Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1957

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1957 were Debra for girls (607 babies) and James for boys (1,065). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,340 babies born in West Virginia in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1957

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, 73.4× the national rate
Dreama: 30 babies, 39.8× the national rate
Glenna: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wilma: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Freda: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dianna: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Edna: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trina: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marsha: 85 babies, 3× the national rate
Connie: 234 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Teddy: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Timmy: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Willard: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Virgil: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 64 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Homer: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Everett: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rickie: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Franklin: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Debra	607	–	4
2	Mary	562	↑1	1
3	Deborah	522	↓1	6
4	Linda	479	–	3
5	Brenda	447	↑6	13
6	Kathy	428	↑4	20
7	Pamela	428	↑1	12
8	Patricia	393	↓3	8
9	Karen	385	↑3	5
10	Donna	359	↓3	10
11	Barbara	327	↓2	9
12	Sandra	316	↑2	15
13	Cheryl	311	↑8	16
14	Sharon	309	↓8	14
15	Susan	299	↓2	2
16	Teresa	288	↓1	24
17	Cynthia	285	–	7
18	Nancy	255	–	11
19	Rebecca	245	↓3	34
20	Connie	234	↓1	47
21	Kimberly	222	↑13	42
22	Debbie	201	↑15	27
23	Diana	201	–	43
24	Cathy	199	↓4	39
25	Carol	192	↑1	18
26	Cindy	189	new	19
27	Sherry	182	↑4	55
28	Robin	181	↓3	30
29	Joyce	172	↓7	40
30	Elizabeth	169	↓3	22
31	Janet	166	↓3	23
32	Carolyn	156	↑1	33
33	Beverly	146	↓3	48
34	Judy	146	↓2	38
35	Vickie	135	↓11	70
36	Betty	134	↓7	50
37	Peggy	130	new	62
38	Sheila	125	↓2	58
39	Rhonda	124	–	52
40	Vicki	122	↑5	51
41	Margaret	116	↓3	29
42	Anita	114	↓7	81
43	Darlene	113	↑5	57
44	Diane	109	↑5	17
45	Paula	104	↓2	49
46	Tina	104	new	80
47	Tammy	103	new	>100
48	Terri	103	↑2	68
49	Wanda	102	new	59
50	Rita	101	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	1,065	–	2
2	David	948	–	3
3	Michael	874	↑2	1
4	Robert	841	↓1	4
5	John	774	↓1	5
6	William	718	–	6
7	Charles	587	–	11
8	Richard	510	–	8
9	Mark	507	–	7
10	Gary	411	–	13
11	Thomas	389	–	9
12	Donald	374	–	15
13	Larry	372	–	22
14	Timothy	365	↑5	19
15	Ronald	328	↑1	17
16	Gregory	322	↑7	23
17	Terry	308	↑1	33
18	Steven	286	↓4	10
19	Joseph	275	↓4	12
20	Kenneth	274	↓3	14
21	Jeffrey	271	↑3	21
22	Paul	269	↓1	18
23	Randy	265	↓1	31
24	Jerry	245	↑4	35
25	Roger	244	↓5	42
26	Stephen	228	↓1	24
27	Danny	198	↓1	45
28	Douglas	183	↑4	30
29	Daniel	182	↓2	16
30	Ricky	178	↑4	40
31	Edward	171	–	25
32	George	171	↓3	29
33	Dennis	155	↓3	28
34	Randall	140	↓1	59
35	Kevin	134	↑3	20
36	Bruce	132	↑6	34
37	Carl	129	↓2	49
38	Rodney	121	↓1	70
39	Billy	118	↓3	64
40	Raymond	118	↑4	39
41	Brian	116	new	26
42	Roy	115	↓2	65
43	Jeffery	113	↑4	52
44	Jack	110	↓5	67
45	Ronnie	110	new	73
46	Keith	105	–	36
47	Ralph	97	↓6	76
48	Johnny	96	↓5	61
49	Harold	83	↓4	74
50	Steve	83	–	44

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