Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,065
2	David	948
3	Michael	874
4	Robert	841
5	John	774
6	William	718
7	Charles	587
8	Richard	510
9	Mark	507
10	Gary	411
11	Thomas	389
12	Donald	374
13	Larry	372
14	Timothy	365
15	Ronald	328
16	Gregory	322
17	Terry	308
18	Steven	286
19	Joseph	275
20	Kenneth	274
21	Jeffrey	271
22	Paul	269
23	Randy	265
24	Jerry	245
25	Roger	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	228
27	Danny	198
28	Douglas	183
29	Daniel	182
30	Ricky	178
31	Edward	171
31	George	171
33	Dennis	155
34	Randall	140
35	Kevin	134
36	Bruce	132
37	Carl	129
38	Rodney	121
39	Billy	118
39	Raymond	118
41	Brian	116
42	Roy	115
43	Jeffery	113
44	Jack	110
44	Ronnie	110
46	Keith	105
47	Ralph	97
48	Johnny	96
49	Harold	83
49	Steve	83
51	Darrell	81
52	Samuel	79
53	Dale	76
54	Bobby	73
55	Harry	72
55	Russell	72
57	Anthony	71
58	Frank	69
59	Phillip	68
59	Scott	68
61	Howard	67
62	Allen	65
62	Patrick	65
64	Jackie	64
64	Lawrence	64
66	Eddie	63
66	Jimmy	63
66	Mike	63
66	Walter	63
66	Wayne	63
71	Tony	62
72	Barry	60
73	Clarence	57
73	Curtis	57
73	Leonard	57
73	Rickey	57
77	Alan	55
77	Tommy	55
79	Earl	54
80	Rick	53
81	Gerald	51
82	Dwight	50
82	Micheal	50
84	Franklin	49
84	Philip	49
86	Arthur	48
86	Ernest	48
88	Marvin	47
89	Eric	46
89	Henry	46
89	Jay	46
92	Bradley	45
92	Joe	45
92	Lewis	45
95	Matthew	44
96	Greg	43
96	Stanley	43
98	Calvin	42
98	Glenn	42
98	Perry	42