Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1942

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,041 babies) and James for boys (1,515). Social Security records list 41,415 babies born in West Virginia in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1942

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: 29 babies, 50.1× the national rate
Dreama: 27 babies, 46.7× the national rate
Dottie: 42 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Wilda: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Freda: 50 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Glenna: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Goldie: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lora: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Patty: 84 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dolly: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Delmas: 39 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Denzil: 16 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Denver: 38 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Hobert: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Shirley: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kennith: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dana: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Emory: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dallas: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jackie: 105 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,041	–	1
2	Patricia	688	↑1	3
3	Barbara	679	↓1	2
4	Linda	657	↑1	4
5	Carolyn	550	↑1	10
6	Betty	546	↓2	9
7	Shirley	485	↑1	12
8	Sandra	471	↑2	6
9	Carol	438	↑2	5
10	Nancy	431	↓3	8
11	Judith	398	↓2	7
12	Joyce	330	↑3	13
13	Janet	321	↓1	19
14	Karen	293	↑11	16
15	Margaret	276	↓2	14
16	Sharon	272	↑13	11
17	Brenda	263	–	40
18	Donna	259	↑3	20
19	Phyllis	258	↓5	37
20	Judy	254	↓1	15
21	Ruth	225	↓5	33
22	Helen	222	↓4	26
23	Bonnie	195	↑5	34
24	Frances	195	↑8	30
25	Virginia	189	↑2	23
26	Elizabeth	187	↑5	22
27	Dorothy	186	↓7	17
28	Anna	181	↑5	59
29	Wanda	177	↓5	54
30	Peggy	174	↓7	42
31	Martha	168	↓5	29
32	Charlotte	157	↑6	51
33	Janice	155	↓11	25
34	Alice	149	↑1	39
35	Norma	140	↓5	52
36	Doris	134	↓2	41
37	Gloria	131	–	31
38	Lois	124	↑1	44
39	Rebecca	120	↑9	85
40	Connie	117	new	70
41	Susan	101	new	21
42	Wilma	96	new	>100
43	Evelyn	94	↑6	53
44	Patsy	94	↓4	57
45	Carole	93	new	35
46	Delores	93	↓2	86
47	Loretta	93	↓5	79
48	Joan	91	↓7	18
49	Rita	91	new	55
50	Beverly	90	↓4	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	1,515	–	1
2	Robert	1,020	–	2
3	William	953	–	4
4	John	886	↑1	3
5	Charles	806	↓1	7
6	David	616	–	6
7	Larry	609	↑1	12
8	Richard	540	↓1	5
9	Donald	462	–	10
10	Ronald	438	↑1	9
11	Thomas	422	↑1	8
12	Jerry	387	↓2	16
13	Gary	348	↑1	18
14	Douglas	318	new	23
15	George	314	↓2	14
16	Paul	294	↓1	19
17	Roger	269	↑1	25
18	Kenneth	245	↓2	15
19	Harold	220	↑3	27
20	Joseph	218	↓3	11
21	Carl	205	↓1	36
22	Michael	184	↑7	13
23	Roy	174	–	42
24	Billy	171	↓3	35
25	Edward	167	↓6	17
26	Ralph	156	↑2	38
27	Harry	144	↓2	48
28	Raymond	140	↑2	24
29	Jack	138	↓2	34
30	Bobby	132	↓6	43
31	Frank	129	–	21
32	Walter	120	–	26
33	Danny	118	new	>100
34	Earl	117	↑1	62
35	Franklin	110	↑1	>100
36	Howard	105	↓3	49
37	Jackie	105	↓11	>100
38	Lawrence	104	↑2	30
39	Clarence	98	↓5	67
40	Gerald	97	↓3	22
41	Samuel	94	–	59
42	Daniel	93	new	28
43	Eugene	91	↑1	45
44	Albert	89	↑2	40
45	Dennis	89	new	20
46	Henry	87	↑4	31
47	Johnny	84	↓8	55
48	Joe	82	↓3	33
49	Stephen	82	new	32
50	Arthur	81	↓2	29

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