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Baby names in West Virginia in the 1960s

In West Virginia in the 1960s the most given names were James (7,630 boys) and Lisa (4,911 girls), of 302,726 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in West Virginia each year, the 1960s shaded
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
West Virginia births by year and sex10k20k30k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

West Virginia, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in West Virginia, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa4,911
2Kimberly3,820
3Tammy3,584
4Mary3,496
5Teresa2,560
6Donna2,447
7Pamela2,229
8Brenda2,188
9Karen2,183
10Patricia2,058
11Susan2,024
12Melissa2,021
13Angela1,976
14Debra1,844
15Tina1,841
16Rebecca1,813
17Sandra1,788
18Linda1,775
19Robin1,752
20Barbara1,750
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1James7,630
2David7,310
3John6,662
4Michael6,588
5Robert5,960
6William4,814
7Mark4,506
8Charles3,819
9Timothy3,805
10Richard3,564
11Jeffrey3,492
12Thomas2,614
13Brian2,422
14Kevin2,398
15Gregory2,367
16Joseph2,213
17Steven2,185
18Gary2,049
19Kenneth2,004
20Ronald1,996

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in West Virginia in the 1960s

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, 1960-1969.

More about names in West Virginia

  1. The 1960s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. West Virginia: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. West Virginia in the 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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