Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1971

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Melissa	454
2	Lisa	388
3	Angela	366
4	Jennifer	365
5	Kimberly	360
6	Tammy	320
7	Michelle	306
8	Amy	265
9	Mary	218
10	Rebecca	188
11	Stephanie	177
12	Tina	166
13	Lori	156
14	Susan	154
15	Heather	148
16	Teresa	144
17	Cynthia	140
18	Christina	136
19	Pamela	124
20	Julie	122
21	Karen	119
22	Tracy	117
23	Kelly	113
24	Elizabeth	111
25	Patricia	107
26	Donna	101
27	Laura	96
28	Stacy	93
29	Robin	90
29	Sherry	90
31	Crystal	89
32	Shannon	87
33	Barbara	85
33	Dawn	85
35	Brenda	83
35	Paula	83
35	Rhonda	83
35	Tonya	83
39	Sandra	82
40	Kathy	81
41	April	79
42	Deborah	78
43	Melinda	74
44	Cindy	72
44	Linda	72
46	Michele	70
47	Andrea	69
48	Christine	64
49	Tara	62
50	Debra	61

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	708
2	Michael	676
3	David	555
4	John	522
5	Robert	494
6	William	473
7	Christopher	451
8	Brian	371
9	Charles	294
10	Kevin	257
11	Richard	256
12	Jeffrey	251
13	Mark	250
14	Timothy	245
15	Jason	230
16	Steven	229
17	Scott	227
18	Thomas	218
19	Joseph	204
20	Eric	195
21	Gregory	177
22	Matthew	171
23	Paul	165
24	Larry	159
25	Kenneth	154
26	Gary	153
27	Stephen	148
28	Daniel	142
29	Donald	140
30	Ronald	131
31	Roger	125
32	Shawn	124
33	Jerry	122
34	Anthony	118
35	George	107
36	Douglas	90
36	Rodney	90
38	Terry	88
39	Chad	87
40	Keith	82
41	Jeffery	80
42	Patrick	78
43	Edward	77
44	Todd	76
45	Jonathan	75
46	Billy	71
47	Danny	65
47	Jeremy	65
49	Bryan	64
50	Aaron	62