Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,130
2	David	948
3	Robert	832
4	John	821
5	Michael	815
6	William	722
7	Charles	654
8	Richard	594
9	Mark	454
10	Gary	418
11	Thomas	406
12	Donald	372
13	Larry	359
14	Steven	346
15	Joseph	333
16	Ronald	328
17	Kenneth	323
18	Terry	317
19	Timothy	299
20	Roger	295
21	Paul	289
22	Randy	273
23	Gregory	248
24	Jeffrey	245
25	Stephen	241

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Danny	226
27	Daniel	221
27	Jerry	221
29	George	193
30	Dennis	179
31	Edward	174
32	Douglas	159
33	Randall	151
34	Ricky	147
35	Carl	122
36	Billy	121
37	Rodney	114
38	Kevin	113
39	Jack	112
39	Roy	112
41	Ralph	107
42	Bruce	105
43	Johnny	103
44	Raymond	101
45	Harold	97
46	Keith	96
47	Jeffery	94
48	Darrell	90
49	Samuel	88
49	Steve	88
51	Ronnie	86
52	Dale	84
53	Barry	81
54	Bobby	76
55	Walter	75
56	Anthony	73
57	Frank	72
57	Harry	72
57	Jimmy	72
60	Patrick	69
60	Russell	69
62	Howard	68
62	Micheal	68
64	Lawrence	66
65	Clarence	65
66	Allen	64
67	Brian	63
68	Eugene	61
68	Jackie	61
70	Alan	60
71	Earl	57
72	Stanley	56
72	Wayne	56
74	Arthur	55
74	Christopher	55
74	Ernest	55
77	Phillip	54
77	Scott	54
79	Curtis	52
79	Gerald	52
81	Glenn	51
82	Franklin	50
83	Eddie	49
84	Henry	48
85	Glen	47
85	Leonard	47
85	Marvin	47
88	Tommy	46
89	Andrew	45
90	Joe	44
91	Tony	43
92	Dana	42
92	Frederick	42
92	Rickey	42
95	Lonnie	41
96	Bernard	40
96	Norman	40
98	Clifford	39
98	Dwight	39
98	Fred	39
98	Philip	39