Top 100 West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1944

// These were the most popular boy baby names in West Virginia, in 1944.

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1944


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 18,860 boys born sharing 353 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1944 . 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
1James1 in 14 (7%)1,322
2Robert1 in 20 (4.9%)928
3William1 in 22 (4.6%)870
4John1 in 24 (4.2%)786
5Charles1 in 24 (4.1%)782
6David1 in 33 (3%)564
7Roger1 in 36 (2.8%)521
8Larry1 in 36 (2.7%)518
9Richard1 in 41 (2.4%)461
10Thomas1 in 46 (2.2%)414
11Ronald1 in 51 (2%)372
12Gary1 in 51 (2%)368
13Donald1 in 55 (1.8%)342
14Paul1 in 58 (1.7%)325
15Jerry1 in 59 (1.7%)318
16George1 in 67 (1.5%)283
17Kenneth1 in 78 (1.3%)242
18Michael1 in 87 (1.2%)218
19Joseph1 in 88 (1.1%)214
20Harold1 in 103 (1%)184
21Roy1 in 108 (0.9%)175
22Carl1 in 111 (0.9%)170
23Edward1 in 117 (0.9%)161
24Billy1 in 128 (0.8%)147
25Raymond1 in 134 (0.7%)141
26Harry1 in 137 (0.7%)138
27Danny1 in 140 (0.7%)135
28Ralph1 in 156 (0.6%)121
29Jack1 in 167 (0.6%)113
30Frank1 in 167 (0.6%)113
31Johnny1 in 173 (0.6%)109
32Bobby1 in 178 (0.6%)106
33Dennis1 in 178 (0.6%)106
34Douglas1 in 180 (0.6%)105
35Ernest1 in 183 (0.5%)103
36Walter1 in 185 (0.5%)102
37Daniel1 in 189 (0.5%)100
38Howard1 in 189 (0.5%)100
39Ronnie1 in 194 (0.5%)97
40Terry1 in 207 (0.5%)91
41Stephen1 in 207 (0.5%)91
42Jimmy1 in 210 (0.5%)90
43Earl1 in 212 (0.5%)89
44Clarence1 in 217 (0.5%)87
45Gerald1 in 225 (0.4%)84
46Arthur1 in 225 (0.4%)84
47Russell1 in 233 (0.4%)81
48Jackie1 in 236 (0.4%)80
49Samuel1 in 242 (0.4%)78
50Marvin1 in 251 (0.4%)75
51Franklin1 in 251 (0.4%)75
52Eugene1 in 251 (0.4%)75
53Fred1 in 258 (0.4%)73
54Clyde1 in 262 (0.4%)72
55Lawrence1 in 269 (0.4%)70
56Henry1 in 299 (0.3%)63
57Lewis1 in 304 (0.3%)62
58Darrell1 in 304 (0.3%)62
59Joe1 in 309 (0.3%)61
60Ray1 in 309 (0.3%)61
61Tommy1 in 309 (0.3%)61
62Wayne1 in 314 (0.3%)60
63Leonard1 in 314 (0.3%)60
64Bernard1 in 325 (0.3%)58
65Curtis1 in 349 (0.3%)54
66Melvin1 in 349 (0.3%)54
67Allen1 in 356 (0.3%)53
68Norman1 in 363 (0.3%)52
69Albert1 in 370 (0.3%)51
70Cecil1 in 370 (0.3%)51
71Clifford1 in 377 (0.3%)50
72Herbert1 in 377 (0.3%)50
73Phillip1 in 377 (0.3%)50
74Arnold1 in 385 (0.3%)49
75Eddie1 in 393 (0.3%)48
76Glenn1 in 401 (0.2%)47
77Homer1 in 410 (0.2%)46
78Lloyd1 in 410 (0.2%)46
79Dale1 in 419 (0.2%)45
80Stanley1 in 429 (0.2%)44
81Glen1 in 449 (0.2%)42
82Philip1 in 449 (0.2%)42
83Bill1 in 460 (0.2%)41
84Chester1 in 460 (0.2%)41
85Floyd1 in 460 (0.2%)41
86Frederick1 in 472 (0.2%)40
87Dewey1 in 484 (0.2%)39
88Jimmie1 in 496 (0.2%)38
89Warren1 in 510 (0.2%)37
90Rodney1 in 510 (0.2%)37
91Jesse1 in 510 (0.2%)37
92Don1 in 510 (0.2%)37
93Alfred1 in 510 (0.2%)37
94Calvin1 in 524 (0.2%)36
95Gene1 in 524 (0.2%)36
96Freddie1 in 539 (0.2%)35
97Willard1 in 555 (0.2%)34
98Troy1 in 608 (0.2%)31
99Steve1 in 608 (0.2%)31
100Denver1 in 608 (0.2%)31


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