Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	708
2	Michael	676
3	David	555
4	John	522
5	Robert	494
6	William	473
7	Christopher	451
8	Brian	371
9	Charles	294
10	Kevin	257
11	Richard	256
12	Jeffrey	251
13	Mark	250
14	Timothy	245
15	Jason	230
16	Steven	229
17	Scott	227
18	Thomas	218
19	Joseph	204
20	Eric	195
21	Gregory	177
22	Matthew	171
23	Paul	165
24	Larry	159
25	Kenneth	154

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	153
27	Stephen	148
28	Daniel	142
29	Donald	140
30	Ronald	131
31	Roger	125
32	Shawn	124
33	Jerry	122
34	Anthony	118
35	George	107
36	Douglas	90
36	Rodney	90
38	Terry	88
39	Chad	87
40	Keith	82
41	Jeffery	80
42	Patrick	78
43	Edward	77
44	Todd	76
45	Jonathan	75
46	Billy	71
47	Danny	65
47	Jeremy	65
49	Bryan	64
50	Aaron	62
50	Bradley	62
50	Carl	62
53	Dennis	61
54	Roy	59
55	Johnny	58
55	Russell	58
57	Bobby	57
57	Samuel	57
59	Andrew	56
59	Raymond	56
61	Sean	52
62	Randall	50
63	Darrell	49
64	Randy	48
65	Craig	45
65	Frank	45
65	Jamie	45
65	Phillip	45
69	Ricky	44
69	Ronnie	44
69	Tony	44
72	Curtis	43
73	Philip	41
74	Benjamin	39
75	Shane	38
75	Tracy	38
77	Allen	36
77	Dale	36
77	Jody	36
77	Troy	36
81	Walter	34
81	Wayne	34
83	Travis	33
84	Barry	32
84	Brent	32
86	Jackie	31
87	Harold	30
88	Chris	29
88	Gerald	29
88	Jimmy	29
88	Tommy	29
92	Adam	28
92	Jon	28
94	Franklin	27
94	Ryan	27
96	Jack	26
96	Lawrence	26
96	Marcus	26
99	Howard	25
99	Kelly	25
99	Nathan	25
99	Stanley	25