Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1968

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1968 were Lisa for girls (543 babies) and James for boys (716). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,921 babies born in West Virginia in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1968

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, 61.9× the national rate
Lora: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucinda: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loretta: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Billie: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Misty: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marsha: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Crystal: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverly: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Patty: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Timmy: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donnie: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Roger: 115 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harry: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Franklin: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Freddie: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ricky: 77 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Billy: 72 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harold: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	543	–	1
2	Melissa	407	↑1	5
3	Kimberly	399	↓1	3
4	Tammy	374	–	8
5	Angela	288	–	7
6	Mary	248	–	6
7	Michelle	224	↑1	2
8	Tina	220	↑1	18
9	Teresa	189	↓2	30
10	Rebecca	178	↑1	33
11	Kelly	167	↑3	12
12	Patricia	159	–	15
13	Amy	155	↑6	13
14	Pamela	146	↓1	20
15	Donna	144	↓5	24
16	Karen	141	↓1	9
17	Jennifer	139	↑4	4
18	Susan	137	↓1	10
19	Cynthia	136	↑3	19
20	Rhonda	125	↑7	42
21	Lori	124	↑4	22
22	Robin	120	↑9	43
23	Brenda	114	↓7	34
24	Sandra	114	–	26
25	Elizabeth	113	↓5	17
26	Sherry	113	↓8	52
27	Stephanie	112	↓4	23
28	Linda	106	↑2	28
29	Barbara	103	↓3	36
30	Deborah	101	↓2	27
31	Paula	101	↑4	45
32	Julie	93	↑5	16
33	Laura	92	↓1	11
34	Sharon	91	↑5	32
35	Christina	83	new	44
36	Debra	83	↓2	38
37	Michele	81	new	29
38	Cheryl	78	↓2	37
39	Tracy	78	↓1	25
40	Tonya	76	↑4	60
41	Terri	75	↑2	83
42	Connie	73	↓13	87
43	Kathy	71	↓10	76
44	Cindy	70	new	67
45	Beth	67	↓4	74
46	Melinda	64	new	90
47	Carla	63	new	91
48	Jill	59	new	46
49	Crystal	57	new	>100
50	Sarah	56	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	716	–	4
2	Michael	660	↑1	1
3	David	601	↓1	2
4	John	588	–	3
5	Robert	483	–	5
6	William	447	–	6
7	Mark	387	↑2	7
8	Charles	341	↑2	20
9	Brian	329	↑2	10
10	Richard	321	↓3	8
11	Timothy	311	↓3	13
12	Jeffrey	271	–	11
13	Thomas	225	–	12
14	Joseph	219	↑3	16
15	Kevin	212	↓1	17
16	Paul	195	↑6	19
17	Steven	193	↓2	15
18	Christopher	183	↓2	9
19	Ronald	181	↑1	25
20	Donald	169	↓2	29
21	Gregory	168	–	26
22	Gary	166	↑4	32
23	Kenneth	159	↓4	23
24	Stephen	149	↑9	27
25	Scott	144	↓1	14
26	Larry	140	↓3	38
27	Matthew	125	↑3	24
28	Daniel	124	–	18
29	Jerry	124	↓4	44
30	Eric	119	↑2	22
31	Roger	115	↓4	55
32	Rodney	113	↓3	42
33	Terry	105	↑5	48
34	Douglas	103	–	33
35	Anthony	98	↓4	21
36	George	97	–	36
37	Patrick	97	↑3	30
38	Todd	90	↑3	28
39	Edward	80	↓4	31
40	Jeffery	80	↓1	46
41	Ricky	77	↑7	70
42	Billy	72	↑1	76
43	Carl	71	↑1	59
44	Russell	67	new	56
45	Shawn	67	↑2	43
46	Danny	64	↓1	72
47	Keith	63	↓10	35
48	Bryan	62	↑1	51
49	Randy	61	↓7	54
50	Andrew	59	new	34

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