Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1959

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	493
2	Debra	444
3	Pamela	423
4	Donna	416
5	Tammy	400
6	Kathy	383
7	Linda	375
8	Deborah	353
9	Patricia	334
10	Brenda	324
11	Teresa	317
12	Karen	311
13	Kimberly	296
14	Sandra	294
15	Susan	284
16	Debbie	271
17	Barbara	251
18	Cheryl	234
19	Cynthia	232
20	Rebecca	230
21	Lisa	221
22	Sharon	211
23	Nancy	196
24	Connie	194
25	Robin	193
26	Cathy	188
27	Elizabeth	173
28	Janet	167
29	Joyce	161
30	Cindy	153
30	Terri	153
32	Carol	152
33	Diana	144
34	Beverly	129
35	Rhonda	127
36	Vickie	121
37	Carolyn	120
38	Peggy	117
38	Sherry	117
40	Judy	115
40	Tina	115
42	Betty	108
43	Darlene	104
44	Vicki	91
45	Anita	88
46	Jennifer	87
47	Sheila	86
48	Catherine	82
48	Kim	82
48	Margaret	82

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	971
2	David	923
3	Robert	797
4	John	741
5	Michael	689
6	Mark	606
7	William	597
8	Timothy	520
9	Richard	504
10	Charles	477
11	Jeffrey	334
12	Thomas	332
13	Donald	328
14	Gary	271
14	Steven	271
16	Terry	269
17	Larry	260
18	Ricky	257
19	Ronald	247
20	Kenneth	244
21	Gregory	242
22	Paul	240
23	Joseph	228
24	Kevin	204
25	Randy	200
26	Jerry	193
27	Roger	191
28	George	166
29	Stephen	162
30	Daniel	161
30	Danny	161
32	Randall	140
33	Dennis	139
34	Douglas	135
35	Edward	125
36	Billy	117
36	Brian	117
38	Anthony	113
38	Carl	113
40	Jeffery	111
41	Keith	103
42	Mike	97
43	Rodney	93
44	Steve	92
45	Harold	89
46	Jimmy	87
47	Bruce	85
48	Ronnie	84
49	Bobby	81
50	Jeff	80