Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1966

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1966 were Lisa for girls (619 babies) and James for boys (705). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,795 babies born in West Virginia in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1966

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: 20 babies, 46.3× the national rate
Lora: 51 babies, 5× the national rate
Lesa: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marsha: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misty: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patty: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Sherri: 78 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverly: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lois: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Connie: 97 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Timmy: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cecil: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Howard: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Franklin: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clinton: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Roger: 124 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lewis: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dana: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Freddie: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	619	–	1
2	Kimberly	425	–	2
3	Tammy	338	↑1	8
4	Mary	285	↓1	3
5	Melissa	251	↑11	22
6	Angela	241	↑1	9
7	Tina	206	↑5	23
8	Pamela	188	↑5	15
9	Karen	187	↓3	5
10	Teresa	186	↓5	29
11	Donna	173	↓3	12
12	Patricia	172	↓3	7
13	Brenda	169	↓2	25
14	Rebecca	164	↓4	40
15	Susan	150	↑4	6
16	Sandra	148	↓2	17
17	Robin	138	↓2	42
18	Jennifer	136	↑9	10
19	Cynthia	134	↓2	11
20	Sherry	132	↑3	53
21	Barbara	130	↓3	27
22	Kelly	129	↑3	26
23	Lori	128	↑8	21
24	Deborah	125	↓4	14
25	Linda	120	↓4	18
26	Rhonda	120	↓2	39
27	Michelle	119	↑19	4
28	Amy	111	↑4	30
29	Elizabeth	104	↓3	16
30	Cheryl	98	↑6	34
31	Paula	98	↑2	50
32	Connie	97	↓2	70
33	Debra	96	↓11	35
34	Sharon	94	↓6	28
35	Stephanie	93	↑2	38
36	Kathy	90	↓7	59
37	Julie	86	↑1	13
38	Nancy	86	↑1	33
39	Laura	81	↑4	19
40	Tracy	80	↑10	31
41	Sherri	78	↑3	92
42	Denise	74	↑3	32
43	Terri	74	↓9	72
44	Cindy	71	new	56
45	Christina	68	new	67
46	Beverly	66	new	>100
47	Christine	64	–	20
48	Carol	63	↓13	48
49	Joyce	63	–	100
50	Carla	61	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	705	–	3
2	David	636	–	2
3	Michael	611	↑1	1
4	John	598	↓1	4
5	Robert	527	–	5
6	William	396	–	6
7	Timothy	367	↑1	11
8	Charles	360	↑2	20
9	Jeffrey	334	–	9
10	Richard	332	↑1	8
11	Mark	319	↓4	7
12	Brian	282	↑2	14
13	Kevin	243	↓1	17
14	Thomas	218	↓1	10
15	Gregory	205	–	23
16	Donald	204	↑6	27
17	Ronald	203	↑1	24
18	Joseph	200	↓2	15
19	Steven	200	↓2	13
20	Kenneth	191	–	21
21	Gary	184	↓2	28
22	Paul	179	↓1	18
23	Scott	160	↑2	16
24	Christopher	158	↑6	12
25	Jerry	144	↑3	41
26	Larry	144	↓2	38
27	Daniel	141	↓4	19
28	Rodney	134	↑1	35
29	Roger	124	↓2	51
30	Douglas	117	↑2	33
31	Terry	113	–	40
32	Anthony	110	↑5	22
33	Eric	109	↑5	25
34	Jeffery	107	–	42
35	Stephen	100	↓9	26
36	Randy	98	–	45
37	Edward	97	↑6	30
38	George	93	↓5	37
39	Patrick	91	↑9	31
40	Matthew	86	↑4	34
41	Keith	85	–	32
42	Todd	82	↓2	29
43	Ricky	81	↓8	64
44	Billy	79	↑3	80
45	Carl	78	↓3	56
46	Danny	78	↓1	62
47	Randall	73	↓8	70
48	Bobby	64	new	82
49	Samuel	63	new	81
50	Harold	58	new	99

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