Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1958

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1958 were Debra for girls (557 babies) and David for boys (1,046). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,831 babies born in West Virginia in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1958

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, 68.7× the national rate
Dreama: 37 babies, 46.4× the national rate
Glenna: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kitty: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Trina: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilma: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freda: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Geneva: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tammy: 285 babies, 3× the national rate
Edna: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Timmy: 63 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Teddy: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jackie: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Willard: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Franklin: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dana: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Cecil: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Roger: 243 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ira: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Debra	557	–	6
2	Mary	490	–	1
3	Kathy	469	↑3	14
4	Pamela	416	↑3	11
5	Deborah	400	↓2	7
6	Brenda	398	↓1	16
7	Karen	377	↑2	4
8	Linda	377	↓4	3
9	Patricia	377	↓1	5
10	Donna	346	–	10
11	Susan	302	↑4	2
12	Teresa	286	↑4	26
13	Tammy	285	↑34	44
14	Cheryl	282	↓1	13
15	Kimberly	281	↑6	39
16	Barbara	278	↓5	9
17	Sandra	268	↓5	15
18	Debbie	261	↑4	24
19	Sharon	257	↓5	17
20	Rebecca	243	↓1	41
21	Cynthia	233	↓4	8
22	Nancy	217	↓4	12
23	Connie	203	↓3	50
24	Cathy	195	–	34
25	Robin	190	↑3	32
26	Elizabeth	186	↑4	22
27	Diana	184	↓4	45
28	Carol	176	↓3	20
29	Peggy	172	↑8	42
30	Lisa	163	new	19
31	Vickie	154	↑4	75
32	Cindy	153	↓6	25
33	Joyce	151	↓4	46
34	Terri	150	↑14	51
35	Janet	149	↓4	28
36	Betty	148	–	54
37	Rhonda	145	↑2	48
38	Judy	138	↓4	36
39	Carolyn	136	↓7	37
40	Sherry	134	↓13	67
41	Beverly	115	↓8	55
42	Vicki	110	↓2	57
43	Diane	109	↑1	18
44	Sheila	102	↓6	59
45	Darlene	100	↓2	49
46	Margaret	98	↓5	31
47	Tina	97	↓1	71
48	Shirley	93	new	52
49	Denise	89	new	27
50	Julie	89	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	1,046	↑1	2
2	James	1,017	↓1	3
3	Robert	824	↑1	4
4	Michael	804	↓1	1
5	John	751	–	5
6	William	729	–	6
7	Charles	546	–	11
8	Mark	543	↑1	7
9	Richard	538	↓1	8
10	Timothy	487	↑4	13
11	Thomas	381	–	9
12	Gary	329	↓2	17
13	Donald	324	↓1	18
14	Steven	323	↑4	10
15	Larry	313	↓2	22
16	Ronald	294	↓1	19
17	Jeffrey	289	↑4	21
18	Gregory	288	↓2	23
19	Terry	286	↓2	33
20	Kenneth	248	–	14
21	Paul	248	↑1	15
22	Ricky	246	↑8	34
23	Joseph	244	↓4	12
24	Roger	243	↑1	47
25	Jerry	242	↓1	35
26	Randy	240	↓3	32
27	Danny	223	–	45
28	George	186	↑4	31
29	Kevin	184	↑6	20
30	Stephen	174	↓4	26
31	Douglas	165	↓3	30
32	Daniel	157	↓3	16
33	Edward	156	↓2	28
34	Randall	137	–	62
35	Dennis	130	↓2	29
36	Rodney	121	↑2	65
37	Billy	119	↑2	64
38	Anthony	116	new	27
39	Carl	113	↓2	51
40	Keith	106	↑6	37
41	Jeffery	105	↑2	59
42	Steve	104	↑8	44
43	Brian	99	↓2	24
44	Dale	99	new	46
45	Raymond	99	↓5	43
46	Bruce	98	↓10	36
47	Bobby	96	new	69
48	Harold	95	↑1	84
49	Jack	95	↓5	80
50	Roy	92	↓8	75

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