Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	691
2	David	650
3	John	634
4	Michael	615
5	Robert	586
6	William	449
7	Mark	387
8	Timothy	367
9	Jeffrey	334
10	Charles	326
11	Richard	325
12	Kevin	284
13	Thomas	263
14	Brian	251
15	Gregory	241
16	Joseph	234
17	Steven	210
18	Ronald	203
19	Gary	195
20	Kenneth	188
21	Paul	184
22	Donald	169
23	Daniel	160
24	Larry	153
25	Scott	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	142
27	Roger	138
28	Jerry	131
28	Rodney	131
30	Christopher	128
31	Terry	126
32	Douglas	122
33	George	116
34	Jeffery	111
35	Ricky	102
36	Randy	101
37	Anthony	99
38	Eric	98
39	Randall	94
40	Todd	87
41	Keith	86
42	Carl	84
43	Edward	82
44	Matthew	80
45	Danny	76
45	Russell	76
47	Billy	74
48	Patrick	72
49	Craig	71
50	Dennis	66
50	Phillip	66
52	Samuel	62
53	Harold	59
54	Curtis	55
55	Bruce	54
55	Jimmy	54
57	Roy	52
58	Frank	50
58	Raymond	50
58	Ronnie	50
61	Allen	49
61	Bobby	49
63	Bryan	47
64	Andrew	46
65	Tony	45
66	Darren	43
66	Shawn	43
68	Darrell	42
68	Gerald	42
70	Ralph	41
71	Dale	40
71	Tommy	40
73	Franklin	39
74	Jay	38
75	Jonathan	37
75	Steve	37
75	Walter	37
78	Lawrence	36
79	Jack	35
79	Jeff	35
81	Mike	34
82	Alan	33
82	Earl	33
82	Troy	33
85	Barry	32
85	Johnny	32
87	Chris	31
87	Jon	31
89	Bradley	30
89	Harry	30
89	Leonard	30
89	Vincent	30
93	Clarence	29
93	Ernest	29
93	Philip	29
93	Timmy	29
97	Stanley	28
97	Wayne	28
99	Eddie	27
99	Howard	27
99	Joe	27
99	Marvin	27