Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	716
2	Michael	660
3	David	601
4	John	588
5	Robert	483
6	William	447
7	Mark	387
8	Charles	341
9	Brian	329
10	Richard	321
11	Timothy	311
12	Jeffrey	271
13	Thomas	225
14	Joseph	219
15	Kevin	212
16	Paul	195
17	Steven	193
18	Christopher	183
19	Ronald	181
20	Donald	169
21	Gregory	168
22	Gary	166
23	Kenneth	159
24	Stephen	149
25	Scott	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Larry	140
27	Matthew	125
28	Daniel	124
28	Jerry	124
30	Eric	119
31	Roger	115
32	Rodney	113
33	Terry	105
34	Douglas	103
35	Anthony	98
36	George	97
36	Patrick	97
38	Todd	90
39	Edward	80
39	Jeffery	80
41	Ricky	77
42	Billy	72
43	Carl	71
44	Russell	67
44	Shawn	67
46	Danny	64
47	Keith	63
48	Bryan	62
49	Randy	61
50	Andrew	59
51	Randall	55
52	Harold	54
52	Phillip	54
54	Raymond	53
55	Ronnie	49
55	Tony	49
57	Jay	47
58	Craig	46
58	Dennis	46
58	Samuel	46
61	Roy	45
62	Darrell	44
63	Troy	43
64	Frank	42
64	Ralph	42
66	Bradley	41
67	Bobby	40
68	Johnny	38
68	Sean	38
70	Gerald	37
70	Harry	37
72	Allen	35
73	Brent	33
73	Jonathan	33
75	Bruce	32
75	Dale	32
75	Lawrence	32
78	Curtis	31
78	Wayne	31
80	Jimmy	30
81	Jon	29
81	Walter	29
83	Jack	28
84	Alan	27
84	Benjamin	27
84	Timmy	27
87	Darren	26
87	Henry	26
87	Jason	26
87	Micheal	26
91	Barry	25
91	Clifford	25
91	Glen	25
91	Philip	25
95	Franklin	24
95	Kelly	24
95	Steve	24
95	Tommy	24
95	Wesley	24
100	Calvin	22
100	Dwayne	22