Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	923
2	James	875
3	John	795
4	Michael	749
5	Robert	683
6	Mark	595
7	William	541
8	Timothy	456
9	Charles	446
9	Jeffrey	446
11	Richard	404
12	Thomas	293
13	Gregory	282
14	Gary	246
15	Donald	242
16	Joseph	232
17	Kenneth	230
18	Ronald	229
19	Kevin	228
20	Paul	226
21	Terry	220
22	Steven	215
23	Larry	207
24	Roger	191
25	Brian	190

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ricky	190
27	Jerry	175
28	Daniel	163
29	Randy	157
30	Douglas	153
31	Randall	142
32	George	137
33	Edward	131
34	Stephen	129
35	Scott	128
36	Jeffery	125
37	Danny	122
38	Billy	103
39	Christopher	101
40	Anthony	99
41	Keith	98
42	Mike	96
42	Rodney	96
44	Bruce	94
45	Dennis	93
46	Carl	90
47	Jeff	89
48	Barry	87
49	Frank	85
50	Russell	82
51	Ronnie	81
52	Steve	74
53	Patrick	73
53	Samuel	73
55	Alan	72
55	Harold	72
55	Johnny	72
58	Bobby	71
58	Jack	71
58	Phillip	71
61	Craig	68
62	Jimmy	67
63	Allen	66
63	Eric	66
63	Roy	66
63	Timmy	66
67	Raymond	63
68	Dale	62
68	Tony	62
70	Todd	61
71	Tim	60
72	Darrell	59
73	Howard	58
74	Bryan	53
74	Curtis	53
74	Franklin	53
74	Micheal	53
78	Andrew	51
78	Ralph	51
80	Chris	50
80	Joe	50
82	Dwayne	49
83	Greg	46
84	Philip	45
85	Tommy	44
86	Gerald	43
87	Matthew	42
87	Rickey	42
89	Eddie	41
89	Harry	41
89	Rick	41
92	Clarence	39
92	Jim	39
92	Leonard	39
95	Jay	38
95	Marvin	38
95	Walter	38
98	Earl	37
98	Wayne	37
100	Dana	36