Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	717
2	James	608
3	Christopher	533
4	David	506
5	John	505
6	Robert	492
7	Brian	441
8	William	378
9	Charles	294
10	Jason	259
11	Steven	254
12	Mark	248
13	Kevin	241
14	Richard	240
15	Jeffrey	217
16	Eric	216
17	Timothy	213
18	Thomas	207
19	Joseph	202
20	Matthew	173
21	Scott	171
22	Gregory	165
23	Ronald	149
24	Gary	140
25	Shawn	138

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	137
27	Daniel	136
27	Larry	136
29	Stephen	135
30	Chad	130
31	Anthony	127
31	Paul	127
33	Donald	117
34	Roger	111
35	Jonathan	98
36	Jerry	95
37	Edward	83
37	Todd	83
39	Aaron	79
40	Douglas	77
41	Bryan	74
42	George	72
43	Billy	70
43	Rodney	70
45	Danny	69
45	Keith	69
47	Patrick	66
48	Terry	65
49	Samuel	62
50	Raymond	57
51	Jeffery	53
52	Jamie	52
52	Randall	52
54	Carl	51
54	Craig	51
56	Andrew	49
56	Bobby	49
56	Russell	49
59	Dennis	48
60	Jeremy	47
60	Ryan	47
62	Bradley	46
63	Harold	43
63	Sean	43
65	Phillip	42
65	Randy	42
65	Roy	42
65	Troy	42
69	Benjamin	41
70	Frank	40
70	Johnny	40
70	Shane	40
70	Tracy	40
74	Brent	39
74	Shannon	39
74	Travis	39
77	Jimmy	37
78	Darrell	36
79	Allen	35
79	Walter	35
81	Curtis	34
81	Franklin	34
81	Joshua	34
84	Ralph	33
85	Jack	32
85	Ricky	32
87	Tony	31
88	Brandon	30
89	Ronnie	29
90	Adam	28
90	Micheal	28
90	Nathan	28
93	Tommy	27
94	Bruce	26
94	Wayne	26
96	Gerald	25
97	Barry	24
97	Brett	24
97	Frederick	24
97	Harry	24
97	Howard	24
97	Jackie	24