Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1944

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1944 were Mary for girls (889 babies) and James for boys (1,321). Social Security records list 37,183 babies born in West Virginia in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1944

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, 58.4× the national rate
Dreama: 26 babies, 55.4× the national rate
Dottie: 39 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Rosalee: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Wilda: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Freda: 44 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Glenna: 42 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Deloris: 69 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Patty: 71 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Opal: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Delmas: 26 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Denzil: 17 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Denver: 31 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Hobert: 16 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Kermit: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Junior: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Homer: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dewey: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dana: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Thurman: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	889	–	1
2	Linda	759	–	3
3	Barbara	614	–	2
4	Patricia	550	–	4
5	Betty	491	↑1	10
6	Carolyn	472	↓1	11
7	Sandra	446	↑1	6
8	Carol	432	↑1	5
9	Nancy	412	↓2	7
10	Sharon	379	–	8
11	Judith	360	↑2	9
12	Shirley	345	↓1	15
13	Brenda	328	↓1	30
14	Judy	317	–	12
15	Joyce	290	↑1	18
16	Donna	262	↑2	17
17	Margaret	244	↑2	14
18	Janet	227	↓3	21
19	Karen	225	↓2	16
20	Phyllis	199	–	40
21	Ruth	198	↑2	32
22	Helen	196	↑2	31
23	Wanda	187	↓2	58
24	Frances	182	↑4	33
25	Bonnie	177	↑1	34
26	Virginia	177	↓4	26
27	Martha	173	↑4	29
28	Charlotte	167	↑1	50
29	Dorothy	163	↓4	19
30	Elizabeth	160	↓3	23
31	Alice	145	↑2	38
32	Peggy	132	–	45
33	Connie	116	↑4	51
34	Doris	115	↑2	42
35	Gloria	113	–	25
36	Anna	108	↓2	74
37	Rebecca	108	↑3	84
38	Janice	106	↓8	28
39	Loretta	106	↑7	98
40	Wilma	102	↑5	>100
41	Lois	101	–	47
42	Susan	95	↑7	13
43	Norma	92	↓5	66
44	Joan	91	↓5	22
45	Beverly	86	↓3	35
46	Diana	79	new	60
47	Sue	78	new	62
48	Juanita	77	new	94
49	Jane	73	new	41
50	Sarah	73	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,321	–	1
2	Robert	928	–	2
3	William	871	↑1	4
4	John	785	↓1	3
5	Charles	783	–	7
6	David	564	–	6
7	Roger	522	↑4	23
8	Larry	518	↓1	12
9	Richard	462	↓1	5
10	Thomas	415	↓1	8
11	Ronald	372	↓1	10
12	Gary	369	↑3	15
13	Donald	341	↓1	11
14	Paul	326	–	17
15	Jerry	318	↓2	19
16	George	284	–	14
17	Kenneth	242	–	16
18	Michael	218	↑1	9
19	Joseph	214	↓1	13
20	Harold	184	–	27
21	Roy	176	↑3	39
22	Carl	170	↓1	36
23	Edward	161	↓1	18
24	Billy	147	↓1	38
25	Raymond	141	↑1	22
26	Harry	138	↑2	49
27	Danny	134	↑7	76
28	Ralph	121	↑2	42
29	Frank	113	↓2	21
30	Jack	113	↑5	30
31	Johnny	109	–	45
32	Bobby	106	↓3	50
33	Dennis	106	↑11	20
34	Douglas	105	↓9	34
35	Ernest	103	↑8	59
36	Walter	102	↓4	26
37	Daniel	100	↑5	25
38	Howard	100	↓5	53
39	Ronnie	97	↑11	69
40	Terry	91	new	43
41	Jimmy	90	↓1	41
42	Stephen	90	new	28
43	Earl	89	↓5	65
44	Clarence	87	↓3	74
45	Gerald	85	↓8	24
46	Arthur	84	↑1	29
47	Russell	81	↑1	63
48	Jackie	80	↓9	>100
49	Samuel	78	↓4	62
50	Eugene	75	new	48

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