Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1969

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1969 were Lisa for girls (459 babies) and James for boys (651). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,455 babies born in West Virginia in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1969

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

Loretta: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lora: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marsha: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lois: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Shawna: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeannie: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Leigh: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beverly: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shelia: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Melissa: 415 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dallas: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jackie: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Clyde: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roger: 107 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Donnie: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roy: 60 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Franklin: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dana: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lewis: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Danny: 72 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	459	–	1
2	Melissa	415	–	5
3	Kimberly	337	–	4
4	Tammy	269	–	9
5	Angela	268	–	7
6	Mary	229	–	8
7	Michelle	223	–	2
8	Jennifer	197	↑9	3
9	Amy	177	↑4	6
10	Rebecca	177	–	28
11	Tina	175	↓3	22
12	Lori	162	↑9	20
13	Susan	159	↑5	11
14	Teresa	157	↓5	32
15	Pamela	145	↓1	24
16	Kelly	144	↓5	15
17	Patricia	134	↓5	18
18	Donna	132	↓3	26
19	Sandra	123	↑5	25
20	Stephanie	122	↑7	19
21	Barbara	117	↑8	39
22	Julie	117	↑10	12
23	Brenda	116	–	38
24	Cynthia	114	↓5	23
25	Elizabeth	112	–	16
26	Tracy	105	↑13	17
27	Robin	101	↓5	46
28	Rhonda	98	↓8	44
29	Sherry	98	↓3	55
30	Deborah	93	–	27
31	Laura	93	↑2	10
32	Debra	87	↑4	43
33	Christina	86	↑2	37
34	Karen	82	↓18	13
35	Linda	81	↓7	33
36	Christine	76	new	14
37	Paula	76	↓6	50
38	Kathy	73	↑5	77
39	Sharon	72	↓5	36
40	Michele	71	↓3	30
41	Heather	69	new	34
42	Tonya	66	↓2	54
43	Cheryl	64	↓5	41
44	Melinda	61	↑2	89
45	Sherri	59	new	>100
46	Connie	57	↓4	>100
47	Wendy	57	new	29
48	Beth	55	↓3	82
49	Tamara	55	new	78
50	Cindy	54	↓6	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	651	–	3
2	Michael	634	–	1
3	David	597	–	2
4	John	537	–	4
5	Robert	525	–	5
6	William	459	–	6
7	Brian	339	↑2	9
8	Mark	335	↓1	8
9	Charles	330	↓1	19
10	Richard	294	–	10
11	Jeffrey	290	↑1	11
12	Timothy	256	↓1	17
13	Thomas	236	–	13
14	Christopher	218	↑4	7
15	Steven	211	↑2	14
16	Gregory	208	↑5	26
17	Kevin	206	↓2	16
18	Joseph	197	↓4	15
19	Scott	178	↑6	12
20	Paul	168	↓4	22
21	Gary	161	↑1	35
22	Daniel	147	↑6	18
23	Kenneth	146	–	23
24	Ronald	144	↓5	29
25	Eric	136	↑5	21
26	Larry	136	–	40
27	Donald	135	↓7	30
28	Jerry	126	↑1	45
29	Matthew	126	↓2	24
30	Stephen	126	↓6	27
31	Douglas	108	↑3	34
32	Roger	107	↓1	59
33	Todd	101	↑5	28
34	Anthony	95	↑1	20
35	George	93	↑1	38
36	Patrick	91	↑1	31
37	Terry	89	↓4	52
38	Shawn	85	↑7	41
39	Edward	83	–	32
40	Russell	73	↑4	57
41	Danny	72	↑5	73
42	Rodney	71	↓10	49
43	Bryan	70	↑5	51
44	Jeffery	68	↓4	48
45	Randy	68	↑4	55
46	Jason	66	new	25
47	Billy	62	↓5	77
48	Dennis	61	new	44
49	Keith	60	↓2	36
50	Roy	60	new	>100

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