Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1945

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1945 were Mary for girls (840 babies) and James for boys (1,266). Social Security records list 35,782 babies born in West Virginia in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1945

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: 36 babies, 58.5× the national rate
Dreama: 26 babies, 46.2× the national rate
Dottie: 43 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Wilda: 17 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Freda: 38 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shelia: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dolly: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Patty: 67 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Glenna: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Violet: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 16 babies, 56.1× the national rate
Denzil: 19 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Delmas: 16 babies, 24× the national rate
Denver: 28 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Dallas: 37 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Junior: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Roscoe: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kermit: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ernie: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Harley: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	840	–	1
2	Linda	780	–	2
3	Patricia	532	↑1	4
4	Barbara	516	↓1	3
5	Carolyn	471	↑1	12
6	Sandra	437	↑1	6
7	Betty	416	↓2	11
8	Carol	394	–	5
9	Brenda	370	↑4	29
10	Sharon	367	–	8
11	Judith	332	–	9
12	Shirley	321	–	14
13	Nancy	315	↓4	7
14	Judy	314	–	13
15	Donna	254	↑1	17
16	Joyce	252	↓1	18
17	Janet	245	↑1	20
18	Karen	235	↑1	16
19	Margaret	209	↓2	15
20	Wanda	187	↑3	58
21	Elizabeth	176	↑9	26
22	Ruth	173	↓1	33
23	Phyllis	169	↓3	40
24	Virginia	169	↑2	28
25	Connie	161	↑8	47
26	Helen	160	↓4	31
27	Gloria	156	↑8	23
28	Janice	147	↑10	24
29	Martha	147	↓2	30
30	Bonnie	145	↓5	35
31	Dorothy	137	↓2	21
32	Frances	137	↓8	34
33	Peggy	129	↓1	45
34	Alice	126	↓3	41
35	Susan	125	↑7	10
36	Anna	114	–	73
37	Norma	108	↑6	74
38	Doris	106	↓4	46
39	Diana	95	↑7	43
40	Charlotte	94	↓12	55
41	Jane	92	↑8	36
42	Rebecca	92	↓5	85
43	Beverly	90	↑2	37
44	Joan	84	–	25
45	Lois	80	↓4	48
46	Cheryl	78	new	32
47	Jean	78	new	38
48	Sue	78	↓1	66
49	Evelyn	72	new	57
50	Loretta	72	↓11	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,266	–	1
2	William	879	↑1	4
3	Robert	836	↓1	2
4	John	779	–	3
5	Charles	735	–	7
6	David	585	–	6
7	Larry	526	↑1	11
8	Roger	465	↓1	22
9	Richard	444	–	5
10	Thomas	399	–	8
11	Gary	370	↑1	13
12	Donald	330	↑1	12
13	Ronald	321	↓2	10
14	Michael	298	↑4	9
15	Jerry	294	–	20
16	Paul	285	↓2	17
17	George	272	↓1	15
18	Kenneth	246	↓1	16
19	Edward	191	↑4	18
20	Joseph	190	↓1	14
21	Harold	185	↓1	28
22	Roy	174	↓1	40
23	Carl	162	↓1	39
24	Danny	157	↑3	56
25	Harry	143	↑1	47
26	Daniel	127	↑11	24
27	Frank	123	↑2	21
28	Bobby	119	↑4	53
29	Jack	119	↑1	32
30	Billy	115	↓6	42
31	Douglas	113	↑3	29
32	Ralph	112	↓4	44
33	Dennis	111	–	19
34	Johnny	105	↓3	45
35	Raymond	104	↓10	23
36	Stephen	97	↑6	26
37	Walter	95	↓1	27
38	Terry	90	↑2	33
39	Howard	88	↓1	54
40	Jimmy	84	↑1	41
41	Samuel	84	↑8	62
42	Ernest	83	↓7	60
43	Franklin	81	new	>100
44	Gerald	80	↑1	25
45	Ronnie	80	↓6	67
46	Russell	77	↑1	64
47	Darrell	75	new	>100
48	Clarence	74	↓4	82
49	Jackie	74	↓1	>100
50	Lawrence	72	new	30

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