Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	817
2	Mary	718
3	Linda	689
4	Debra	640
5	Patricia	539
6	Brenda	454
7	Pamela	444
8	Karen	436
9	Barbara	425
10	Sandra	420
11	Sharon	414
12	Donna	407
13	Susan	359
14	Kathy	354
15	Nancy	328
16	Rebecca	272
17	Connie	267
18	Carolyn	239
19	Joyce	225
20	Cynthia	218
21	Janet	205
22	Elizabeth	199
23	Teresa	198
24	Betty	197
25	Beverly	194
25	Diana	194
27	Judy	190
28	Carol	184
29	Judith	171
30	Margaret	161
31	Bonnie	156
32	Vickie	148
33	Cathy	144
34	Sherry	140
34	Shirley	140
36	Vicki	133
37	Cheryl	132
38	Martha	124
39	Janice	119
39	Marilyn	119
39	Sheila	119
42	Marsha	113
42	Wanda	113
44	Kathryn	110
45	Paula	109
45	Peggy	109
45	Robin	109
48	Rita	107
49	Rose	104
50	Ruth	102

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,182
2	David	1,046
3	Robert	946
4	Michael	859
5	John	846
6	William	796
7	Charles	681
8	Richard	611
9	Gary	527
10	Thomas	466
11	Larry	440
12	Donald	428
13	Roger	392
14	Ronald	338
15	Terry	331
16	Steven	330
17	Mark	310
18	Joseph	297
19	Kenneth	296
20	Jerry	281
21	Stephen	276
22	Paul	268
23	Danny	249
24	Daniel	247
25	Gregory	245
26	Randy	221
27	George	213
27	Timothy	213
29	Dennis	199
30	Edward	196
31	Douglas	165
32	Jeffrey	148
32	Randall	148
32	Ricky	148
35	Carl	147
36	Harold	130
36	Johnny	130
38	Roy	129
39	Billy	128
40	Jack	123
41	Rodney	122
42	Ralph	121
43	Samuel	115
44	Raymond	108
45	Keith	106
46	Bruce	104
47	Darrell	101
48	Howard	92
49	Frank	86
49	Ronnie	86