Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1960

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1960 were Mary for girls (449 babies) and David for boys (919). Social Security records list 36,357 babies born in West Virginia in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1960

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, 67.1× the national rate
Dreama: 17 babies, 28.2× the national rate
Tamela: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Violet: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tamra: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Freda: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trina: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wilma: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tammy: 388 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Crystal: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Teddy: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Timmy: 61 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delbert: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rocky: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Franklin: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cecil: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Everett: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Edgar: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Clyde: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	449	–	1
2	Donna	410	↑2	5
3	Tammy	388	↑2	31
4	Kimberly	374	↑9	26
5	Debra	364	↓3	8
6	Brenda	330	↑4	13
7	Teresa	323	↑4	19
8	Patricia	321	↑1	7
9	Kathy	315	↓3	21
10	Pamela	307	↓7	14
11	Karen	304	↑1	4
12	Lisa	298	↑9	6
13	Linda	296	↓6	3
14	Susan	295	↑1	2
15	Deborah	268	↓7	10
16	Barbara	262	↑1	12
17	Sandra	243	↓3	11
18	Cynthia	218	↑1	9
19	Sharon	212	↑3	16
20	Debbie	210	↓4	24
21	Robin	208	↑4	33
22	Cheryl	195	↓4	17
23	Rebecca	190	↓3	38
24	Connie	175	–	47
25	Elizabeth	175	↑2	18
26	Cathy	162	–	46
27	Nancy	154	↓4	15
28	Janet	147	–	32
29	Rhonda	142	↑6	44
30	Carol	140	↑2	23
31	Diana	140	↑2	53
32	Joyce	131	↓3	58
33	Carolyn	130	↑4	43
34	Tina	127	↑7	45
35	Sherry	124	↑4	54
36	Beverly	122	↓2	60
37	Cindy	120	↓7	30
38	Terri	113	↓7	49
39	Judy	106	↑1	48
40	Vickie	106	↓4	100
41	Sheila	97	↑6	56
42	Kim	96	↑7	34
43	Betty	91	↓1	68
44	Laura	87	new	25
45	Peggy	86	↓7	69
46	Denise	85	new	29
47	Bonnie	84	new	71
48	Paula	84	new	55
49	Angela	83	new	50
50	Margaret	81	–	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	919	↑1	1
2	James	853	↓1	3
3	John	723	↑1	4
4	Michael	692	↑1	2
5	Robert	685	↓2	5
6	Mark	614	–	6
7	William	587	–	7
8	Timothy	497	–	11
9	Charles	476	↑1	13
10	Richard	408	↓1	8
11	Jeffrey	350	–	14
12	Thomas	321	–	9
13	Gary	274	↑1	22
14	Gregory	268	↑7	24
15	Donald	248	↓2	19
16	Terry	248	–	34
17	Kenneth	245	↑3	16
18	Ronald	245	↑1	21
19	Steven	241	↓4	10
20	Larry	228	↓3	28
21	Paul	221	↑1	18
22	Joseph	219	↑1	12
23	Jerry	187	↑3	37
24	Kevin	181	–	15
25	Danny	175	↑6	48
26	Ricky	171	↓8	38
27	Stephen	170	↑2	27
28	Daniel	169	↑2	17
29	Douglas	165	↑5	30
30	Randy	162	↓5	32
31	Brian	159	↑6	20
32	Roger	158	↓5	47
33	Edward	144	↑2	26
34	George	141	↓6	33
35	Dennis	137	↓2	31
36	Randall	132	↓4	59
37	Billy	131	↓1	67
38	Carl	120	↑1	53
39	Jeffery	104	↑1	55
40	Keith	101	↑1	35
41	Anthony	94	↓3	25
42	Rodney	94	↑1	68
43	Scott	91	new	23
44	Steve	86	–	43
45	Frank	84	new	40
46	Bruce	83	↑1	39
47	Mike	83	↓5	36
48	Raymond	83	new	46
49	Roy	80	new	80
50	Darrell	78	new	>100

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