Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1955

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1955 were Deborah for girls (708 babies) and David for boys (1,145). Deborah ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,232 babies born in West Virginia in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1955

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, 62.7× the national rate
Dreama: 41 babies, 55.1× the national rate
Glenna: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dinah: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelby: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Deloris: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dianna: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patty: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wilma: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelia: 58 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 24 babies, 17× the national rate
Kermit: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Junior: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dallas: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Garland: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Teddy: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Willard: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Everett: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delbert: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jackie: 67 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Deborah	708	–	2
2	Debra	653	↑2	4
3	Mary	625	↓1	1
4	Linda	611	↓1	3
5	Patricia	496	–	6
6	Pamela	442	↑1	12
7	Brenda	385	↓1	18
8	Barbara	384	↑1	7
9	Sharon	384	↑2	16
10	Karen	369	↓2	8
11	Donna	363	↑1	10
12	Sandra	359	↓2	13
13	Susan	352	–	5
14	Kathy	346	–	22
15	Nancy	318	–	9
16	Rebecca	291	–	27
17	Connie	270	–	35
18	Teresa	241	↑5	26
19	Cheryl	207	↑18	19
20	Diana	201	↑6	55
21	Cynthia	197	↓1	11
22	Carolyn	195	↓4	30
23	Janet	190	↓2	20
24	Beverly	181	↑1	34
25	Joyce	180	↓6	29
26	Carol	179	↑2	15
27	Betty	172	↓3	36
28	Cathy	163	↑5	44
29	Elizabeth	154	↓7	21
30	Vickie	154	↑2	68
31	Robin	149	↑16	33
32	Sheila	148	↑9	57
33	Judith	147	↓4	31
34	Judy	142	↓7	32
35	Sherry	142	↓1	56
36	Margaret	138	↓6	24
37	Shirley	119	↓2	37
38	Vicki	118	↓2	52
39	Virginia	111	new	66
40	Bonnie	110	↓9	45
41	Peggy	110	↑5	51
42	Rita	106	↑6	72
43	Martha	105	↓5	53
44	Rose	104	↑5	54
45	Diane	102	new	14
46	Paula	98	↓1	39
47	Kathryn	97	↓3	59
48	Catherine	96	new	28
49	Darlene	96	new	76
50	Ruth	93	–	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	1,145	↑1	2
2	James	1,104	↓1	3
3	John	861	↑2	5
4	Robert	842	↓1	4
5	Michael	834	↓1	1
6	William	802	–	6
7	Charles	668	–	11
8	Richard	632	–	7
9	Gary	453	–	12
10	Thomas	406	–	8
11	Larry	390	–	19
12	Steven	346	↑4	10
13	Mark	341	↑4	9
14	Roger	333	↓1	37
15	Donald	326	↓3	14
16	Terry	322	↓1	28
17	Ronald	319	↓3	18
18	Joseph	298	–	13
19	Kenneth	290	–	15
20	Randy	265	↑6	30
21	Timothy	258	↑7	22
22	Paul	255	–	16
23	Jerry	237	↓3	33
24	Daniel	236	–	17
25	Danny	236	↓2	45
26	Stephen	236	↓5	21
27	Gregory	225	↓2	24
28	Jeffrey	207	↑4	20
29	George	190	↓2	26
30	Dennis	176	↓1	23
31	Edward	161	↓1	25
32	Ricky	154	↑2	46
33	Randall	147	–	53
34	Douglas	146	↓3	29
35	Carl	129	–	47
36	Bruce	124	↑10	32
37	Billy	119	↑2	69
38	Roy	114	–	58
39	Harold	112	↓3	63
40	Rodney	111	↑1	65
41	Jack	110	↓1	60
42	Darrell	96	↑5	91
43	Keith	94	↑2	39
44	Johnny	93	↓7	55
45	Frank	90	↑4	34
46	Samuel	90	↓3	71
47	Ronnie	88	↑3	80
48	Dale	83	new	52
49	Kevin	83	new	27
50	Ralph	83	↓8	67

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