Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	1,046
2	James	1,017
3	Robert	824
4	Michael	804
5	John	751
6	William	729
7	Charles	546
8	Mark	543
9	Richard	538
10	Timothy	487
11	Thomas	381
12	Gary	329
13	Donald	324
14	Steven	323
15	Larry	313
16	Ronald	294
17	Jeffrey	289
18	Gregory	288
19	Terry	286
20	Kenneth	248
20	Paul	248
22	Ricky	246
23	Joseph	244
24	Roger	243
25	Jerry	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Randy	240
27	Danny	223
28	George	186
29	Kevin	184
30	Stephen	174
31	Douglas	165
32	Daniel	157
33	Edward	156
34	Randall	137
35	Dennis	130
36	Rodney	121
37	Billy	119
38	Anthony	116
39	Carl	113
40	Keith	106
41	Jeffery	105
42	Steve	104
43	Brian	99
43	Dale	99
43	Raymond	99
46	Bruce	98
47	Bobby	96
48	Harold	95
48	Jack	95
50	Roy	92
51	Frank	90
51	Ronnie	90
53	Samuel	84
54	Scott	83
55	Johnny	80
56	Mike	78
57	Ralph	75
58	Tony	74
59	Wayne	73
60	Curtis	72
60	Darrell	72
60	Jeff	72
63	Jackie	71
63	Patrick	71
65	Russell	70
66	Alan	69
67	Allen	66
67	Phillip	66
67	Walter	66
70	Christopher	65
71	Barry	64
72	Timmy	63
73	Eddie	62
73	Jimmy	62
75	Gerald	61
76	Earl	57
77	Harry	56
78	Ernest	55
78	Joe	55
78	Rick	55
81	Philip	54
82	Tim	53
83	Howard	52
83	Rickey	52
85	Franklin	50
86	Micheal	49
87	Bradley	47
87	Marvin	47
89	Dana	46
89	Fred	46
89	Tommy	46
92	Clarence	45
92	Greg	45
94	Clyde	44
94	Eugene	44
94	Tom	44
97	Henry	43
98	Bill	42
98	Eric	42
98	Lawrence	42