Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1963

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1963 were Lisa for girls (489 babies) and James for boys (792). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,141 babies born in West Virginia in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1963

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: 25 babies, 63.7× the national rate
Dreama: 16 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Tamela: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dianna: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lora: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marsha: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lesa: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trina: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Thelma: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Crystal: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Teddy: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Timmy: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Franklin: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marshall: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clarence: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jackie: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dana: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clyde: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	489	↑1	1
2	Tammy	423	↑2	12
3	Mary	374	↓2	2
4	Kimberly	349	↓1	11
5	Teresa	292	–	18
6	Donna	274	–	6
7	Karen	261	–	4
8	Brenda	258	↑1	15
9	Pamela	251	↑1	14
10	Susan	234	↑2	3
11	Debra	223	↓3	21
12	Sandra	219	↑3	9
13	Patricia	211	↑4	7
14	Robin	209	↑2	25
15	Linda	197	↓4	5
16	Kathy	190	↓2	34
17	Tina	181	↑6	35
18	Deborah	176	–	13
19	Rebecca	174	↑1	44
20	Cynthia	167	↓1	10
21	Sharon	162	↑1	19
22	Angela	159	↑7	30
23	Barbara	159	↓10	17
24	Paula	148	↑25	42
25	Sherry	144	↓1	49
26	Cheryl	137	↓1	24
27	Lori	132	↑11	8
28	Connie	125	↓7	55
29	Elizabeth	120	↓3	20
30	Nancy	120	↑1	23
31	Rhonda	117	↑1	45
32	Kelly	116	↓5	32
33	Carol	107	↑4	33
34	Cindy	106	↑6	37
35	Cathy	104	↑8	67
36	Debbie	104	↓8	41
37	Janet	104	↓7	40
38	Jennifer	103	↓3	36
39	Sherri	101	↑5	78
40	Diana	99	↓1	62
41	Terri	98	↓8	58
42	Sheila	97	–	50
43	Laura	92	↑5	16
44	Carla	89	↑1	82
45	Joyce	89	↓4	84
46	Carolyn	87	↓10	56
47	Melissa	87	new	61
48	Denise	81	new	27
49	Anita	80	new	77
50	Julie	79	↓3	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	James	792	↑1	4
2	David	761	↓1	3
3	John	723	–	2
4	Michael	647	–	1
5	Robert	623	–	5
6	Mark	505	–	6
7	William	486	–	7
8	Charles	397	–	16
9	Timothy	395	–	15
10	Jeffrey	371	–	10
11	Richard	371	–	8
12	Thomas	262	↑1	9
13	Gregory	260	↓1	21
14	Kevin	252	–	11
15	Ronald	232	↑5	23
16	Gary	226	↓1	24
17	Joseph	221	–	13
18	Kenneth	219	↑1	18
19	Steven	208	↓3	14
20	Donald	206	↓2	25
21	Brian	205	↑4	20
22	Paul	196	↓1	17
23	Terry	187	↑1	32
24	Larry	175	↓2	36
25	Roger	159	↓2	53
26	Scott	151	↑2	12
27	Jerry	149	↓1	38
28	Stephen	137	↑5	29
29	Ricky	135	–	47
30	Douglas	131	↑2	28
31	Daniel	127	↓4	19
32	George	125	↑5	34
33	Randy	122	↓2	37
34	Jeffery	117	↓4	46
35	Billy	112	↑6	74
36	Edward	111	↑6	27
37	Danny	105	↓3	55
38	Carl	104	↑10	54
39	Anthony	102	↓4	22
40	Christopher	102	↓4	26
41	Randall	99	↓3	65
42	Todd	97	new	30
43	Eric	94	new	31
44	Jeff	89	↑1	48
45	Rodney	83	↑5	76
46	Patrick	81	new	35
47	Bruce	80	↓8	43
48	Johnny	79	new	71
49	Dennis	78	↓2	39
50	Barry	77	↓6	67

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