Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	971
2	David	923
3	Robert	797
4	John	741
5	Michael	689
6	Mark	606
7	William	597
8	Timothy	520
9	Richard	504
10	Charles	477
11	Jeffrey	334
12	Thomas	332
13	Donald	328
14	Gary	271
14	Steven	271
16	Terry	269
17	Larry	260
18	Ricky	257
19	Ronald	247
20	Kenneth	244
21	Gregory	242
22	Paul	240
23	Joseph	228
24	Kevin	204
25	Randy	200

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	193
27	Roger	191
28	George	166
29	Stephen	162
30	Daniel	161
30	Danny	161
32	Randall	140
33	Dennis	139
34	Douglas	135
35	Edward	125
36	Billy	117
36	Brian	117
38	Anthony	113
38	Carl	113
40	Jeffery	111
41	Keith	103
42	Mike	97
43	Rodney	93
44	Steve	92
45	Harold	89
46	Jimmy	87
47	Bruce	85
48	Ronnie	84
49	Bobby	81
50	Jeff	80
51	Johnny	78
51	Raymond	78
53	Jack	77
54	Dale	75
54	Ralph	75
54	Tim	75
57	Roy	73
58	Craig	72
59	Scott	71
60	Barry	70
61	Russell	69
61	Timmy	69
61	Tony	69
64	Samuel	68
65	Darrell	67
65	Frank	67
65	Phillip	67
68	Patrick	63
69	Walter	61
70	Eric	59
71	Harry	58
72	Allen	57
73	Eddie	56
73	Philip	56
75	Curtis	55
75	Howard	55
75	Jackie	55
78	Alan	54
79	Gerald	53
79	Rick	53
79	Tommy	53
82	Arthur	52
82	Christopher	52
84	Lawrence	51
84	Rickey	51
86	Clarence	50
86	Greg	50
88	Franklin	49
89	Stanley	48
90	Earl	47
90	Matthew	47
92	Ernest	45
93	Bryan	43
93	Eugene	43
93	Joe	43
96	Wayne	42
97	Don	40
97	Fred	40
97	Marvin	40
97	Micheal	40