Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1954

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1954 were Deborah for girls (817 babies) and James for boys (1,182). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,562 babies born in West Virginia in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1954

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: 67 babies, 62.7× the national rate
Dreama: 34 babies, 43.1× the national rate
Willa: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Glenna: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Violet: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Freda: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wilma: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Deloris: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Dianna: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelia: 60 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 21 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Dallas: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Woodrow: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Teddy: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Boyd: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roger: 392 babies, 3× the national rate
Rocky: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Cecil: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Virgil: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	817	↑1	3
2	Mary	718	↑1	1
3	Linda	689	↓2	2
4	Debra	640	↑2	6
5	Patricia	539	↓1	4
6	Brenda	454	↓1	18
7	Pamela	444	↑4	12
8	Karen	436	↑1	8
9	Barbara	425	↓2	7
10	Sandra	420	–	13
11	Sharon	414	↓3	16
12	Donna	407	–	11
13	Susan	359	↑1	5
14	Kathy	354	↑1	23
15	Nancy	328	↓2	9
16	Rebecca	272	–	26
17	Connie	267	↑7	39
18	Carolyn	239	↓1	27
19	Joyce	225	↓1	28
20	Cynthia	218	↑5	10
21	Janet	205	↑2	19
22	Elizabeth	199	↑5	20
23	Teresa	198	↑9	34
24	Betty	197	↓3	36
25	Beverly	194	↑1	31
26	Diana	194	↓6	57
27	Judy	190	↓8	29
28	Carol	184	↓6	15
29	Judith	171	–	30
30	Margaret	161	↓2	21
31	Bonnie	156	↑2	52
32	Vickie	148	↑2	69
33	Cathy	144	↓3	59
34	Sherry	140	↑11	62
35	Shirley	140	↓4	33
36	Vicki	133	new	50
37	Cheryl	132	new	22
38	Martha	124	↓2	46
39	Janice	119	↑3	25
40	Marilyn	119	new	35
41	Sheila	119	↓1	60
42	Marsha	113	↑6	86
43	Wanda	113	↓8	58
44	Kathryn	110	↓3	51
45	Paula	109	↓1	38
46	Peggy	109	↓7	48
47	Robin	109	new	41
48	Rita	107	new	67
49	Rose	104	↓12	54
50	Ruth	102	↓4	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	1,182	–	3
2	David	1,046	–	5
3	Robert	946	–	2
4	Michael	859	↑2	1
5	John	846	↓1	4
6	William	796	↓1	6
7	Charles	681	–	10
8	Richard	611	–	7
9	Gary	527	–	9
10	Thomas	466	–	8
11	Larry	440	–	19
12	Donald	428	↑2	14
13	Roger	392	↓1	34
14	Ronald	338	↓1	15
15	Terry	331	↑5	27
16	Steven	330	↑3	11
17	Mark	310	↑7	12
18	Joseph	297	–	13
19	Kenneth	296	↓3	17
20	Jerry	281	↓5	31
21	Stephen	276	–	20
22	Paul	268	↓5	16
23	Danny	249	↓1	42
24	Daniel	247	↑1	18
25	Gregory	245	↑5	25
26	Randy	221	↑1	33
27	George	213	↓4	24
28	Timothy	213	↑1	26
29	Dennis	199	↓1	21
30	Edward	196	↓4	22
31	Douglas	165	↑3	29
32	Jeffrey	148	↑1	23
33	Randall	148	↑3	55
34	Ricky	148	↑5	46
35	Carl	147	↓3	47
36	Harold	130	↓1	60
37	Johnny	130	↑5	54
38	Roy	129	↑3	56
39	Billy	128	↓2	65
40	Jack	123	–	57
41	Rodney	122	↓10	66
42	Ralph	121	↓4	61
43	Samuel	115	↑5	71
44	Raymond	108	–	35
45	Keith	106	new	45
46	Bruce	104	↑4	30
47	Darrell	101	↑2	95
48	Howard	92	new	80
49	Frank	86	↓6	36
50	Ronnie	86	↓4	78

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