West Virginia ★ 1948

Top names in West Virginia, 1948

Linda led for girls with 1,771 babies ; James for boys with 1,628. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,771
2	Mary	1,015
3	Barbara	702
4	Brenda	675
5	Sharon	653
6	Patricia	639
7	Sandra	590
8	Carolyn	534
9	Nancy	481
10	Donna	480
11	Carol	384
12	Karen	367
13	Judy	355
14	Betty	348
15	Judith	334
16	Shirley	332
17	Joyce	318
18	Susan	280
19	Connie	275
20	Margaret	265
21	Janet	255
22	Beverly	227
23	Phyllis	218
24	Diana	216
25	Pamela	213
26	Elizabeth	200
27	Rebecca	196
28	Wanda	191
29	Charlotte	184
30	Peggy	177
31	Helen	175
32	Frances	163
33	Deborah	162
34	Ruth	158
35	Janice	155
36	Bonnie	152
37	Virginia	150
38	Dorothy	134
39	Martha	133
40	Cheryl	132
40	Gloria	132
42	Anna	129
43	Alice	128
44	Cynthia	125
45	Sherry	121
46	Doris	116
47	Sheila	101
48	Sue	99
49	Paula	97
50	Marilyn	96
50	Wilma	96
52	Jane	95
53	Marsha	91
54	Loretta	90
55	Norma	89
55	Sarah	89
57	Kathryn	87
57	Patsy	87
57	Rita	87
57	Rose	87
61	Jo	82
62	Lois	81
63	Ann	80
64	Joan	78
65	Evelyn	75
65	Kathleen	75
67	Catherine	74
67	Jacqueline	74
69	Darlene	72
69	Diane	72
71	Drema	70
72	Ellen	68
72	Vicki	68
74	Patty	67
75	Dianna	66
75	Juanita	66
77	Delores	64
78	Constance	63
78	Edna	63
78	Mildred	63
81	Sally	60
82	Jean	59
83	Geraldine	58
83	Teresa	58
85	Kathy	56
85	Laura	56
85	Ruby	56
85	Thelma	56
89	Anita	55
90	Emma	54
91	Katherine	52
92	Regina	51
93	Rosemary	49
94	Edith	48
95	Carole	46
95	Julia	46
95	Lynda	46
95	Roberta	46
95	Vickie	46
100	Suzanne	45

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,628
2	Robert	1,153
3	John	1,064
4	William	1,050
5	David	1,043
6	Charles	878
7	Larry	836
8	Roger	640
9	Richard	601
10	Thomas	591
11	Gary	572
12	Michael	561
13	Ronald	502
14	Donald	467
15	Jerry	384
16	Kenneth	338
17	George	318
18	Paul	307
19	Danny	292
20	Joseph	280
21	Stephen	268
22	Terry	224
23	Edward	218
24	Harold	215
25	Daniel	186
25	Dennis	186
27	Roy	184
28	Carl	170
29	Harry	153
30	Billy	150
31	Steven	141
32	Ronnie	139
33	Frank	131
34	Jack	127
35	Johnny	126
35	Ralph	126
37	Raymond	123
38	Douglas	122
39	Gregory	116
40	Howard	115
41	Walter	109
42	Clarence	108
43	Rodney	107
44	Gerald	106
45	Samuel	103
46	Bobby	99
47	Ernest	96
48	Darrell	95
49	Lawrence	92
50	Leonard	87
51	Wayne	86
52	Phillip	85
53	Randall	84
54	Earl	83
55	Jackie	81
55	Jimmy	81
57	Arthur	80
58	Lewis	79
59	Dale	78
59	Eddie	78
59	Timothy	78
62	Fred	75
62	Patrick	75
64	Eugene	74
64	Joe	74
66	Albert	73
66	Tommy	73
68	Henry	72
68	Russell	72
70	Melvin	71
71	Allen	70
71	Franklin	70
73	Ray	69
74	Herbert	65
75	Steve	64
76	Norman	62
77	Clyde	61
78	Mark	60
79	Glen	59
79	Lloyd	59
79	Marvin	59
79	Philip	59
83	Bernard	58
83	Glenn	58
85	Frederick	56
86	Bruce	55
86	Don	55
88	Curtis	52
89	Jimmie	51
90	Freddie	50
90	Stanley	50
92	Cecil	47
93	Keith	45
94	Bill	44
94	Chester	44
94	Clifford	44
97	Arnold	43
98	Barry	42
98	Calvin	42
98	Delbert	42