Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1962

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1962 were Mary for girls (422 babies) and David for boys (859). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,812 babies born in West Virginia in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1962

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, 62.1× the national rate
Dreama: 20 babies, 34.4× the national rate
Tamela: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Della: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lora: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Billie: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Marsha: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lesa: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tammy: 369 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Crystal: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Homer: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dallas: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Teddy: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Timmy: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Willard: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Franklin: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rex: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joey: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	422	–	2
2	Lisa	379	↑1	1
3	Kimberly	374	↑1	16
4	Tammy	369	↓2	23
5	Teresa	315	↑2	18
6	Donna	312	–	7
7	Karen	283	↑4	4
8	Debra	277	↑1	15
9	Brenda	272	↓4	12
10	Pamela	265	↓2	13
11	Linda	259	↑2	5
12	Susan	244	–	3
13	Barbara	240	↑5	14
14	Kathy	235	↓4	27
15	Sandra	228	↑2	10
16	Robin	214	–	25
17	Patricia	211	↓3	6
18	Deborah	206	↓3	9
19	Cynthia	193	↑8	8
20	Rebecca	183	↓1	47
21	Connie	176	↓1	51
22	Sharon	176	↓1	17
23	Tina	174	↑2	33
24	Sherry	167	↑4	48
25	Cheryl	150	↑1	24
26	Elizabeth	148	↓3	20
27	Kelly	142	↑13	38
28	Debbie	136	↓6	32
29	Angela	134	↑9	36
30	Janet	134	↑2	35
31	Nancy	134	↓7	19
32	Rhonda	131	↑5	45
33	Terri	129	–	54
34	Beverly	126	↑12	69
35	Jennifer	125	↓1	41
36	Carolyn	120	↑3	46
37	Carol	117	↓7	28
38	Lori	115	new	11
39	Diana	108	↓3	57
40	Cindy	107	↓11	34
41	Joyce	105	↓6	74
42	Sheila	104	↑2	52
43	Cathy	98	↓12	62
44	Sherri	94	new	82
45	Carla	91	new	78
46	Judy	84	↓3	63
47	Julie	84	new	22
48	Laura	81	↓7	21
49	Paula	81	↓1	60
50	Vickie	81	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	859	–	2
2	James	790	–	4
3	John	739	–	3
4	Michael	702	–	1
5	Robert	697	–	5
6	Mark	524	–	6
7	William	507	–	7
8	Charles	436	↑1	15
9	Timothy	420	↓1	16
10	Jeffrey	407	–	10
11	Richard	391	–	8
12	Gregory	296	↑1	21
13	Thomas	288	↓1	9
14	Kevin	262	↑5	14
15	Gary	258	↓1	22
16	Steven	241	↑6	12
17	Joseph	234	↓1	13
18	Donald	233	↓3	23
19	Kenneth	223	↓2	18
20	Ronald	205	↓2	25
21	Paul	197	↓1	19
22	Larry	193	↑1	31
23	Roger	172	↑1	47
24	Terry	171	↓3	34
25	Brian	163	–	20
26	Jerry	161	↑1	38
27	Daniel	160	↑1	17
28	Scott	150	↑7	11
29	Ricky	147	↓3	50
30	Jeffery	145	↑6	45
31	Randy	142	↓2	35
32	Douglas	139	↓2	27
33	Stephen	126	↑1	28
34	Danny	117	↑3	54
35	Anthony	110	↑5	24
36	Christopher	108	↑3	26
37	George	105	↓5	32
38	Randall	98	↓7	64
39	Bruce	96	↑5	41
40	Keith	90	↑1	36
41	Billy	89	↓3	71
42	Edward	88	↓9	29
43	Mike	88	↓1	39
44	Barry	86	↑4	61
45	Jeff	85	↑2	44
46	Phillip	83	new	68
47	Dennis	80	↓2	37
48	Carl	79	↓2	58
49	Harold	76	new	95
50	Rodney	76	↓7	76

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