Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	708
2	Debra	653
3	Mary	625
4	Linda	611
5	Patricia	496
6	Pamela	442
7	Brenda	385
8	Barbara	384
8	Sharon	384
10	Karen	369
11	Donna	363
12	Sandra	359
13	Susan	352
14	Kathy	346
15	Nancy	318
16	Rebecca	291
17	Connie	270
18	Teresa	241
19	Cheryl	207
20	Diana	201
21	Cynthia	197
22	Carolyn	195
23	Janet	190
24	Beverly	181
25	Joyce	180
26	Carol	179
27	Betty	172
28	Cathy	163
29	Elizabeth	154
29	Vickie	154
31	Robin	149
32	Sheila	148
33	Judith	147
34	Judy	142
34	Sherry	142
36	Margaret	138
37	Shirley	119
38	Vicki	118
39	Virginia	111
40	Bonnie	110
40	Peggy	110
42	Rita	106
43	Martha	105
44	Rose	104
45	Diane	102
46	Paula	98
47	Kathryn	97
48	Catherine	96
48	Darlene	96
50	Ruth	93

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,145
2	James	1,104
3	John	861
4	Robert	842
5	Michael	834
6	William	802
7	Charles	668
8	Richard	632
9	Gary	453
10	Thomas	406
11	Larry	390
12	Steven	346
13	Mark	341
14	Roger	333
15	Donald	326
16	Terry	322
17	Ronald	319
18	Joseph	298
19	Kenneth	290
20	Randy	265
21	Timothy	258
22	Paul	255
23	Jerry	237
24	Daniel	236
24	Danny	236
24	Stephen	236
27	Gregory	225
28	Jeffrey	207
29	George	190
30	Dennis	176
31	Edward	161
32	Ricky	154
33	Randall	147
34	Douglas	146
35	Carl	129
36	Bruce	124
37	Billy	119
38	Roy	114
39	Harold	112
40	Rodney	111
41	Jack	110
42	Darrell	96
43	Keith	94
44	Johnny	93
45	Frank	90
45	Samuel	90
47	Ronnie	88
48	Dale	83
48	Kevin	83
48	Ralph	83