Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1946

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1946 were Linda for girls (1,057 babies) and James for boys (1,514). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 45,055 babies born in West Virginia in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1946

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: 52 babies, 59.3× the national rate
Dreama: 27 babies, 40.4× the national rate
Dottie: 40 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Freda: 46 babies, 7× the national rate
Goldie: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Glenna: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kitty: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shelby: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dolly: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Beulah: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Delmas: 42 babies, 38.7× the national rate
Denver: 32 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kyle: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kermit: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Junior: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Thurman: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Teddy: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Garland: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Homer: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Dannie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	1,057	↑1	2
2	Mary	1,016	↓1	1
3	Barbara	732	↑1	4
4	Patricia	678	↓1	3
5	Sandra	628	↑1	6
6	Sharon	571	↑4	9
7	Carolyn	530	↓2	12
8	Brenda	507	↑1	24
9	Nancy	471	↑4	7
10	Betty	451	↓3	14
11	Carol	450	↓3	5
12	Shirley	376	–	18
13	Judith	370	↓2	10
14	Judy	368	–	11
15	Donna	354	–	13
16	Karen	324	↑2	15
17	Joyce	272	↓1	20
18	Janet	241	↓1	21
19	Margaret	239	–	17
20	Susan	225	↑15	8
21	Connie	221	↑4	45
22	Wanda	217	↓2	59
23	Phyllis	214	–	41
24	Gloria	201	↑3	26
25	Bonnie	197	↑5	33
26	Rebecca	189	↑16	68
27	Elizabeth	184	↓6	25
28	Janice	180	–	22
29	Diana	176	↑10	42
30	Virginia	174	↓6	31
31	Peggy	173	↑2	43
32	Helen	171	↓6	36
33	Martha	168	↓4	32
34	Charlotte	166	↑6	64
35	Dorothy	164	↓4	23
36	Beverly	160	↑7	30
37	Ruth	159	↓15	38
38	Frances	144	↓6	39
39	Norma	125	↓2	77
40	Doris	124	↓2	51
41	Alice	120	↓7	44
42	Anna	114	↓6	87
43	Loretta	112	↑7	>100
44	Cheryl	110	↑2	27
45	Jo	107	new	53
46	Lois	105	↓1	55
47	Pamela	104	new	34
48	Sue	101	–	61
49	Jane	94	↓8	35
50	Joan	94	↓6	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	1,514	–	1
2	Robert	1,091	↑1	2
3	John	1,083	↑1	3
4	William	983	↓2	4
5	Charles	899	–	9
6	David	809	–	6
7	Larry	763	–	11
8	Richard	638	↑1	5
9	Gary	633	↑2	12
10	Roger	569	↓2	23
11	Thomas	527	↓1	8
12	Ronald	481	↑1	10
13	Michael	407	↑1	7
14	Donald	405	↓2	13
15	Jerry	404	–	20
16	Kenneth	338	↑2	15
17	Paul	308	↓1	18
18	George	307	↓1	16
19	Danny	256	↑5	46
20	Joseph	244	–	14
21	Harold	203	–	33
22	Edward	202	↓3	19
23	Terry	195	↑15	26
24	Dennis	171	↑9	17
25	Roy	171	↓3	43
26	Carl	170	↓3	39
27	Ronnie	157	↑18	54
28	Billy	156	↑2	45
29	Daniel	154	↓3	21
30	Ralph	153	↑2	48
31	Stephen	152	↑5	24
32	Harry	149	↓7	50
33	Raymond	139	↑2	25
34	Johnny	132	–	47
35	Frank	124	↓8	22
36	Howard	118	↑3	55
37	Walter	117	–	30
38	Jack	115	↓9	35
39	Douglas	112	↓8	34
40	Bobby	106	↓12	53
41	Samuel	106	–	70
42	Jimmy	104	↓2	42
43	Gerald	103	↑1	27
44	Clarence	101	↑4	89
45	Russell	96	↑1	66
46	Ernest	94	↓4	71
47	Jackie	94	↑2	>100
48	Lawrence	90	↑2	31
49	Wayne	88	new	29
50	Eugene	86	new	57

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