Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1961

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1961 were Mary for girls (468 babies) and David for boys (923). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,632 babies born in West Virginia in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1961

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: 28 babies, 47.3× the national rate
Dreama: 20 babies, 30× the national rate
Tamela: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Billie: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Johnna: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wilma: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marsha: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tammy: 407 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trina: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Connie: 196 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dallas: 24 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Teddy: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Timmy: 66 babies, 5× the national rate
Franklin: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cecil: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rocky: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jackie: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clinton: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Randall: 142 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	468	–	1
2	Tammy	407	↑1	28
3	Lisa	396	↑9	2
4	Kimberly	352	–	22
5	Brenda	336	↑1	11
6	Donna	326	↓4	7
7	Teresa	318	–	18
8	Pamela	306	↑2	15
9	Debra	304	↓4	13
10	Kathy	295	↓1	25
11	Karen	270	–	5
12	Susan	258	↑2	3
13	Linda	254	–	4
14	Patricia	252	↓6	6
15	Deborah	241	–	10
16	Robin	238	↑5	27
17	Sandra	231	–	9
18	Barbara	218	↓2	12
19	Rebecca	200	↑4	44
20	Connie	196	↑4	50
21	Sharon	181	↓2	17
22	Debbie	176	↓2	31
23	Elizabeth	171	↑2	19
24	Nancy	170	↑3	16
25	Tina	170	↑9	41
26	Cheryl	169	↓4	20
27	Cynthia	169	↓9	8
28	Sherry	163	↑7	53
29	Cindy	131	↑8	33
30	Carol	129	–	24
31	Cathy	127	↓5	55
32	Janet	124	↓4	32
33	Terri	124	↑5	51
34	Jennifer	119	new	47
35	Joyce	119	↓3	62
36	Diana	118	↓5	56
37	Rhonda	113	↓8	46
38	Angela	111	↑11	38
39	Carolyn	110	↓6	42
40	Kelly	106	new	45
41	Laura	103	↑3	21
42	Jacqueline	101	new	37
43	Judy	95	↓4	58
44	Sheila	94	↓3	59
45	Denise	93	↑1	30
46	Beverly	89	↓10	66
47	Betty	88	↓4	87
48	Paula	87	–	60
49	Anita	84	new	91
50	Beth	84	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	923	–	2
2	James	875	–	4
3	John	795	–	3
4	Michael	749	–	1
5	Robert	683	–	5
6	Mark	595	–	6
7	William	541	–	7
8	Timothy	456	–	15
9	Charles	446	–	13
10	Jeffrey	446	↑1	11
11	Richard	404	↓1	8
12	Thomas	293	–	9
13	Gregory	282	↑1	23
14	Gary	246	↓1	21
15	Donald	242	–	22
16	Joseph	232	↑6	12
17	Kenneth	230	–	16
18	Ronald	229	–	24
19	Kevin	228	↑5	14
20	Paul	226	↑1	18
21	Terry	220	↓5	32
22	Steven	215	↓3	10
23	Larry	207	↓3	30
24	Roger	191	↑8	47
25	Brian	190	↑6	20
26	Ricky	190	–	44
27	Jerry	175	↓4	37
28	Daniel	163	–	17
29	Randy	157	↑1	33
30	Douglas	153	↓1	28
31	Randall	142	↑5	63
32	George	137	↑2	31
33	Edward	131	–	29
34	Stephen	129	↓7	27
35	Scott	128	↑8	19
36	Jeffery	125	↑3	50
37	Danny	122	↓12	54
38	Billy	103	↓1	68
39	Christopher	101	new	26
40	Anthony	99	↑1	25
41	Keith	98	↓1	35
42	Mike	96	↑5	36
43	Rodney	96	↓1	72
44	Bruce	94	↑2	40
45	Dennis	93	↓10	34
46	Carl	90	↓8	56
47	Jeff	89	new	49
48	Barry	87	new	66
49	Frank	85	↓4	41
50	Russell	82	new	55

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