Top 100 West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1953

// These were the most popular boy baby names in West Virginia, in 1953.

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1953


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 22,493 boys born sharing 347 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1953 . 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 18 (5.4%)1,219
2David1 in 22 (4.6%)1,038
3Robert1 in 23 (4.4%)989
4John1 in 25 (4%)899
5William1 in 26 (3.9%)882
6Michael1 in 26 (3.8%)863
7Charles1 in 33 (3%)683
8Richard1 in 35 (2.8%)636
9Gary1 in 43 (2.3%)518
10Thomas1 in 45 (2.2%)505
11Larry1 in 50 (2%)446
12Roger1 in 54 (1.8%)416
13Ronald1 in 58 (1.7%)388
14Donald1 in 64 (1.6%)353
15Jerry1 in 71 (1.4%)317
16Kenneth1 in 72 (1.4%)311
17Paul1 in 75 (1.3%)299
18Joseph1 in 80 (1.3%)282
19Steven1 in 80 (1.2%)280
20Terry1 in 82 (1.2%)273
21Stephen1 in 88 (1.1%)257
22Danny1 in 92 (1.1%)244
23George1 in 93 (1.1%)242
24Mark1 in 96 (1%)235
25Daniel1 in 100 (1%)226
26Edward1 in 108 (0.9%)209
27Randy1 in 114 (0.9%)198
28Dennis1 in 117 (0.9%)193
29Timothy1 in 120 (0.8%)187
30Gregory1 in 129 (0.8%)175
31Rodney1 in 132 (0.8%)171
32Carl1 in 153 (0.7%)147
33Jeffrey1 in 160 (0.6%)141
34Douglas1 in 162 (0.6%)139
35Harold1 in 167 (0.6%)135
36Randall1 in 172 (0.6%)131
37Billy1 in 174 (0.6%)129
38Ralph1 in 174 (0.6%)129
39Johnny1 in 189 (0.5%)119
40Ricky1 in 191 (0.5%)118
41Jack1 in 191 (0.5%)118
42Roy1 in 194 (0.5%)116
43Frank1 in 197 (0.5%)114
44Raymond1 in 197 (0.5%)114
45Bobby1 in 223 (0.4%)101
46Ronnie1 in 225 (0.4%)100
47Harry1 in 237 (0.4%)95
48Samuel1 in 247 (0.4%)91
49Bruce1 in 253 (0.4%)89
50Darrell1 in 256 (0.4%)88
51Allen1 in 259 (0.4%)87
52Wayne1 in 271 (0.4%)83
53Russell1 in 278 (0.4%)81
54Walter1 in 278 (0.4%)81
55Stanley1 in 281 (0.4%)80
56Howard1 in 281 (0.4%)80
57Jackie1 in 288 (0.3%)78
58Keith1 in 292 (0.3%)77
59Dale1 in 296 (0.3%)76
60Ernest1 in 296 (0.3%)76
61Jimmy1 in 300 (0.3%)75
62Patrick1 in 304 (0.3%)74
63Gerald1 in 308 (0.3%)73
64Earl1 in 317 (0.3%)71
65Clarence1 in 326 (0.3%)69
66Marvin1 in 326 (0.3%)69
67Lawrence1 in 331 (0.3%)68
68Dwight1 in 341 (0.3%)66
69Leonard1 in 357 (0.3%)63
70Phillip1 in 357 (0.3%)63
71Glenn1 in 363 (0.3%)62
72Joe1 in 375 (0.3%)60
73Curtis1 in 381 (0.3%)59
74Micheal1 in 388 (0.3%)58
75Steve1 in 388 (0.3%)58
76Anthony1 in 409 (0.2%)55
77Fred1 in 417 (0.2%)54
78Franklin1 in 417 (0.2%)54
79Dana1 in 417 (0.2%)54
80Eddie1 in 424 (0.2%)53
81Tommy1 in 433 (0.2%)52
82Henry1 in 450 (0.2%)50
83Frederick1 in 450 (0.2%)50
84Eugene1 in 450 (0.2%)50
85Albert1 in 469 (0.2%)48
86Don1 in 469 (0.2%)48
87Lewis1 in 469 (0.2%)48
88Philip1 in 469 (0.2%)48
89Alan1 in 479 (0.2%)47
90Lloyd1 in 489 (0.2%)46
91Donnie1 in 500 (0.2%)45
92Garry1 in 511 (0.2%)44
93Melvin1 in 511 (0.2%)44
94Rickey1 in 523 (0.2%)43
95Bernard1 in 523 (0.2%)43
96Barry1 in 523 (0.2%)43
97Arthur1 in 523 (0.2%)43
98Cecil1 in 562 (0.2%)40
99Glen1 in 577 (0.2%)39
100Lonnie1 in 592 (0.2%)38


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