Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1967

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1967 were Lisa for girls (568 babies) and James for boys (715). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,831 babies born in West Virginia in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1967

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: 17 babies, 75.9× the national rate
Misty: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Billie: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lora: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Connie: 113 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Loretta: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelia: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melissa: 365 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vickie: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patty: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Franklin: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jackie: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roger: 123 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roy: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clarence: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Timmy: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leslie: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dana: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Larry: 139 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Billy: 68 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	568	–	1
2	Kimberly	390	–	2
3	Melissa	365	↑2	9
4	Tammy	307	↓1	8
5	Angela	259	↑1	7
6	Mary	228	↓2	4
7	Teresa	205	↑3	28
8	Michelle	187	↑19	3
9	Tina	183	↓2	21
10	Donna	180	↑1	19
11	Rebecca	173	↑3	39
12	Patricia	165	–	11
13	Pamela	162	↓5	17
14	Kelly	161	↑8	23
15	Karen	159	↓6	6
16	Brenda	153	↓3	31
17	Susan	138	↓2	5
18	Sherry	134	↑2	51
19	Amy	131	↑9	12
20	Elizabeth	131	↑9	13
21	Jennifer	130	↓3	10
22	Cynthia	128	↓3	18
23	Stephanie	123	↑12	25
24	Sandra	121	↓8	20
25	Lori	120	↓2	24
26	Barbara	118	↓5	33
27	Rhonda	115	↓1	41
28	Deborah	114	↓4	22
29	Connie	113	↑3	75
30	Linda	112	↓5	26
31	Robin	105	↓14	45
32	Laura	101	↑7	15
33	Kathy	99	↑3	64
34	Debra	98	↓1	38
35	Paula	98	↓4	46
36	Cheryl	94	↓6	35
37	Julie	93	–	16
38	Tracy	88	↑2	29
39	Sharon	85	↓5	30
40	Diana	82	new	65
41	Beth	81	new	67
42	Denise	80	–	34
43	Terri	77	–	77
44	Tonya	74	new	68
45	Christine	65	↑2	14
46	Sheila	65	new	56
47	Wendy	61	new	32
48	Dawn	59	new	27
49	Janet	58	new	61
50	Nancy	58	↓12	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	715	–	3
2	David	647	–	2
3	Michael	609	–	1
4	John	527	–	4
5	Robert	489	–	5
6	William	398	–	6
7	Richard	341	↑3	8
8	Timothy	333	↓1	11
9	Mark	330	↑2	7
10	Charles	317	↓2	20
11	Brian	299	↑1	10
12	Jeffrey	291	↓3	13
13	Thomas	249	↑1	12
14	Kevin	240	↓1	17
15	Steven	216	↑4	14
16	Christopher	205	↑8	9
17	Joseph	202	↑1	15
18	Donald	187	↓2	27
19	Kenneth	185	↑1	22
20	Ronald	167	↓3	24
21	Gregory	163	↓6	25
22	Paul	162	–	18
23	Larry	139	↑3	38
24	Scott	135	↓1	16
25	Jerry	125	–	41
26	Gary	124	↓5	32
27	Roger	123	↑2	53
28	Daniel	120	↓1	19
29	Rodney	117	↓1	37
30	Matthew	114	↑10	28
31	Anthony	112	↑1	21
32	Eric	112	↑1	23
33	Stephen	109	↑2	26
34	Douglas	105	↓4	33
35	Edward	94	↑2	31
36	George	92	↑2	36
37	Keith	92	↑4	34
38	Terry	89	↓7	42
39	Jeffery	84	↓5	47
40	Patrick	81	↓1	30
41	Todd	77	↑1	29
42	Randy	72	↓6	49
43	Billy	68	↑1	76
44	Carl	67	↑1	57
45	Danny	63	↑1	68
46	Roy	60	new	95
47	Shawn	59	new	51
48	Ricky	57	↓5	75
49	Bryan	56	new	52
50	Dennis	55	new	43

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