Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1951

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,223 babies) and James for boys (1,362). Social Security records list 47,282 babies born in West Virginia in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1951

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: 73 babies, 63× the national rate
Dreama: 36 babies, 46.3× the national rate
Glenna: 51 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Freda: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilma: 101 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Violet: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelia: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Patty: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dianna: 62 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Naomi: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Denzil: 23 babies, 34.2× the national rate
Denver: 39 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Dallas: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kennith: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Teddy: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dewey: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Denny: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Homer: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Darrell: 127 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roger: 520 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,223	–	1
2	Mary	843	–	2
3	Brenda	732	–	14
4	Deborah	709	↑4	4
5	Patricia	685	↓1	3
6	Sharon	591	↓1	13
7	Barbara	585	↓1	5
8	Sandra	480	↓1	9
9	Karen	478	↑1	8
10	Donna	467	↑1	12
11	Nancy	417	↓2	7
12	Carolyn	361	–	22
13	Rebecca	326	↑8	32
14	Pamela	320	↑5	16
15	Carol	302	↓1	11
16	Susan	294	↓3	6
17	Joyce	286	↓2	28
18	Janet	275	↑4	19
19	Judy	275	↓3	26
20	Betty	270	↓2	29
21	Debra	270	↑27	18
22	Connie	263	↑2	44
23	Judith	257	↓6	25
24	Margaret	224	↓1	17
25	Diana	213	–	50
26	Elizabeth	209	↑1	23
27	Beverly	207	↓1	33
28	Kathy	189	↑3	35
29	Shirley	189	↓9	27
30	Bonnie	182	↓1	37
31	Janice	170	↑7	21
32	Martha	161	↓2	38
33	Wanda	153	↓5	52
34	Peggy	152	↓2	40
35	Ruth	149	↑1	53
36	Phyllis	143	↓1	57
37	Cynthia	140	↑6	20
38	Helen	140	↓4	54
39	Gloria	133	↑1	31
40	Charlotte	127	↓3	84
41	Frances	123	↑4	59
42	Virginia	123	↓9	47
43	Alice	120	↑3	62
44	Cathy	115	new	71
45	Sherry	114	↑2	70
46	Sheila	113	↑4	69
47	Kathryn	112	↓3	45
48	Vicki	111	new	58
49	Jane	109	new	43
50	Cheryl	106	↓9	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,362	–	1
2	David	1,058	↑3	5
3	Robert	1,015	↓1	2
4	William	1,011	–	6
5	John	993	↓2	3
6	Charles	876	–	9
7	Michael	799	–	4
8	Larry	738	–	11
9	Gary	702	–	10
10	Richard	649	–	7
11	Thomas	593	↑1	8
12	Roger	520	↓1	29
13	Donald	393	↑1	15
14	Ronald	381	↓1	12
15	Jerry	341	–	24
16	Joseph	322	↑4	14
17	Paul	315	–	18
18	Stephen	307	↑3	19
19	Kenneth	292	↓1	16
20	Terry	276	↑3	30
21	George	273	↓5	22
22	Danny	264	↓3	41
23	Steven	264	↓1	13
24	Daniel	222	↑1	21
25	Dennis	212	↑1	17
26	Edward	212	↓2	23
27	Harold	179	–	46
28	Gregory	168	–	25
29	Mark	162	↑18	20
30	Douglas	149	↑8	27
31	Carl	146	↑3	43
32	Roy	142	↓3	52
33	Timothy	138	↑15	28
34	Raymond	137	↑2	32
35	Johnny	132	↓3	50
36	Randall	129	↑3	66
37	Darrell	127	↑8	>100
38	Jack	124	↓7	48
39	Ralph	123	↓4	51
40	Rodney	123	new	84
41	Billy	116	↓8	64
42	Ronnie	113	↓2	82
43	Bruce	110	new	26
44	Samuel	108	↓2	67
45	Lawrence	97	↓4	33
46	Frank	96	↓9	31
47	Harry	96	↓17	70
48	Howard	96	↑2	74
49	Randy	93	new	56
50	Gerald	92	↓4	36

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