Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1970

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Melissa	432
2	Lisa	417
3	Kimberly	371
4	Angela	346
5	Tammy	329
6	Amy	258
7	Jennifer	257
8	Michelle	251
9	Mary	224
10	Tina	197
11	Rebecca	181
12	Stephanie	173
13	Teresa	172
14	Lori	168
15	Pamela	152
16	Tracy	150
17	Kelly	141
18	Karen	131
19	Patricia	130
20	Susan	129
21	Elizabeth	127
22	Christina	124
23	Cynthia	119
24	Brenda	108
25	Donna	105
25	Heather	105
27	Julie	104
28	Laura	101
29	Robin	95
30	Shannon	93
31	Sandra	90
31	Sherry	90
33	Linda	86
34	Barbara	85
35	Kathy	83
36	Cheryl	79
36	Tonya	79
38	Rhonda	78
39	Debra	77
40	Wendy	76
41	Crystal	73
42	Christine	72
42	Michele	72
44	Deborah	71
45	Dawn	70
46	Sharon	67
47	Kelli	66
48	Melinda	65
49	Sherri	62
50	Paula	61

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	716
2	James	659
3	David	551
4	Robert	550
5	John	523
6	William	430
7	Charles	329
8	Brian	316
9	Richard	314
10	Christopher	298
11	Mark	296
12	Timothy	250
13	Joseph	241
14	Kevin	240
15	Jeffrey	237
16	Thomas	228
17	Steven	223
18	Scott	185
19	Paul	173
20	Eric	170
21	Gregory	160
22	Kenneth	157
23	Jason	155
23	Matthew	155
25	Ronald	149
26	Daniel	147
27	Gary	144
28	Jerry	140
29	Stephen	139
30	Larry	135
31	Donald	130
32	Roger	118
33	Anthony	111
34	Douglas	102
35	Edward	92
35	Shawn	92
37	Todd	88
38	Rodney	87
39	Jeffery	85
40	George	76
41	Jonathan	74
42	Patrick	73
43	Terry	71
44	Billy	69
44	Dennis	69
46	Bryan	68
46	Keith	68
48	Bradley	67
49	Samuel	66
50	Bobby	64