Baby names in West Virginia in the 1940s
In West Virginia in the 1940s the most given names were James (14,577 boys) and Linda (10,113 girls), of 425,626 births recorded.
Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.
West Virginia, 1940-1949: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.
The top names in West Virginia, 1940s
Births summed over 1940-1949, per sex.
The names most over-represented in West Virginia in the 1940s
Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).
Girls
Boys
Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1940-1949.
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