Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Debra	607
2	Mary	562
3	Deborah	522
4	Linda	479
5	Brenda	447
6	Kathy	428
6	Pamela	428
8	Patricia	393
9	Karen	385
10	Donna	359
11	Barbara	327
12	Sandra	316
13	Cheryl	311
14	Sharon	309
15	Susan	299
16	Teresa	288
17	Cynthia	285
18	Nancy	255
19	Rebecca	245
20	Connie	234
21	Kimberly	222
22	Debbie	201
22	Diana	201
24	Cathy	199
25	Carol	192
26	Cindy	189
27	Sherry	182
28	Robin	181
29	Joyce	172
30	Elizabeth	169
31	Janet	166
32	Carolyn	156
33	Beverly	146
33	Judy	146
35	Vickie	135
36	Betty	134
37	Peggy	130
38	Sheila	125
39	Rhonda	124
40	Vicki	122
41	Margaret	116
42	Anita	114
43	Darlene	113
44	Diane	109
45	Paula	104
45	Tina	104
47	Tammy	103
47	Terri	103
49	Wanda	102
50	Rita	101

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,065
2	David	948
3	Michael	874
4	Robert	841
5	John	774
6	William	718
7	Charles	587
8	Richard	510
9	Mark	507
10	Gary	411
11	Thomas	389
12	Donald	374
13	Larry	372
14	Timothy	365
15	Ronald	328
16	Gregory	322
17	Terry	308
18	Steven	286
19	Joseph	275
20	Kenneth	274
21	Jeffrey	271
22	Paul	269
23	Randy	265
24	Jerry	245
25	Roger	244
26	Stephen	228
27	Danny	198
28	Douglas	183
29	Daniel	182
30	Ricky	178
31	Edward	171
31	George	171
33	Dennis	155
34	Randall	140
35	Kevin	134
36	Bruce	132
37	Carl	129
38	Rodney	121
39	Billy	118
39	Raymond	118
41	Brian	116
42	Roy	115
43	Jeffery	113
44	Jack	110
44	Ronnie	110
46	Keith	105
47	Ralph	97
48	Johnny	96
49	Harold	83
49	Steve	83