Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1972

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Melissa	457
2	Jennifer	425
3	Angela	351
4	Lisa	345
5	Michelle	309
6	Kimberly	291
7	Amy	290
8	Tammy	242
9	Rebecca	225
10	Stephanie	215
11	Mary	189
12	Heather	166
13	Tina	158
14	Teresa	155
15	Christina	142
16	Crystal	132
16	Lori	132
18	Elizabeth	119
19	Susan	116
20	Tracy	115
21	April	113
22	Kelly	111
23	Cynthia	110
23	Pamela	110
25	Patricia	102
26	Julie	93
26	Laura	93
28	Donna	90
29	Karen	85
29	Sherry	85
31	Tonya	83
32	Rhonda	80
33	Robin	77
34	Wendy	75
35	Andrea	74
36	Linda	72
36	Shannon	72
38	Nicole	71
39	Brenda	70
39	Stacy	70
41	Deborah	68
42	Paula	67
43	Dawn	66
43	Michele	66
45	Tara	65
46	Kathy	63
46	Sarah	63
48	Sandra	60
49	Christy	59
50	Barbara	58

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	717
2	James	608
3	Christopher	533
4	David	506
5	John	505
6	Robert	492
7	Brian	441
8	William	378
9	Charles	294
10	Jason	259
11	Steven	254
12	Mark	248
13	Kevin	241
14	Richard	240
15	Jeffrey	217
16	Eric	216
17	Timothy	213
18	Thomas	207
19	Joseph	202
20	Matthew	173
21	Scott	171
22	Gregory	165
23	Ronald	149
24	Gary	140
25	Shawn	138
26	Kenneth	137
27	Daniel	136
27	Larry	136
29	Stephen	135
30	Chad	130
31	Anthony	127
31	Paul	127
33	Donald	117
34	Roger	111
35	Jonathan	98
36	Jerry	95
37	Edward	83
37	Todd	83
39	Aaron	79
40	Douglas	77
41	Bryan	74
42	George	72
43	Billy	70
43	Rodney	70
45	Danny	69
45	Keith	69
47	Patrick	66
48	Terry	65
49	Samuel	62
50	Raymond	57