Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1969

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	651
2	Michael	634
3	David	597
4	John	537
5	Robert	525
6	William	459
7	Brian	339
8	Mark	335
9	Charles	330
10	Richard	294
11	Jeffrey	290
12	Timothy	256
13	Thomas	236
14	Christopher	218
15	Steven	211
16	Gregory	208
17	Kevin	206
18	Joseph	197
19	Scott	178
20	Paul	168
21	Gary	161
22	Daniel	147
23	Kenneth	146
24	Ronald	144
25	Eric	136

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Larry	136
27	Donald	135
28	Jerry	126
28	Matthew	126
28	Stephen	126
31	Douglas	108
32	Roger	107
33	Todd	101
34	Anthony	95
35	George	93
36	Patrick	91
37	Terry	89
38	Shawn	85
39	Edward	83
40	Russell	73
41	Danny	72
42	Rodney	71
43	Bryan	70
44	Jeffery	68
44	Randy	68
46	Jason	66
47	Billy	62
48	Dennis	61
49	Keith	60
49	Roy	60
51	Randall	59
52	Johnny	55
52	Jonathan	55
54	Carl	54
55	Bradley	53
55	Craig	53
55	Jimmy	53
58	Phillip	51
58	Ricky	51
60	Troy	50
61	Andrew	48
62	Samuel	47
63	Philip	46
63	Tony	46
65	Harold	44
65	Raymond	44
67	Sean	42
68	Bobby	40
69	Ralph	39
70	Bruce	37
71	Aaron	36
72	Frank	34
72	Jack	34
72	Ronnie	34
72	Walter	34
76	Curtis	33
76	Jay	33
78	Barry	32
79	Chad	31
79	Chris	31
79	Wayne	31
82	Darrell	30
82	Jackie	30
82	Jon	30
82	Lawrence	30
86	Brent	29
86	Darren	29
86	Ernest	29
86	Glenn	29
86	Micheal	29
91	Dwayne	28
92	Dale	27
92	Earl	27
94	Gerald	26
94	Henry	26
96	Lonnie	25
96	Marvin	25
96	Tommy	25
99	Alan	24
99	Franklin	24
99	Steve	24