Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	713
2	Deborah	671
3	Mary	643
4	Linda	525
5	Patricia	462
6	Sharon	426
7	Donna	422
8	Pamela	400
9	Barbara	399
10	Kathy	388
11	Brenda	374
12	Karen	370
13	Susan	321
14	Sandra	308
15	Teresa	292
16	Rebecca	240
17	Cynthia	232
17	Nancy	232
19	Connie	221
20	Cathy	217
21	Cheryl	200
22	Joyce	188
23	Diana	183
24	Vickie	177
25	Robin	173
26	Carol	172
27	Elizabeth	171
28	Janet	170
29	Betty	169
30	Beverly	162
31	Sherry	148
32	Judy	144
33	Carolyn	139
34	Kimberly	136
35	Anita	128
36	Sheila	127
37	Debbie	121
38	Margaret	117
39	Rhonda	112
40	Bonnie	111
40	Judith	111
42	Martha	109
42	Paula	109
44	Rose	106
44	Vicki	106
46	Catherine	102
47	Kathryn	97
48	Darlene	95
49	Diane	94
50	Terri	91

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,130
2	David	948
3	Robert	832
4	John	821
5	Michael	815
6	William	722
7	Charles	654
8	Richard	594
9	Mark	454
10	Gary	418
11	Thomas	406
12	Donald	372
13	Larry	359
14	Steven	346
15	Joseph	333
16	Ronald	328
17	Kenneth	323
18	Terry	317
19	Timothy	299
20	Roger	295
21	Paul	289
22	Randy	273
23	Gregory	248
24	Jeffrey	245
25	Stephen	241
26	Danny	226
27	Daniel	221
27	Jerry	221
29	George	193
30	Dennis	179
31	Edward	174
32	Douglas	159
33	Randall	151
34	Ricky	147
35	Carl	122
36	Billy	121
37	Rodney	114
38	Kevin	113
39	Jack	112
39	Roy	112
41	Ralph	107
42	Bruce	105
43	Johnny	103
44	Raymond	101
45	Harold	97
46	Keith	96
47	Jeffery	94
48	Darrell	90
49	Samuel	88
49	Steve	88