Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1948

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,771 babies) and James for boys (1,628). Social Security records list 48,791 babies born in West Virginia in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1948

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: 70 babies, 59.8× the national rate
Dreama: 37 babies, 41× the national rate
Dottie: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Goldie: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Freda: 42 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Glenna: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Beulah: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Violet: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jewell: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patty: 67 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Delmas: 25 babies, 26.7× the national rate
Denver: 38 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Kennith: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dallas: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delbert: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Homer: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freddy: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Woodrow: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Garland: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Harley: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,771	–	1
2	Mary	1,015	–	2
3	Barbara	702	↑2	3
4	Brenda	675	↑3	17
5	Sharon	653	↑1	9
6	Patricia	639	↓3	4
7	Sandra	590	↓3	6
8	Carolyn	534	–	14
9	Nancy	481	–	7
10	Donna	480	–	11
11	Carol	384	↑2	8
12	Karen	367	↑4	12
13	Judy	355	↑1	16
14	Betty	348	↓3	18
15	Judith	334	–	15
16	Shirley	332	↓4	20
17	Joyce	318	–	21
18	Susan	280	↑4	5
19	Connie	275	↓1	43
20	Margaret	265	↓1	13
21	Janet	255	↓1	24
22	Beverly	227	↑1	31
23	Phyllis	218	↑2	46
24	Diana	216	–	48
25	Pamela	213	↑11	22
26	Elizabeth	200	–	26
27	Rebecca	196	↓6	50
28	Wanda	191	↑4	57
29	Charlotte	184	↑10	69
30	Peggy	177	↑1	38
31	Helen	175	↑3	40
32	Frances	163	↑3	42
33	Deborah	162	new	30
34	Ruth	158	↓1	45
35	Janice	155	↑3	23
36	Bonnie	152	↓8	34
37	Virginia	150	↓7	36
38	Dorothy	134	↑2	29
39	Martha	133	↓10	32
40	Cheryl	132	↑5	25
41	Gloria	132	↓14	28
42	Anna	129	↓1	89
43	Alice	128	↓6	49
44	Cynthia	125	new	27
45	Sherry	121	new	61
46	Doris	116	new	64
47	Sheila	101	new	71
48	Sue	99	↑1	78
49	Paula	97	new	52
50	Marilyn	96	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	1,628	–	1
2	Robert	1,153	↑1	2
3	John	1,064	↓1	3
4	William	1,050	–	4
5	David	1,043	–	5
6	Charles	878	–	9
7	Larry	836	–	11
8	Roger	640	↑2	24
9	Richard	601	↓1	7
10	Thomas	591	↑3	8
11	Gary	572	↓2	12
12	Michael	561	↓1	6
13	Ronald	502	↓1	10
14	Donald	467	–	14
15	Jerry	384	–	21
16	Kenneth	338	↑1	15
17	George	318	↓1	16
18	Paul	307	–	18
19	Danny	292	↑1	39
20	Joseph	280	↓1	13
21	Stephen	268	↑2	20
22	Terry	224	↓1	26
23	Edward	218	↓1	19
24	Harold	215	–	36
25	Daniel	186	↑1	22
26	Dennis	186	↑1	17
27	Roy	184	↑1	49
28	Carl	170	↓3	42
29	Harry	153	↑3	57
30	Billy	150	↓1	53
31	Steven	141	↑13	23
32	Ronnie	139	↑3	59
33	Frank	131	↑3	25
34	Jack	127	↓3	43
35	Johnny	126	↓2	52
36	Ralph	126	↓6	51
37	Raymond	123	↓3	27
38	Douglas	122	↓1	33
39	Gregory	116	new	32
40	Howard	115	↓1	63
41	Walter	109	↑1	35
42	Clarence	108	new	87
43	Rodney	107	↑6	92
44	Gerald	106	↓3	30
45	Samuel	103	↓2	70
46	Bobby	99	↑2	62
47	Ernest	96	new	76
48	Darrell	95	↓2	>100
49	Lawrence	92	↓11	31
50	Leonard	87	new	71

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