Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1956

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1956

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1956.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was James. In total there were 21,554 boys born sharing 361 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1956 . 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 19 (5.2%)	1,127
2	David	1 in 23 (4.4%)	945
3	Robert	1 in 26 (3.9%)	832
4	John	1 in 26 (3.8%)	822
5	Michael	1 in 27 (3.8%)	811
6	William	1 in 30 (3.3%)	719
7	Charles	1 in 33 (3%)	653
8	Richard	1 in 36 (2.8%)	594
9	Mark	1 in 47 (2.1%)	454
10	Gary	1 in 52 (1.9%)	417
11	Thomas	1 in 53 (1.9%)	404
12	Donald	1 in 58 (1.7%)	372
13	Larry	1 in 60 (1.7%)	359
14	Steven	1 in 62 (1.6%)	348
15	Joseph	1 in 65 (1.5%)	333
16	Ronald	1 in 65 (1.5%)	330
17	Kenneth	1 in 67 (1.5%)	323
18	Terry	1 in 68 (1.5%)	316
19	Timothy	1 in 72 (1.4%)	298
20	Roger	1 in 73 (1.4%)	295
21	Paul	1 in 74 (1.4%)	291
22	Randy	1 in 79 (1.3%)	274
23	Gregory	1 in 87 (1.2%)	248
24	Jeffrey	1 in 88 (1.1%)	246
25	Stephen	1 in 89 (1.1%)	242
26	Danny	1 in 96 (1%)	225
27	Daniel	1 in 98 (1%)	221
28	Jerry	1 in 98 (1%)	221
29	George	1 in 112 (0.9%)	192
30	Dennis	1 in 122 (0.8%)	177
31	Edward	1 in 125 (0.8%)	173
32	Douglas	1 in 136 (0.7%)	159
33	Randall	1 in 142 (0.7%)	152
34	Ricky	1 in 147 (0.7%)	147
35	Carl	1 in 177 (0.6%)	122
36	Billy	1 in 183 (0.5%)	118
37	Rodney	1 in 191 (0.5%)	113
38	Jack	1 in 192 (0.5%)	112
39	Kevin	1 in 192 (0.5%)	112
40	Roy	1 in 194 (0.5%)	111
41	Ralph	1 in 201 (0.5%)	107
42	Bruce	1 in 205 (0.5%)	105
43	Johnny	1 in 211 (0.5%)	102
44	Raymond	1 in 218 (0.5%)	99
45	Harold	1 in 220 (0.5%)	98
46	Keith	1 in 225 (0.4%)	96
47	Jeffery	1 in 229 (0.4%)	94
48	Darrell	1 in 237 (0.4%)	91
49	Steve	1 in 242 (0.4%)	89
50	Samuel	1 in 245 (0.4%)	88
51	Ronnie	1 in 251 (0.4%)	86
52	Dale	1 in 260 (0.4%)	83
53	Barry	1 in 269 (0.4%)	80
54	Bobby	1 in 284 (0.4%)	76
55	Walter	1 in 287 (0.3%)	75
56	Frank	1 in 295 (0.3%)	73
57	Anthony	1 in 295 (0.3%)	73
58	Harry	1 in 299 (0.3%)	72
59	Jimmy	1 in 304 (0.3%)	71
60	Patrick	1 in 312 (0.3%)	69
61	Russell	1 in 312 (0.3%)	69
62	Micheal	1 in 317 (0.3%)	68
63	Howard	1 in 317 (0.3%)	68
64	Clarence	1 in 332 (0.3%)	65
65	Allen	1 in 337 (0.3%)	64
66	Lawrence	1 in 337 (0.3%)	64
67	Eugene	1 in 348 (0.3%)	62
68	Brian	1 in 348 (0.3%)	62
69	Jackie	1 in 353 (0.3%)	61
70	Alan	1 in 365 (0.3%)	59
71	Earl	1 in 378 (0.3%)	57
72	Arthur	1 in 385 (0.3%)	56
73	Stanley	1 in 385 (0.3%)	56
74	Wayne	1 in 385 (0.3%)	56
75	Ernest	1 in 392 (0.3%)	55
76	Scott	1 in 399 (0.3%)	54
77	Phillip	1 in 399 (0.3%)	54
78	Christopher	1 in 399 (0.3%)	54
79	Curtis	1 in 415 (0.2%)	52
80	Gerald	1 in 415 (0.2%)	52
81	Glenn	1 in 423 (0.2%)	51
82	Franklin	1 in 431 (0.2%)	50
83	Eddie	1 in 440 (0.2%)	49
84	Henry	1 in 459 (0.2%)	47
85	Leonard	1 in 459 (0.2%)	47
86	Marvin	1 in 459 (0.2%)	47
87	Glen	1 in 469 (0.2%)	46
88	Tommy	1 in 479 (0.2%)	45
89	Joe	1 in 479 (0.2%)	45
90	Andrew	1 in 479 (0.2%)	45
91	Tony	1 in 501 (0.2%)	43
92	Dana	1 in 513 (0.2%)	42
93	Frederick	1 in 513 (0.2%)	42
94	Rickey	1 in 513 (0.2%)	42
95	Lonnie	1 in 526 (0.2%)	41
96	Bernard	1 in 539 (0.2%)	40
97	Norman	1 in 539 (0.2%)	40
98	Dwight	1 in 553 (0.2%)	39
99	Fred	1 in 553 (0.2%)	39
100	Philip	1 in 567 (0.2%)	38