Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1965

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1965 were Lisa for girls (630 babies) and James for boys (691). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,609 babies born in West Virginia in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1965

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: 27 babies, 54.1× the national rate
Dreama: 18 babies, 34× the national rate
Wilma: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lora: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lesa: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marsha: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billie: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Candy: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Priscilla: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lois: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Virgil: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cecil: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jackie: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Franklin: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chester: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Timmy: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joey: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roger: 138 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clyde: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Freddie: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	630	–	1
2	Kimberly	412	↑1	4
3	Mary	357	↓1	2
4	Tammy	314	–	11
5	Teresa	274	–	24
6	Karen	248	↑2	3
7	Angela	243	↑9	10
8	Donna	224	↓2	7
9	Patricia	206	↑3	6
10	Rebecca	203	↑10	41
11	Brenda	202	↓2	23
12	Tina	202	↑2	29
13	Pamela	200	↓6	12
14	Sandra	185	↑4	15
15	Robin	184	↓4	33
16	Melissa	183	↑11	38
17	Cynthia	182	↑5	9
18	Barbara	179	↓5	25
19	Susan	171	↓9	5
20	Deborah	152	↓3	13
21	Linda	152	↓6	8
22	Debra	141	↓3	27
23	Sherry	137	–	56
24	Rhonda	129	↑7	37
25	Kelly	127	↑5	30
26	Elizabeth	125	↓1	16
27	Jennifer	125	↑7	20
28	Sharon	120	↓4	22
29	Kathy	112	↓8	54
30	Connie	111	↓1	61
31	Lori	105	↓3	19
32	Amy	94	↑14	35
33	Paula	93	–	49
34	Terri	91	↑13	69
35	Carol	90	–	42
36	Cheryl	90	↓10	31
37	Stephanie	87	↑3	44
38	Julie	86	↑10	14
39	Nancy	86	↓7	32
40	Janet	84	new	55
41	Sheila	83	↓5	50
42	Carolyn	81	new	58
43	Laura	80	↓4	17
44	Sherri	80	↑1	91
45	Denise	77	↓3	28
46	Michelle	76	new	18
47	Christine	73	new	21
48	Beth	70	↓10	66
49	Joyce	70	new	90
50	Tracy	67	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	691	–	4
2	David	650	↑1	3
3	John	634	↓1	2
4	Michael	615	–	1
5	Robert	586	–	5
6	William	449	–	6
7	Mark	387	–	7
8	Timothy	367	–	12
9	Jeffrey	334	–	10
10	Charles	326	–	20
11	Richard	325	–	8
12	Kevin	284	–	13
13	Thomas	263	↑1	9
14	Brian	251	↑6	19
15	Gregory	241	↓2	23
16	Joseph	234	↓1	11
17	Steven	210	↓1	14
18	Ronald	203	↑4	24
19	Gary	195	↓1	27
20	Kenneth	188	↓3	21
21	Paul	184	↓2	16
22	Donald	169	↓1	26
23	Daniel	160	↑9	17
24	Larry	153	↑1	38
25	Scott	143	↓1	15
26	Stephen	142	↑5	28
27	Roger	138	↑2	49
28	Jerry	131	–	41
29	Rodney	131	↑19	33
30	Christopher	128	↑7	18
31	Terry	126	↓8	40
32	Douglas	122	↓6	32
33	George	116	↑2	34
34	Jeffery	111	↓4	47
35	Ricky	102	↑7	57
36	Randy	101	↓9	42
37	Anthony	99	↓1	22
38	Eric	98	↑3	25
39	Randall	94	↑7	73
40	Todd	87	↓6	30
41	Keith	86	↓2	35
42	Carl	84	↑1	54
43	Edward	82	↓10	29
44	Matthew	80	new	36
45	Danny	76	↓1	56
46	Russell	76	new	58
47	Billy	74	↓7	77
48	Patrick	72	↓10	31
49	Craig	71	new	46
50	Dennis	66	↓3	44

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