Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1947

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,796 babies) and James for boys (1,680). Social Security records list 51,239 babies born in West Virginia in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1947

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: 41 babies, 50.9× the national rate
Dreama: 33 babies, 37.7× the national rate
Dottie: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wilda: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Glenna: 57 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Shelia: 61 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Deloris: 69 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Freda: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Patty: 87 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Okey: 17 babies, 54× the national rate
Delmas: 33 babies, 27.8× the national rate
Denzil: 15 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Denver: 34 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Basil: 21 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Junior: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Homer: 45 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dallas: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Orville: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kermit: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,796	–	1
2	Mary	1,082	–	2
3	Patricia	805	↑1	3
4	Sandra	743	↑1	5
5	Barbara	735	↓2	4
6	Sharon	688	–	9
7	Brenda	632	↑1	21
8	Carolyn	577	↓1	15
9	Nancy	529	–	7
10	Donna	445	↑5	10
11	Betty	428	↓1	17
12	Shirley	422	–	19
13	Carol	421	↓2	6
14	Judy	419	–	14
15	Judith	413	↓2	12
16	Karen	381	–	13
17	Joyce	297	–	20
18	Connie	292	↑3	43
19	Margaret	269	–	16
20	Janet	262	↓2	23
21	Rebecca	248	↑5	52
22	Susan	242	↓2	8
23	Beverly	209	↑13	31
24	Diana	207	↑5	48
25	Phyllis	203	↓2	37
26	Elizabeth	201	↑1	25
27	Gloria	199	↓3	27
28	Bonnie	197	↓3	35
29	Martha	196	↑4	32
30	Virginia	193	–	34
31	Peggy	177	–	42
32	Wanda	176	↓10	66
33	Ruth	173	↑4	44
34	Helen	168	↓2	38
35	Frances	165	↑3	39
36	Pamela	160	↑11	28
37	Alice	157	↑4	47
38	Janice	154	↓10	22
39	Charlotte	153	↓5	68
40	Dorothy	152	↓5	26
41	Anna	137	↑1	92
42	Jo	126	↑3	51
43	Norma	125	↓4	82
44	Jane	117	↑5	36
45	Cheryl	115	↓1	24
46	Lois	104	–	63
47	Rita	102	new	60
48	Rose	101	new	65
49	Sue	101	↓1	69
50	Evelyn	100	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	1,680	–	1
2	John	1,186	↑1	3
3	Robert	1,169	↓1	2
4	William	1,127	–	4
5	David	1,086	↑1	6
6	Charles	921	↓1	9
7	Larry	912	–	10
8	Richard	706	–	5
9	Gary	661	–	12
10	Roger	648	–	25
11	Michael	558	↑2	7
12	Ronald	528	–	11
13	Thomas	524	↓2	8
14	Donald	432	–	13
15	Jerry	380	–	20
16	George	369	↑2	16
17	Kenneth	362	↓1	15
18	Paul	360	↓1	18
19	Joseph	285	↑1	14
20	Danny	279	↓1	39
21	Terry	244	↑2	26
22	Edward	238	–	19
23	Stephen	216	↑8	21
24	Harold	212	↓3	35
25	Carl	198	↑1	40
26	Daniel	185	↑3	22
27	Dennis	178	↓3	17
28	Roy	172	↓3	48
29	Billy	159	↓1	51
30	Ralph	158	–	50
31	Jack	155	↑7	37
32	Harry	150	–	54
33	Johnny	146	↑1	49
34	Raymond	146	↓1	27
35	Ronnie	143	↓8	61
36	Frank	140	↓1	23
37	Douglas	134	↑2	31
38	Lawrence	132	↑10	32
39	Howard	129	↓3	62
40	Jimmy	124	↑2	44
41	Gerald	121	↑2	28
42	Walter	118	↓5	34
43	Samuel	117	↓2	72
44	Steven	111	new	24
45	Wayne	105	↑4	30
46	Darrell	104	new	>100
47	Russell	102	↓2	69
48	Bobby	101	↓8	60
49	Rodney	100	new	94
50	Fred	99	new	56

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