Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	859
2	James	790
3	John	739
4	Michael	702
5	Robert	697
6	Mark	524
7	William	507
8	Charles	436
9	Timothy	420
10	Jeffrey	407
11	Richard	391
12	Gregory	296
13	Thomas	288
14	Kevin	262
15	Gary	258
16	Steven	241
17	Joseph	234
18	Donald	233
19	Kenneth	223
20	Ronald	205
21	Paul	197
22	Larry	193
23	Roger	172
24	Terry	171
25	Brian	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jerry	161
27	Daniel	160
28	Scott	150
29	Ricky	147
30	Jeffery	145
31	Randy	142
32	Douglas	139
33	Stephen	126
34	Danny	117
35	Anthony	110
36	Christopher	108
37	George	105
38	Randall	98
39	Bruce	96
40	Keith	90
41	Billy	89
42	Edward	88
42	Mike	88
44	Barry	86
45	Jeff	85
46	Phillip	83
47	Dennis	80
48	Carl	79
49	Harold	76
49	Rodney	76
49	Russell	76
52	Bobby	74
53	Eric	73
54	Roy	71
55	Todd	67
56	Craig	66
57	Jack	65
57	Jimmy	65
57	Ralph	65
57	Steve	65
57	Tony	65
62	Patrick	63
63	Frank	61
63	Ronnie	61
63	Samuel	61
66	Raymond	60
67	Johnny	59
68	Dale	57
68	Tim	57
68	Walter	57
71	Alan	54
71	Matthew	54
73	Bryan	53
74	Curtis	50
74	Darrell	50
74	Jonathan	50
74	Timmy	50
78	Allen	48
78	Dwayne	48
80	Howard	47
81	Glenn	46
82	Bradley	44
82	Chris	44
84	Andrew	43
84	Jay	43
84	Joe	43
87	Micheal	42
88	Glen	41
88	Troy	41
90	Franklin	40
90	Greg	40
90	Harry	40
90	Vincent	40
94	Jackie	38
95	Gerald	37
95	Philip	37
97	Arthur	36
97	Calvin	36
97	Marvin	36
100	Dana	34