Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	716
2	James	659
3	David	551
4	Robert	550
5	John	523
6	William	430
7	Charles	329
8	Brian	316
9	Richard	314
10	Christopher	298
11	Mark	296
12	Timothy	250
13	Joseph	241
14	Kevin	240
15	Jeffrey	237
16	Thomas	228
17	Steven	223
18	Scott	185
19	Paul	173
20	Eric	170
21	Gregory	160
22	Kenneth	157
23	Jason	155
23	Matthew	155
25	Ronald	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	147
27	Gary	144
28	Jerry	140
29	Stephen	139
30	Larry	135
31	Donald	130
32	Roger	118
33	Anthony	111
34	Douglas	102
35	Edward	92
35	Shawn	92
37	Todd	88
38	Rodney	87
39	Jeffery	85
40	George	76
41	Jonathan	74
42	Patrick	73
43	Terry	71
44	Billy	69
44	Dennis	69
46	Bryan	68
46	Keith	68
48	Bradley	67
49	Samuel	66
50	Bobby	64
51	Carl	61
51	Harold	61
53	Randall	59
54	Russell	56
55	Johnny	54
56	Aaron	53
57	Danny	52
57	Sean	52
59	Andrew	51
59	Craig	51
61	Chad	50
62	Raymond	47
62	Tony	47
64	Randy	45
65	Roy	44
66	Darrell	43
66	Troy	43
68	Ricky	42
69	Phillip	38
70	Dale	37
71	Frank	36
72	Bruce	35
72	Jay	35
72	Jon	35
75	Allen	34
75	Philip	34
77	Brent	33
78	Ronnie	32
79	Franklin	31
79	Jack	31
79	Jimmy	31
82	Darren	30
82	Shannon	30
82	Walter	30
85	Gerald	29
85	Harry	29
85	Ralph	29
85	Wayne	29
89	Albert	28
89	Jeremy	28
91	Frederick	27
92	Clifford	26
92	Jamie	26
92	Jody	26
95	Brett	25
95	Curtis	25
95	Derek	25
98	Barry	24
98	Earl	24
98	Marvin	24
98	Nathan	24
98	Travis	24