Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1948

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1948

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1948.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 24,823 boys born sharing 374 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1948 . 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 15 (6.6%)	1,628
2	Robert	1 in 22 (4.6%)	1,152
3	John	1 in 23 (4.3%)	1,063
4	William	1 in 24 (4.2%)	1,046
5	David	1 in 24 (4.2%)	1,044
6	Charles	1 in 28 (3.5%)	876
7	Larry	1 in 30 (3.4%)	834
8	Roger	1 in 39 (2.6%)	641
9	Richard	1 in 41 (2.4%)	603
10	Thomas	1 in 42 (2.4%)	587
11	Gary	1 in 44 (2.3%)	570
12	Michael	1 in 44 (2.3%)	562
13	Ronald	1 in 49 (2%)	503
14	Donald	1 in 53 (1.9%)	465
15	Jerry	1 in 65 (1.5%)	382
16	Kenneth	1 in 73 (1.4%)	338
17	George	1 in 78 (1.3%)	317
18	Paul	1 in 81 (1.2%)	305
19	Danny	1 in 85 (1.2%)	292
20	Joseph	1 in 88 (1.1%)	281
21	Stephen	1 in 93 (1.1%)	267
22	Terry	1 in 111 (0.9%)	223
23	Edward	1 in 114 (0.9%)	218
24	Harold	1 in 115 (0.9%)	215
25	Dennis	1 in 133 (0.7%)	186
26	Daniel	1 in 134 (0.7%)	185
27	Roy	1 in 136 (0.7%)	183
28	Carl	1 in 146 (0.7%)	170
29	Harry	1 in 162 (0.6%)	153
30	Billy	1 in 165 (0.6%)	150
31	Steven	1 in 177 (0.6%)	140
32	Ronnie	1 in 180 (0.6%)	138
33	Frank	1 in 189 (0.5%)	131
34	Jack	1 in 195 (0.5%)	127
35	Ralph	1 in 197 (0.5%)	126
36	Johnny	1 in 199 (0.5%)	125
37	Douglas	1 in 202 (0.5%)	123
38	Raymond	1 in 203 (0.5%)	122
39	Gregory	1 in 214 (0.5%)	116
40	Howard	1 in 216 (0.5%)	115
41	Walter	1 in 228 (0.4%)	109
42	Clarence	1 in 230 (0.4%)	108
43	Rodney	1 in 232 (0.4%)	107
44	Gerald	1 in 234 (0.4%)	106
45	Samuel	1 in 243 (0.4%)	102
46	Bobby	1 in 251 (0.4%)	99
47	Ernest	1 in 259 (0.4%)	96
48	Darrell	1 in 261 (0.4%)	95
49	Lawrence	1 in 270 (0.4%)	92
50	Wayne	1 in 285 (0.4%)	87
51	Leonard	1 in 289 (0.3%)	86
52	Phillip	1 in 292 (0.3%)	85
53	Randall	1 in 296 (0.3%)	84
54	Earl	1 in 303 (0.3%)	82
55	Jackie	1 in 303 (0.3%)	82
56	Jimmy	1 in 306 (0.3%)	81
57	Arthur	1 in 310 (0.3%)	80
58	Eddie	1 in 314 (0.3%)	79
59	Dale	1 in 314 (0.3%)	79
60	Lewis	1 in 318 (0.3%)	78
61	Timothy	1 in 322 (0.3%)	77
62	Patrick	1 in 335 (0.3%)	74
63	Joe	1 in 335 (0.3%)	74
64	Fred	1 in 335 (0.3%)	74
65	Eugene	1 in 335 (0.3%)	74
66	Albert	1 in 340 (0.3%)	73
67	Henry	1 in 345 (0.3%)	72
68	Russell	1 in 345 (0.3%)	72
69	Tommy	1 in 345 (0.3%)	72
70	Melvin	1 in 350 (0.3%)	71
71	Allen	1 in 355 (0.3%)	70
72	Ray	1 in 360 (0.3%)	69
73	Franklin	1 in 365 (0.3%)	68
74	Herbert	1 in 382 (0.3%)	65
75	Norman	1 in 394 (0.3%)	63
76	Steve	1 in 394 (0.3%)	63
77	Clyde	1 in 400 (0.2%)	62
78	Mark	1 in 414 (0.2%)	60
79	Glen	1 in 421 (0.2%)	59
80	Lloyd	1 in 421 (0.2%)	59
81	Philip	1 in 421 (0.2%)	59
82	Marvin	1 in 428 (0.2%)	58
83	Glenn	1 in 428 (0.2%)	58
84	Bernard	1 in 428 (0.2%)	58
85	Frederick	1 in 443 (0.2%)	56
86	Bruce	1 in 451 (0.2%)	55
87	Don	1 in 451 (0.2%)	55
88	Curtis	1 in 477 (0.2%)	52
89	Freddie	1 in 496 (0.2%)	50
90	Jimmie	1 in 496 (0.2%)	50
91	Stanley	1 in 496 (0.2%)	50
92	Cecil	1 in 528 (0.2%)	47
93	Keith	1 in 552 (0.2%)	45
94	Bill	1 in 564 (0.2%)	44
95	Chester	1 in 564 (0.2%)	44
96	Clifford	1 in 564 (0.2%)	44
97	Arnold	1 in 577 (0.2%)	43
98	Louis	1 in 591 (0.2%)	42
99	Leslie	1 in 591 (0.2%)	42
100	Garry	1 in 591 (0.2%)	42