Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1953

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,226
2	David	1,041
3	Robert	994
4	John	898
5	William	884
6	Michael	861
7	Charles	687
8	Richard	645
9	Gary	520
10	Thomas	503
11	Larry	444
12	Roger	415
13	Ronald	388
14	Donald	357
15	Jerry	320
16	Kenneth	308
17	Paul	299
18	Joseph	281
18	Steven	281
20	Terry	272
21	Stephen	258
22	Danny	244
23	George	240
24	Mark	235
25	Daniel	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	211
27	Randy	196
28	Dennis	195
29	Timothy	190
30	Gregory	175
31	Rodney	170
32	Carl	147
33	Jeffrey	141
34	Douglas	139
35	Harold	138
36	Randall	131
37	Billy	128
38	Ralph	127
39	Ricky	119
40	Jack	118
41	Roy	117
42	Johnny	116
43	Frank	114
43	Raymond	114
45	Bobby	101
46	Ronnie	99
47	Harry	94
47	Samuel	94
49	Darrell	90
50	Bruce	88
51	Allen	86
52	Russell	82
53	Wayne	81
54	Walter	80
55	Howard	79
55	Stanley	79
57	Keith	78
58	Dale	77
59	Ernest	76
59	Jackie	76
61	Jimmy	75
62	Patrick	74
63	Gerald	73
64	Earl	71
65	Clarence	70
65	Marvin	70
67	Lawrence	69
68	Dwight	66
69	Phillip	65
70	Glenn	63
70	Leonard	63
72	Joe	60
73	Curtis	59
74	Micheal	58
75	Steve	57
76	Anthony	55
76	Fred	55
78	Dana	54
78	Franklin	54
80	Eddie	52
80	Tommy	52
82	Eugene	51
83	Frederick	50
83	Henry	50
85	Alan	49
86	Albert	48
86	Don	48
86	Lewis	48
89	Philip	47
90	Donnie	46
90	Lloyd	46
92	Barry	44
92	Melvin	44
94	Arthur	43
94	Bernard	43
94	Garry	43
94	Rickey	43
98	Cecil	40
98	Glen	40
100	Clyde	39