Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1947

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1947

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1947.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 26,187 boys born sharing 396 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1947 . 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 16 (6.4%)	1,682
2	John	1 in 22 (4.5%)	1,186
3	Robert	1 in 22 (4.5%)	1,167
4	William	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,129
5	David	1 in 24 (4.2%)	1,088
6	Charles	1 in 28 (3.5%)	922
7	Larry	1 in 29 (3.5%)	911
8	Richard	1 in 37 (2.7%)	699
9	Gary	1 in 40 (2.5%)	658
10	Roger	1 in 41 (2.5%)	645
11	Michael	1 in 47 (2.1%)	557
12	Thomas	1 in 50 (2%)	527
13	Ronald	1 in 50 (2%)	527
14	Donald	1 in 61 (1.6%)	431
15	Jerry	1 in 69 (1.4%)	378
16	George	1 in 71 (1.4%)	371
17	Kenneth	1 in 72 (1.4%)	362
18	Paul	1 in 73 (1.4%)	359
19	Joseph	1 in 92 (1.1%)	286
20	Danny	1 in 94 (1.1%)	280
21	Terry	1 in 107 (0.9%)	244
22	Edward	1 in 110 (0.9%)	238
23	Stephen	1 in 121 (0.8%)	217
24	Harold	1 in 124 (0.8%)	212
25	Carl	1 in 132 (0.8%)	198
26	Daniel	1 in 142 (0.7%)	185
27	Dennis	1 in 147 (0.7%)	178
28	Roy	1 in 152 (0.7%)	172
29	Billy	1 in 165 (0.6%)	159
30	Ralph	1 in 166 (0.6%)	158
31	Jack	1 in 169 (0.6%)	155
32	Harry	1 in 175 (0.6%)	150
33	Raymond	1 in 178 (0.6%)	147
34	Johnny	1 in 179 (0.6%)	146
35	Ronnie	1 in 183 (0.5%)	143
36	Frank	1 in 187 (0.5%)	140
37	Douglas	1 in 194 (0.5%)	135
38	Lawrence	1 in 198 (0.5%)	132
39	Howard	1 in 203 (0.5%)	129
40	Jimmy	1 in 209 (0.5%)	125
41	Gerald	1 in 216 (0.5%)	121
42	Samuel	1 in 224 (0.4%)	117
43	Walter	1 in 224 (0.4%)	117
44	Steven	1 in 236 (0.4%)	111
45	Wayne	1 in 249 (0.4%)	105
46	Darrell	1 in 252 (0.4%)	104
47	Bobby	1 in 257 (0.4%)	102
48	Russell	1 in 257 (0.4%)	102
49	Rodney	1 in 262 (0.4%)	100
50	Fred	1 in 265 (0.4%)	99
51	Ernest	1 in 270 (0.4%)	97
52	Allen	1 in 273 (0.4%)	96
53	Earl	1 in 282 (0.4%)	93
54	Eugene	1 in 294 (0.3%)	89
55	Eddie	1 in 298 (0.3%)	88
56	Phillip	1 in 305 (0.3%)	86
57	Jackie	1 in 305 (0.3%)	86
58	Clarence	1 in 308 (0.3%)	85
59	Clyde	1 in 308 (0.3%)	85
60	Joe	1 in 319 (0.3%)	82
61	Arthur	1 in 323 (0.3%)	81
62	Henry	1 in 336 (0.3%)	78
63	Ray	1 in 345 (0.3%)	76
64	Bruce	1 in 349 (0.3%)	75
65	Gregory	1 in 349 (0.3%)	75
66	Leonard	1 in 354 (0.3%)	74
67	Franklin	1 in 359 (0.3%)	73
68	Lewis	1 in 364 (0.3%)	72
69	Albert	1 in 364 (0.3%)	72
70	Dale	1 in 369 (0.3%)	71
71	Randall	1 in 369 (0.3%)	71
72	Timothy	1 in 369 (0.3%)	71
73	Stanley	1 in 385 (0.3%)	68
74	Patrick	1 in 391 (0.3%)	67
75	Bernard	1 in 397 (0.3%)	66
76	Norman	1 in 403 (0.2%)	65
77	Steve	1 in 403 (0.2%)	65
78	Melvin	1 in 409 (0.2%)	64
79	Philip	1 in 409 (0.2%)	64
80	Bill	1 in 429 (0.2%)	61
81	Tommy	1 in 429 (0.2%)	61
82	Marvin	1 in 436 (0.2%)	60
83	Glenn	1 in 452 (0.2%)	58
84	Frederick	1 in 476 (0.2%)	55
85	Herbert	1 in 485 (0.2%)	54
86	Garry	1 in 494 (0.2%)	53
87	Glen	1 in 504 (0.2%)	52
88	Arnold	1 in 504 (0.2%)	52
89	Alan	1 in 524 (0.2%)	50
90	Anthony	1 in 524 (0.2%)	50
91	Cecil	1 in 524 (0.2%)	50
92	Keith	1 in 524 (0.2%)	50
93	Freddie	1 in 534 (0.2%)	49
94	Curtis	1 in 534 (0.2%)	49
95	Andrew	1 in 534 (0.2%)	49
96	Jesse	1 in 546 (0.2%)	48
97	Lloyd	1 in 557 (0.2%)	47
98	Homer	1 in 569 (0.2%)	46
99	Jim	1 in 582 (0.2%)	45
100	Delbert	1 in 582 (0.2%)	45