Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	705
2	David	636
3	Michael	611
4	John	598
5	Robert	527
6	William	396
7	Timothy	367
8	Charles	360
9	Jeffrey	334
10	Richard	332
11	Mark	319
12	Brian	282
13	Kevin	243
14	Thomas	218
15	Gregory	205
16	Donald	204
17	Ronald	203
18	Joseph	200
18	Steven	200
20	Kenneth	191
21	Gary	184
22	Paul	179
23	Scott	160
24	Christopher	158
25	Jerry	144

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Larry	144
27	Daniel	141
28	Rodney	134
29	Roger	124
30	Douglas	117
31	Terry	113
32	Anthony	110
33	Eric	109
34	Jeffery	107
35	Stephen	100
36	Randy	98
37	Edward	97
38	George	93
39	Patrick	91
40	Matthew	86
41	Keith	85
42	Todd	82
43	Ricky	81
44	Billy	79
45	Carl	78
45	Danny	78
47	Randall	73
48	Bobby	64
49	Samuel	63
50	Harold	58
51	Bryan	56
51	Howard	56
51	Roy	56
54	Andrew	53
54	Dennis	53
54	Russell	53
57	Allen	50
57	Bruce	50
57	Phillip	50
57	Raymond	50
61	Darrell	49
62	Frank	47
63	Tony	46
64	Ronnie	45
65	Jack	44
66	Curtis	43
66	Johnny	43
68	Craig	42
68	Jimmy	42
68	Walter	42
71	Shawn	40
72	Philip	38
73	Troy	37
74	Dale	36
75	Barry	35
75	Harry	35
75	Jay	35
75	Jonathan	35
79	Ernest	32
79	Steve	32
81	Jeff	31
81	Tommy	31
83	Bradley	30
83	Wayne	30
85	Chris	29
85	Clifford	29
85	Jon	29
85	Micheal	29
85	Timmy	29
85	Tracy	29
91	Franklin	28
91	Sean	28
93	Albert	27
93	Leonard	27
95	Darren	26
95	Gerald	26
95	Lawrence	26
98	Eddie	25
98	Henry	25
98	Marvin	25
98	Ralph	25
98	Stanley	25