Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1964

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1964 were Lisa for girls (530 babies) and James for boys (842). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,345 babies born in West Virginia in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1964

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: 23 babies, 52× the national rate
Dreama: 22 babies, 36× the national rate
Tamela: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lora: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lesa: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Marsha: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Crystal: 73 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lois: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tammy: 395 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Billie: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Teddy: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Jackie: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rocky: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chester: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cecil: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Virgil: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Franklin: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Timmy: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Clark: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Clyde: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	530	–	1
2	Mary	436	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	408	↑1	6
4	Tammy	395	↓2	10
5	Teresa	301	–	21
6	Donna	272	–	7
7	Pamela	259	↑2	11
8	Karen	248	↓1	4
9	Brenda	238	↓1	18
10	Susan	238	–	3
11	Robin	235	↑3	27
12	Patricia	227	↑1	5
13	Barbara	224	↑10	19
14	Tina	203	↑3	34
15	Linda	198	–	8
16	Angela	190	↑6	22
17	Deborah	181	↑1	12
18	Sandra	176	↓6	13
19	Debra	171	↓8	24
20	Rebecca	171	↓1	46
21	Kathy	159	↓5	39
22	Cynthia	158	↓2	9
23	Sherry	144	↑2	50
24	Sharon	137	↓3	20
25	Elizabeth	133	↑4	16
26	Cheryl	130	–	29
27	Melissa	130	↑20	53
28	Lori	128	↓1	15
29	Connie	124	↓1	64
30	Kelly	118	↑2	35
31	Rhonda	116	–	43
32	Nancy	111	↓2	26
33	Paula	111	↓9	45
34	Jennifer	110	↑4	31
35	Carol	106	↓2	36
36	Sheila	103	↑6	51
37	Jacqueline	98	new	37
38	Beth	95	new	65
39	Laura	95	↑4	14
40	Stephanie	95	new	57
41	Cindy	94	↓7	47
42	Denise	93	↑6	25
43	Diana	93	↓3	63
44	Debbie	92	↓8	52
45	Sherri	92	↓6	86
46	Amy	91	new	44
47	Terri	91	↓6	62
48	Julie	88	↑2	17
49	Cathy	84	↓14	75
50	Carla	81	↓6	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	842	–	4
2	John	798	↑1	2
3	David	717	↓1	3
4	Michael	669	–	1
5	Robert	662	–	5
6	William	544	↑1	7
7	Mark	510	↓1	6
8	Timothy	403	↑1	15
9	Jeffrey	398	↑1	10
10	Charles	390	↓2	17
11	Richard	377	–	8
12	Kevin	290	↑2	13
13	Gregory	276	–	22
14	Thomas	259	↓2	9
15	Joseph	255	↑2	11
16	Steven	250	↑3	12
17	Kenneth	218	↑1	18
18	Gary	215	↓2	26
19	Paul	207	↑3	16
20	Brian	205	↑1	20
21	Donald	200	↓1	25
22	Ronald	187	↓7	24
23	Terry	168	–	35
24	Scott	167	↑2	14
25	Larry	160	↓1	36
26	Douglas	153	↑4	31
27	Randy	148	↑6	38
28	Jerry	142	↓1	40
29	Roger	139	↓4	49
30	Jeffery	138	↑4	45
31	Stephen	133	↓3	29
32	Daniel	130	↓1	19
33	Edward	116	↑3	27
34	Todd	116	↑8	28
35	George	111	↓3	33
36	Anthony	100	↑3	21
37	Christopher	100	↑3	23
38	Patrick	100	↑8	30
39	Keith	99	new	34
40	Billy	95	↓5	71
41	Eric	93	↑2	32
42	Ricky	91	↓13	54
43	Carl	90	↓5	55
44	Danny	84	↓7	56
45	Bobby	82	new	73
46	Randall	79	↓5	66
47	Dennis	75	↑2	42
48	Rodney	73	↓3	59
49	Bruce	71	↓2	46
50	Harold	69	new	98

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