Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1942

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1942

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1942.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 20,843 boys born sharing 383 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1942 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	James	1 in 14 (7.3%)	1,515
2	Robert	1 in 20 (4.9%)	1,019
3	William	1 in 22 (4.6%)	950
4	John	1 in 24 (4.2%)	885
5	Charles	1 in 26 (3.9%)	806
6	David	1 in 34 (3%)	616
7	Larry	1 in 34 (2.9%)	608
8	Richard	1 in 39 (2.6%)	540
9	Donald	1 in 45 (2.2%)	463
10	Ronald	1 in 48 (2.1%)	438
11	Thomas	1 in 49 (2%)	422
12	Jerry	1 in 54 (1.8%)	385
13	Gary	1 in 60 (1.7%)	348
14	Douglas	1 in 65 (1.5%)	319
15	George	1 in 66 (1.5%)	314
16	Paul	1 in 71 (1.4%)	294
17	Roger	1 in 77 (1.3%)	269
18	Kenneth	1 in 85 (1.2%)	245
19	Harold	1 in 95 (1.1%)	220
20	Joseph	1 in 96 (1%)	218
21	Carl	1 in 102 (1%)	205
22	Michael	1 in 113 (0.9%)	184
23	Roy	1 in 120 (0.8%)	174
24	Billy	1 in 123 (0.8%)	169
25	Edward	1 in 125 (0.8%)	167
26	Ralph	1 in 133 (0.8%)	157
27	Harry	1 in 146 (0.7%)	143
28	Raymond	1 in 149 (0.7%)	140
29	Jack	1 in 151 (0.7%)	138
30	Bobby	1 in 158 (0.6%)	132
31	Frank	1 in 162 (0.6%)	129
32	Walter	1 in 174 (0.6%)	120
33	Danny	1 in 177 (0.6%)	118
34	Earl	1 in 177 (0.6%)	118
35	Franklin	1 in 189 (0.5%)	110
36	Lawrence	1 in 199 (0.5%)	105
37	Jackie	1 in 199 (0.5%)	105
38	Howard	1 in 199 (0.5%)	105
39	Clarence	1 in 213 (0.5%)	98
40	Gerald	1 in 215 (0.5%)	97
41	Samuel	1 in 222 (0.5%)	94
42	Daniel	1 in 224 (0.4%)	93
43	Eugene	1 in 229 (0.4%)	91
44	Albert	1 in 234 (0.4%)	89
45	Dennis	1 in 234 (0.4%)	89
46	Henry	1 in 240 (0.4%)	87
47	Johnny	1 in 248 (0.4%)	84
48	Joe	1 in 254 (0.4%)	82
49	Fred	1 in 254 (0.4%)	82
50	Arthur	1 in 254 (0.4%)	82
51	Stephen	1 in 257 (0.4%)	81
52	Ernest	1 in 261 (0.4%)	80
53	Wayne	1 in 261 (0.4%)	80
54	Jimmy	1 in 274 (0.4%)	76
55	Russell	1 in 278 (0.4%)	75
56	Darrell	1 in 278 (0.4%)	75
57	Phillip	1 in 286 (0.4%)	73
58	Tommy	1 in 286 (0.4%)	73
59	Jimmie	1 in 294 (0.3%)	71
60	Philip	1 in 298 (0.3%)	70
61	Clyde	1 in 307 (0.3%)	68
62	Ronnie	1 in 316 (0.3%)	66
63	Bernard	1 in 321 (0.3%)	65
64	Curtis	1 in 321 (0.3%)	65
65	Norman	1 in 326 (0.3%)	64
66	Lloyd	1 in 331 (0.3%)	63
67	Marvin	1 in 336 (0.3%)	62
68	Terry	1 in 342 (0.3%)	61
69	Herbert	1 in 347 (0.3%)	60
70	Dale	1 in 353 (0.3%)	59
71	Lewis	1 in 353 (0.3%)	59
72	Allen	1 in 359 (0.3%)	58
73	Melvin	1 in 359 (0.3%)	58
74	Cecil	1 in 372 (0.3%)	56
75	Don	1 in 379 (0.3%)	55
76	Glenn	1 in 379 (0.3%)	55
77	Freddie	1 in 386 (0.3%)	54
78	Stanley	1 in 393 (0.3%)	53
79	Eddie	1 in 409 (0.2%)	51
80	Glen	1 in 417 (0.2%)	50
81	Bill	1 in 434 (0.2%)	48
82	Leonard	1 in 434 (0.2%)	48
83	Ray	1 in 434 (0.2%)	48
84	Chester	1 in 443 (0.2%)	47
85	Willard	1 in 453 (0.2%)	46
86	Jesse	1 in 453 (0.2%)	46
87	Frederick	1 in 463 (0.2%)	45
88	Virgil	1 in 463 (0.2%)	45
89	Floyd	1 in 485 (0.2%)	43
90	Arnold	1 in 496 (0.2%)	42
91	Gene	1 in 496 (0.2%)	42
92	Lowell	1 in 508 (0.2%)	41
93	Clifford	1 in 521 (0.2%)	40
94	Homer	1 in 521 (0.2%)	40
95	Vernon	1 in 534 (0.2%)	39
96	Lonnie	1 in 534 (0.2%)	39
97	Delmas	1 in 534 (0.2%)	39
98	Delbert	1 in 534 (0.2%)	39
99	Anthony	1 in 534 (0.2%)	39
100	Alfred	1 in 534 (0.2%)	39