Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1952

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1952 were Linda for girls (986 babies) and James for boys (1,313). Social Security records list 45,966 babies born in West Virginia in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1952

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: 64 babies, 70.3× the national rate
Dreama: 34 babies, 37.9× the national rate
Dottie: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Glenna: 45 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shelby: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Freda: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shelia: 67 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Violet: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Patty: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilma: 62 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 30 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Teddy: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Junior: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Woodrow: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dallas: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Grover: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Delbert: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Garland: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jackie: 86 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cecil: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	986	–	1
2	Mary	824	–	2
3	Deborah	805	↑1	4
4	Patricia	665	↑1	3
5	Brenda	655	↓2	15
6	Barbara	544	↑1	6
7	Sharon	501	↓1	14
8	Sandra	434	–	10
9	Karen	433	–	8
10	Nancy	418	↑1	7
11	Debra	409	↑10	9
12	Donna	400	↓2	13
13	Pamela	351	↑1	17
14	Carolyn	345	↓2	24
15	Rebecca	318	↓2	30
16	Susan	304	–	5
17	Kathy	270	↑11	29
18	Carol	268	↓3	12
19	Janet	259	↓1	19
20	Judy	256	↓1	26
21	Betty	250	↓1	32
22	Joyce	244	↓5	27
23	Judith	238	–	25
24	Connie	230	↓2	44
25	Elizabeth	215	↑1	22
26	Diana	202	↓1	51
27	Beverly	199	–	35
28	Margaret	187	↓4	21
29	Shirley	177	–	28
30	Peggy	168	↑4	43
31	Bonnie	156	↓1	41
32	Cynthia	148	↑5	18
33	Ruth	143	↑2	57
34	Martha	141	↓2	40
35	Vickie	137	new	76
36	Cathy	136	↑8	56
37	Kathryn	135	↑10	48
38	Charlotte	134	↑2	89
39	Wanda	134	↓6	54
40	Janice	133	↓9	23
41	Virginia	124	↑1	49
42	Phyllis	122	↓6	65
43	Sheila	119	↑3	64
44	Sherry	115	↑1	68
45	Gloria	113	↓6	36
46	Rita	113	new	66
47	Rose	113	new	62
48	Alice	111	↓5	69
49	Frances	106	↓8	67
50	Teresa	106	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	1,313	–	1
2	David	1,137	–	5
3	Robert	983	–	2
4	John	955	↑1	3
5	William	949	↓1	6
6	Michael	925	↑1	4
7	Charles	777	↓1	9
8	Gary	583	↑1	10
9	Larry	577	↓1	14
10	Richard	575	–	7
11	Thomas	519	–	8
12	Roger	451	–	30
13	Donald	435	–	13
14	Ronald	378	–	15
15	Kenneth	344	↑4	16
16	Jerry	313	↓1	26
17	Stephen	301	↑1	21
18	Paul	286	↓1	19
19	Joseph	271	↓3	12
20	Danny	270	↑2	40
21	George	264	–	22
22	Steven	263	↑1	11
23	Terry	258	↓3	29
24	Mark	238	↑5	17
25	Edward	223	↑1	23
26	Daniel	204	↓2	20
27	Dennis	193	↓2	18
28	Douglas	166	↑2	28
29	Gregory	164	↓1	24
30	Timothy	161	↑3	27
31	Roy	157	↑1	55
32	Harold	156	↓5	51
33	Carl	152	↓2	45
34	Randy	137	↑15	41
35	Randall	135	↑1	63
36	Ralph	130	↑3	56
37	Johnny	120	↓2	53
38	Jack	116	–	52
39	Darrell	114	↓2	>100
40	Raymond	113	↓6	33
41	Billy	112	–	65
42	Frank	110	↑4	32
43	Samuel	109	↑1	67
44	Ronnie	107	↓2	82
45	Harry	99	↑2	75
46	Gerald	96	↑4	39
47	Jeffrey	96	new	31
48	Bruce	95	↓5	25
49	Rodney	94	↓9	84
50	Walter	91	new	44

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