Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1943

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,022 babies) and James for boys (1,386). Social Security records list 39,643 babies born in West Virginia in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1943

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: 35 babies, 59.7× the national rate
Dreama: 20 babies, 39.8× the national rate
Dottie: 42 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Vonda: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Freda: 63 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Glenna: 54 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Goldie: 22 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Rosalee: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shelia: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Patty: 83 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Delmas: 42 babies, 37.6× the national rate
Jennings: 15 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Denzil: 16 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Denver: 30 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Junior: 38 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dallas: 44 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kermit: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Garland: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 98 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Homer: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,022	–	1
2	Linda	755	↑2	4
3	Barbara	670	–	2
4	Patricia	571	↓2	3
5	Carolyn	558	–	11
6	Betty	511	–	10
7	Nancy	472	↑3	9
8	Sandra	453	–	6
9	Carol	449	–	5
10	Sharon	395	↑6	8
11	Shirley	374	↓4	12
12	Brenda	364	↑5	35
13	Judith	356	↓2	7
14	Judy	284	↑6	13
15	Janet	265	↓2	20
16	Joyce	257	↓4	16
17	Karen	253	↓3	15
18	Donna	247	–	17
19	Margaret	244	↓4	14
20	Phyllis	236	↓1	39
21	Wanda	202	↑8	56
22	Virginia	198	↑3	25
23	Ruth	183	↓2	33
24	Helen	180	↓2	28
25	Dorothy	178	↑2	19
26	Bonnie	174	↓3	34
27	Elizabeth	169	↓1	23
28	Frances	164	↓4	31
29	Charlotte	160	↑3	47
30	Janice	160	↑3	26
31	Martha	150	–	29
32	Peggy	146	↓2	41
33	Alice	138	↑1	38
34	Anna	134	↓6	64
35	Gloria	132	↑2	30
36	Doris	130	–	40
37	Connie	121	↑3	59
38	Norma	120	↓3	58
39	Joan	112	↑9	21
40	Rebecca	111	↓1	87
41	Lois	100	↓3	43
42	Beverly	95	↑8	32
43	Delores	92	↑3	99
44	Rose	91	new	50
45	Wilma	91	↓3	>100
46	Loretta	89	↑1	89
47	Mildred	89	new	76
48	Jo	88	new	63
49	Susan	87	↓8	18
50	Patty	83	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,386	–	1
2	Robert	1,023	–	2
3	John	906	↑1	3
4	William	892	↓1	4
5	Charles	823	–	7
6	David	570	–	6
7	Larry	545	–	12
8	Richard	472	–	5
9	Thomas	422	↑2	8
10	Ronald	389	–	9
11	Roger	377	↑6	24
12	Donald	370	↓3	11
13	Jerry	358	↓1	17
14	Paul	321	↑2	19
15	Gary	311	↓2	16
16	George	302	↓1	14
17	Kenneth	279	↑1	15
18	Joseph	232	↑2	13
19	Michael	229	↑3	10
20	Harold	198	↓1	27
21	Carl	195	–	33
22	Edward	193	↑3	18
23	Billy	171	↑1	37
24	Roy	169	↓1	38
25	Douglas	168	↓11	28
26	Raymond	143	↑2	22
27	Frank	137	↑4	21
28	Harry	136	↓1	50
29	Bobby	130	↑1	46
30	Ralph	126	↓4	40
31	Johnny	120	↑16	52
32	Walter	117	–	26
33	Howard	113	↑3	48
34	Danny	111	↓1	88
35	Jack	110	↓6	34
36	Lawrence	107	↑2	32
37	Gerald	104	↑3	23
38	Earl	100	↓4	60
39	Jackie	98	↓2	>100
40	Jimmy	98	new	42
41	Clarence	95	↓2	68
42	Daniel	95	–	25
43	Ernest	94	new	61
44	Dennis	93	↑1	20
45	Samuel	89	↓4	62
46	Fred	88	new	45
47	Arthur	87	↑3	30
48	Russell	85	new	73
49	Henry	79	↓3	31
50	Ronnie	79	new	71

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