	Charles	687
8	Richard	645
9	Gary	520
10	Thomas	503
11	Larry	444
12	Roger	415
13	Ronald	388
14	Donald	357
15	Jerry	320
16	Kenneth	308
17	Paul	299
18	Joseph	281
18	Steven	281
20	Terry	272
21	Stephen	258
22	Danny	244
23	George	240
24	Mark	235
25	Daniel	224
26	Edward	211
27	Randy	196
28	Dennis	195
29	Timothy	190
30	Gregory	175
31	Rodney	170
32	Carl	147
33	Jeffrey	141
34	Douglas	139
35	Harold	138
36	Randall	131
37	Billy	128
38	Ralph	127
39	Ricky	119
40	Jack	118
41	Roy	117
42	Johnny	116
43	Frank	114
43	Raymond	114
45	Bobby	101
46	Ronnie	99
47	Harry	94
47	Samuel	94
49	Darrell	90
50	Bruce	88