Popular baby names in West Virginia, 1975

The most popular baby names in West Virginia in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (451 babies) and Michael for boys (669). Social Security records list 24,226 babies born in West Virginia in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in West Virginia in 1975

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

Terra: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chrystal: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Billie: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Crystal: 198 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lora: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loretta: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Marsha: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misti: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joyce: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Misty: 126 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Roger: 111 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Scottie: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jackie: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Scotty: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Danny: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roy: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Earl: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Larry: 114 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jerry: 93 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harold: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in West Virginia, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	451	–	1
2	Amy	380	↑2	2
3	Angela	350	–	5
4	Melissa	346	↓2	4
5	Heather	326	↑1	3
6	Kimberly	225	↑1	7
7	Lisa	213	↑2	8
8	Stephanie	207	–	9
9	Crystal	198	↑4	43
10	Rebecca	197	–	11
11	Michelle	187	↓6	6
12	Christina	183	↓1	12
13	April	160	↑4	25
14	Mary	143	↓2	19
15	Amanda	136	↑18	14
16	Kelly	130	↑2	16
17	Misty	126	↑3	47
18	Julie	122	↑3	18
19	Tina	116	↓5	35
20	Susan	104	↑6	32
21	Carrie	100	↑23	29
22	Tammy	100	↓7	31
23	Sarah	98	↑2	17
24	Elizabeth	97	↓5	15
25	Tonya	97	↓3	45
26	Lori	94	↓10	39
27	Christy	87	–	53
28	Stacy	87	↑1	34
29	Tracy	82	↓5	24
30	Melanie	74	↑4	52
31	Cynthia	70	↓3	40
32	Jessica	70	↑5	13
33	Tara	68	↑2	41
34	Dawn	67	new	23
35	Rachel	67	↑1	26
36	Wendy	67	↓5	33
37	Nicole	66	new	10
38	Karen	65	↑1	27
39	Andrea	63	↑10	28
40	Laura	63	↓17	20
41	Robin	61	new	65
42	Stacey	61	new	44
43	Amber	60	new	59
44	Patricia	60	↓12	36
45	Shannon	59	↓5	21
46	Teresa	59	↓16	61
47	Erin	57	↓1	38
48	Melinda	56	↓10	91
49	Donna	55	↓8	85
50	Leslie	53	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	669	–	1
2	Jason	568	↑1	2
3	James	549	↓1	4
4	Christopher	516	–	3
5	David	443	–	5
6	John	398	–	7
7	Robert	373	↑1	6
8	William	338	↑1	10
9	Brian	311	↓2	8
10	Matthew	261	↑1	9
11	Charles	244	↓1	25
12	Joseph	238	–	12
13	Steven	215	↑1	18
14	Kevin	200	↓1	15
15	Richard	195	↑1	16
16	Eric	192	↑1	13
17	Chad	185	↑10	27
18	Timothy	171	↓3	22
19	Mark	166	↑1	19
20	Thomas	158	↓1	20
21	Jeffrey	155	↓3	14
22	Shawn	155	–	31
23	Daniel	150	↓2	11
24	Scott	141	↑5	17
25	Jeremy	140	↓2	24
26	Gary	128	↑6	50
27	Joshua	121	↑11	26
28	Paul	120	↓4	29
29	Jonathan	117	↑4	30
30	Larry	114	↑4	56
31	Stephen	114	↓6	34
32	Donald	111	↑3	42
33	Roger	111	↑3	97
34	Aaron	108	↑3	32
35	Anthony	108	↓4	21
36	Ronald	94	↓8	46
37	Jerry	93	↑2	65
38	Kenneth	92	↓8	35
39	Gregory	91	↓13	33
40	Jamie	83	new	62
41	Ryan	81	↑3	23
42	Andrew	79	↑6	28
43	Todd	77	new	43
44	Benjamin	75	↑5	36
45	Travis	71	new	51
46	Adam	70	↑1	38
47	Edward	69	↓6	41
48	Danny	67	new	94
49	Terry	66	↓3	67
50	Samuel	64	new	61

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