Name Yearbook

Top baby names in West Virginia, 1973

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	426
2	Melissa	384
3	Angela	338
4	Amy	298
5	Michelle	269
6	Kimberly	241
7	Lisa	237
8	Stephanie	229
9	Rebecca	216
10	Tammy	187
11	Heather	185
12	Mary	173
13	Christina	142
13	Lori	142
15	Crystal	130
16	April	121
16	Tina	121
18	Kelly	114
19	Tonya	113
20	Susan	112
20	Teresa	112
22	Julie	97
23	Elizabeth	90
24	Patricia	89
25	Cynthia	87
26	Tracy	84
27	Laura	80
28	Misty	79
29	Donna	76
30	Sherry	74
31	Shannon	72
32	Melinda	70
33	Andrea	69
34	Rhonda	67
34	Robin	67
34	Stacy	67
37	Carrie	65
38	Denise	63
38	Melanie	63
38	Paula	63
38	Rachel	63
42	Michele	61
43	Barbara	60
43	Sandra	60
45	Nicole	59
45	Pamela	59
45	Tara	59
45	Wendy	59
49	Amanda	58
50	Christy	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	624
2	Michael	570
3	Christopher	535
4	David	465
5	John	451
6	Robert	435
7	Jason	407
8	Brian	397
9	William	388
10	Charles	270
11	Matthew	243
12	Kevin	235
13	Richard	220
14	Mark	209
15	Eric	202
16	Thomas	200
17	Steven	198
18	Joseph	193
19	Timothy	178
20	Jeffrey	174
21	Shawn	159
22	Daniel	150
23	Paul	144
24	Chad	139
25	Donald	132
25	Scott	132
27	Anthony	126
28	Larry	123
29	Gregory	118
30	Ronald	114
31	Gary	112
31	Stephen	112
33	Kenneth	110
34	Jonathan	103
35	Roger	101
36	Jerry	99
37	Jeremy	84
38	Bryan	81
39	Andrew	78
39	George	78
41	Douglas	74
42	Terry	67
43	Craig	66
43	Keith	66
43	Rodney	66
43	Travis	66
47	Aaron	64
47	Jamie	64
47	Samuel	64
50	Dennis	62