Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1959

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1959 were Mary for girls (493 babies) and James for boys (971). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,394 babies born in West Virginia in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1959

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: 63 babies, 62.1× the national rate
Dreama: 25 babies, 41.8× the national rate
Freda: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Della: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tammy: 400 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Crystal: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tamera: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marsha: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Wilma: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Billie: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 18 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Dallas: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Timmy: 69 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Teddy: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delbert: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Franklin: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cecil: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Everett: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Virgil: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	493	↑1	1
2	Debra	444	↓1	7
3	Pamela	423	↑1	12
4	Donna	416	↑6	5
5	Tammy	400	↑8	31
6	Kathy	383	↓3	15
7	Linda	375	↑1	3
8	Deborah	353	↓3	9
9	Patricia	334	–	6
10	Brenda	324	↓4	16
11	Teresa	317	↑1	24
12	Karen	311	↓5	4
13	Kimberly	296	↑2	33
14	Sandra	294	↑3	13
15	Susan	284	↓4	2
16	Debbie	271	↑2	20
17	Barbara	251	↓1	11
18	Cheryl	234	↓4	18
19	Cynthia	232	↑2	8
20	Rebecca	230	–	38
21	Lisa	221	↑9	10
22	Sharon	211	↓3	17
23	Nancy	196	↓1	14
24	Connie	194	↓1	48
25	Robin	193	–	32
26	Cathy	188	↓2	39
27	Elizabeth	173	↓1	21
28	Janet	167	↑7	28
29	Joyce	161	↑4	50
30	Cindy	153	↑2	25
31	Terri	153	↑3	46
32	Carol	152	↓4	22
33	Diana	144	↓6	49
34	Beverly	129	↑7	55
35	Rhonda	127	↑2	45
36	Vickie	121	↓5	90
37	Carolyn	120	↑2	42
38	Peggy	117	↓9	57
39	Sherry	117	↑1	58
40	Judy	115	↓2	41
41	Tina	115	↑6	53
42	Betty	108	↓6	59
43	Darlene	104	↑2	66
44	Vicki	91	↓2	73
45	Anita	88	new	87
46	Jennifer	87	new	78
47	Sheila	86	↓3	52
48	Catherine	82	new	40
49	Kim	82	new	35
50	Margaret	82	↓4	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	971	↑1	3
2	David	923	↓1	2
3	Robert	797	–	5
4	John	741	↑1	4
5	Michael	689	↓1	1
6	Mark	606	↑2	6
7	William	597	↓1	7
8	Timothy	520	↑2	12
9	Richard	504	–	8
10	Charles	477	↓3	11
11	Jeffrey	334	↑6	16
12	Thomas	332	↓1	9
13	Donald	328	–	19
14	Gary	271	↓2	20
15	Steven	271	↓1	10
16	Terry	269	↑3	33
17	Larry	260	↓2	25
18	Ricky	257	↑4	34
19	Ronald	247	↓3	21
20	Kenneth	244	–	15
21	Gregory	242	↓3	23
22	Paul	240	↓1	17
23	Joseph	228	–	13
24	Kevin	204	↑5	14
25	Randy	200	↑1	31
26	Jerry	193	↓1	36
27	Roger	191	↓3	47
28	George	166	–	32
29	Stephen	162	↑1	28
30	Daniel	161	↑2	18
31	Danny	161	↓4	48
32	Randall	140	↑2	59
33	Dennis	139	↑2	29
34	Douglas	135	↓3	30
35	Edward	125	↓2	27
36	Billy	117	↑1	65
37	Brian	117	↑6	22
38	Anthony	113	–	26
39	Carl	113	–	54
40	Jeffery	111	↑1	55
41	Keith	103	↓1	39
42	Mike	97	new	37
43	Rodney	93	↓7	67
44	Steve	92	↓2	41
45	Harold	89	↑3	87
46	Jimmy	87	new	69
47	Bruce	85	↓1	38
48	Ronnie	84	new	77
49	Bobby	81	↓2	71
50	Jeff	80	new	52

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