Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1941

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1941 were Mary for girls (992 babies) and James for boys (1,373). Social Security records list 39,445 babies born in West Virginia in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in West Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Drema: 40 babies, 58.7× the national rate
Dreama: 21 babies, 39.2× the national rate
Dottie: 39 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Glenna: 53 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wilda: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Patty: 107 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freda: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jewell: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Deloris: 64 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Virgie: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 21 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Dallas: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Millard: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jackie: 149 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Woodrow: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Teddy: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dewey: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kermit: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roscoe: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Grover: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	992	–	1
2	Barbara	644	↑1	2
3	Patricia	614	↑1	3
4	Betty	588	↓2	7
5	Linda	492	↑2	5
6	Carolyn	482	↑2	11
7	Nancy	449	↓1	8
8	Shirley	434	↓3	10
9	Judith	413	–	6
10	Sandra	386	↑1	9
11	Carol	361	↓1	4
12	Janet	291	↑1	18
13	Margaret	281	↑1	12
14	Phyllis	279	↓2	35
15	Joyce	264	↑1	13
16	Ruth	244	↑3	28
17	Brenda	240	↑9	41
18	Helen	225	↓3	24
19	Judy	212	↑8	16
20	Dorothy	200	↓3	14
21	Donna	197	↑9	20
22	Janice	195	↑6	22
23	Peggy	191	↑10	39
24	Wanda	189	↓6	53
25	Karen	185	new	19
26	Martha	183	↑3	25
27	Virginia	182	↓4	23
28	Bonnie	181	↑3	33
29	Sharon	181	↑8	15
30	Norma	176	↓8	47
31	Elizabeth	173	↓7	21
32	Frances	157	↓11	31
33	Anna	149	↓13	56
34	Doris	149	↓9	38
35	Alice	146	↓3	34
36	Juanita	132	↑3	84
37	Gloria	131	↑1	26
38	Charlotte	129	↓3	55
39	Lois	118	↓5	43
40	Patsy	117	new	52
41	Joan	116	–	17
42	Loretta	109	↓6	81
43	Patty	107	↑5	>100
44	Delores	105	↓4	80
45	Sue	105	new	75
46	Beverly	94	new	29
47	Jo	93	↓5	66
48	Rebecca	93	↓5	86
49	Evelyn	92	↓3	50
50	Ruby	89	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,373	–	1
2	Robert	979	–	2
3	William	948	–	4
4	Charles	855	–	6
5	John	850	–	3
6	David	568	↑1	7
7	Richard	526	↑1	5
8	Larry	492	↑1	11
9	Donald	452	↓3	10
10	Jerry	420	↑2	14
11	Ronald	403	–	9
12	Thomas	383	↓2	8
13	George	338	–	13
14	Gary	300	↑1	19
15	Paul	296	↓1	18
16	Kenneth	251	–	15
17	Joseph	225	↑2	12
18	Roger	213	↑4	25
19	Edward	203	↑2	17
20	Carl	188	↓3	29
21	Billy	186	↓1	27
22	Harold	182	↓4	24
23	Roy	175	↑4	39
24	Bobby	174	–	35
25	Harry	150	↑3	48
26	Jackie	149	–	>100
27	Jack	147	↓4	32
28	Ralph	147	↑1	38
29	Michael	132	↑5	16
30	Raymond	132	↑2	22
31	Frank	127	–	21
32	Walter	113	↓2	26
33	Howard	112	–	47
34	Clarence	110	↑1	62
35	Earl	109	↑6	58
36	Franklin	103	↓11	98
37	Gerald	102	↑2	20
38	Fred	101	–	43
39	Johnny	98	↑5	55
40	Lawrence	94	↓4	34
41	Samuel	90	↑7	65
42	Jimmy	89	↑8	45
43	Ernest	87	new	61
44	Eugene	86	↑3	42
45	Joe	85	↓8	30
46	Albert	83	new	40
47	Russell	82	↓2	75
48	Arthur	79	↓6	33
49	Melvin	78	↓3	56
50	Henry	77	new	28

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