West Virginia ★ 1942

Top names in West Virginia, 1942

Mary led for girls with 1,041 babies ; James for boys with 1,515. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,041
2	Patricia	688
3	Barbara	679
4	Linda	657
5	Carolyn	550
6	Betty	546
7	Shirley	485
8	Sandra	471
9	Carol	438
10	Nancy	431
11	Judith	398
12	Joyce	330
13	Janet	321
14	Karen	293
15	Margaret	276
16	Sharon	272
17	Brenda	263
18	Donna	259
19	Phyllis	258
20	Judy	254
21	Ruth	225
22	Helen	222
23	Bonnie	195
23	Frances	195
25	Virginia	189
26	Elizabeth	187
27	Dorothy	186
28	Anna	181
29	Wanda	177
30	Peggy	174
31	Martha	168
32	Charlotte	157
33	Janice	155
34	Alice	149
35	Norma	140
36	Doris	134
37	Gloria	131
38	Lois	124
39	Rebecca	120
40	Connie	117
41	Susan	101
42	Wilma	96
43	Evelyn	94
43	Patsy	94
45	Carole	93
45	Delores	93
45	Loretta	93
48	Joan	91
48	Rita	91
50	Beverly	90
51	Rose	87
52	Patty	84
52	Sue	84
54	Jean	83
54	Sarah	83
56	Thelma	82
57	Jo	79
57	Mildred	79
59	Juanita	77
59	Ruby	77
61	Emma	76
62	Edna	74
63	Sylvia	73
64	Ann	67
64	Geraldine	67
66	Kay	66
67	Sally	63
68	Jane	62
69	Julia	60
70	Roberta	59
71	Marilyn	57
72	Ethel	55
72	Eva	55
72	Pauline	55
75	Eleanor	54
75	Lillian	54
77	Billie	53
77	Ellen	53
77	Hazel	53
80	Catherine	52
80	Louise	52
80	Naomi	52
80	Sara	52
84	Kathryn	51
85	Deloris	50
85	Freda	50
87	Elsie	49
87	Joann	49
89	Marie	48
90	Clara	47
90	Diana	47
92	Alma	46
92	Gladys	46
94	Glenna	43
94	Kathleen	43
94	Laura	43
97	Dottie	42
97	Nellie	42
97	Sheila	42
100	Edith	40

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,515
2	Robert	1,020
3	William	953
4	John	886
5	Charles	806
6	David	616
7	Larry	609
8	Richard	540
9	Donald	462
10	Ronald	438
11	Thomas	422
12	Jerry	387
13	Gary	348
14	Douglas	318
15	George	314
16	Paul	294
17	Roger	269
18	Kenneth	245
19	Harold	220
20	Joseph	218
21	Carl	205
22	Michael	184
23	Roy	174
24	Billy	171
25	Edward	167
26	Ralph	156
27	Harry	144
28	Raymond	140
29	Jack	138
30	Bobby	132
31	Frank	129
32	Walter	120
33	Danny	118
34	Earl	117
35	Franklin	110
36	Howard	105
36	Jackie	105
38	Lawrence	104
39	Clarence	98
40	Gerald	97
41	Samuel	94
42	Daniel	93
43	Eugene	91
44	Albert	89
44	Dennis	89
46	Henry	87
47	Johnny	84
48	Joe	82
48	Stephen	82
50	Arthur	81
50	Fred	81
52	Ernest	80
52	Wayne	80
54	Jimmy	76
55	Darrell	75
55	Russell	75
57	Phillip	73
57	Tommy	73
59	Jimmie	72
60	Philip	70
61	Clyde	68
62	Ronnie	67
63	Bernard	65
63	Curtis	65
63	Norman	65
66	Lloyd	63
67	Marvin	62
68	Terry	61
69	Herbert	60
70	Dale	59
70	Lewis	59
72	Allen	58
72	Melvin	58
74	Cecil	56
75	Don	55
75	Glenn	55
77	Freddie	54
78	Stanley	53
79	Eddie	51
80	Glen	50
81	Bill	48
81	Leonard	48
81	Ray	48
84	Chester	47
85	Jesse	46
85	Willard	46
87	Frederick	45
87	Virgil	45
89	Floyd	43
89	Gene	43
91	Arnold	42
92	Lowell	41
93	Clifford	40
93	Homer	40
93	Vernon	40
96	Alfred	39
96	Anthony	39
96	Delbert	39
96	Delmas	39
96	Lonnie	39