Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1973

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (426 babies) and James for boys (624). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,423 babies born in West Virginia in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1973

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

Lora: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Betty: 43 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marsha: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorie: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beverly: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jo: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Crystal: 130 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Misty: 79 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peggy: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Loretta: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Clyde: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roger: 101 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jackie: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Lewis: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Scotty: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Franklin: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Larry: 123 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harold: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jerry: 99 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	426	↑1	1
2	Melissa	384	↓1	6
3	Angela	338	–	7
4	Amy	298	↑3	2
5	Michelle	269	–	3
6	Kimberly	241	–	4
7	Lisa	237	↓3	5
8	Stephanie	229	↑2	9
9	Rebecca	216	–	10
10	Tammy	187	↓2	15
11	Heather	185	↑1	8
12	Mary	173	↓1	14
13	Christina	142	↑2	16
14	Lori	142	↑3	28
15	Crystal	130	↑1	48
16	April	121	↑5	33
17	Tina	121	↓4	24
18	Kelly	114	↑4	18
19	Tonya	113	↑12	36
20	Susan	112	↓1	25
21	Teresa	112	↓7	45
22	Julie	97	↑4	12
23	Elizabeth	90	↓5	13
24	Patricia	89	↑1	27
25	Cynthia	87	↓2	26
26	Tracy	84	↓6	20
27	Laura	80	–	19
28	Misty	79	new	90
29	Donna	76	↓1	55
30	Sherry	74	–	76
31	Shannon	72	↑6	22
32	Melinda	70	new	72
33	Andrea	69	↑2	30
34	Rhonda	67	↓2	70
35	Robin	67	↓2	60
36	Stacy	67	↑4	32
37	Carrie	65	new	46
38	Denise	63	new	38
39	Melanie	63	new	43
40	Paula	63	↑2	87
41	Rachel	63	new	42
42	Michele	61	↑2	44
43	Barbara	60	↑7	63
44	Sandra	60	↑4	39
45	Nicole	59	↓7	11
46	Pamela	59	↓22	47
47	Tara	59	↓2	37
48	Wendy	59	↓14	29
49	Amanda	58	new	51
50	Christy	57	↓1	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	James	624	↑1	4
2	Michael	570	↓1	1
3	Christopher	535	–	2
4	David	465	–	5
5	John	451	–	6
6	Robert	435	–	7
7	Jason	407	↑3	3
8	Brian	397	↓1	8
9	William	388	↓1	9
10	Charles	270	↓1	23
11	Matthew	243	↑9	10
12	Kevin	235	↑1	14
13	Richard	220	↑1	16
14	Mark	209	↓2	15
15	Eric	202	↑1	13
16	Thomas	200	↑2	19
17	Steven	198	↓6	20
18	Joseph	193	↑1	12
19	Timothy	178	↓2	22
20	Jeffrey	174	↓5	17
21	Shawn	159	↑4	27
22	Daniel	150	↑5	11
23	Paul	144	↑9	24
24	Chad	139	↑6	25
25	Donald	132	↑8	38
26	Scott	132	↓5	18
27	Anthony	126	↑4	21
28	Larry	123	–	50
29	Gregory	118	↓7	26
30	Ronald	114	↓7	40
31	Gary	112	↓7	44
32	Stephen	112	↓3	32
33	Kenneth	110	↓7	28
34	Jonathan	103	↑1	31
35	Roger	101	↓1	84
36	Jerry	99	–	57
37	Jeremy	84	new	33
38	Bryan	81	↑3	43
39	Andrew	78	new	29
40	George	78	↑2	46
41	Douglas	74	↓1	47
42	Terry	67	↑6	65
43	Craig	66	new	48
44	Keith	66	↑2	41
45	Rodney	66	↓1	68
46	Travis	66	new	53
47	Aaron	64	↓8	34
48	Jamie	64	new	70
49	Samuel	64	–	66
50	Dennis	62	new	56

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