Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,145
2	James	1,104
3	John	861
4	Robert	842
5	Michael	834
6	William	802
7	Charles	668
8	Richard	632
9	Gary	453
10	Thomas	406
11	Larry	390
12	Steven	346
13	Mark	341
14	Roger	333
15	Donald	326
16	Terry	322
17	Ronald	319
18	Joseph	298
19	Kenneth	290
20	Randy	265
21	Timothy	258
22	Paul	255
23	Jerry	237
24	Daniel	236
24	Danny	236

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Stephen	236
27	Gregory	225
28	Jeffrey	207
29	George	190
30	Dennis	176
31	Edward	161
32	Ricky	154
33	Randall	147
34	Douglas	146
35	Carl	129
36	Bruce	124
37	Billy	119
38	Roy	114
39	Harold	112
40	Rodney	111
41	Jack	110
42	Darrell	96
43	Keith	94
44	Johnny	93
45	Frank	90
45	Samuel	90
47	Ronnie	88
48	Dale	83
48	Kevin	83
48	Ralph	83
51	Walter	81
52	Bobby	80
53	Raymond	79
54	Steve	74
55	Anthony	73
55	Lawrence	73
57	Harry	69
57	Howard	69
57	Russell	69
60	Barry	67
60	Jackie	67
62	Phillip	66
63	Earl	64
63	Jeffery	64
65	Curtis	62
65	Jimmy	62
65	Wayne	62
68	Clarence	59
68	Eugene	59
70	Arthur	58
70	Gerald	58
70	Patrick	58
73	Philip	56
74	Alan	55
74	Stanley	55
76	Allen	53
76	Franklin	53
78	Dana	52
79	Leonard	51
80	Micheal	48
80	Rickey	48
80	Tommy	48
83	Christopher	47
83	Ernest	47
83	Frederick	47
83	Joe	47
87	Albert	45
87	Fred	45
87	Henry	45
90	Marvin	44
91	Eddie	42
91	Lewis	42
91	Ray	42
94	Melvin	41
94	Scott	41
96	Lonnie	40
97	Glenn	39
97	Jesse	39
99	Alfred	38
99	Donnie	38
99	Glen	38