Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	624
2	Michael	570
3	Christopher	535
4	David	465
5	John	451
6	Robert	435
7	Jason	407
8	Brian	397
9	William	388
10	Charles	270
11	Matthew	243
12	Kevin	235
13	Richard	220
14	Mark	209
15	Eric	202
16	Thomas	200
17	Steven	198
18	Joseph	193
19	Timothy	178
20	Jeffrey	174
21	Shawn	159
22	Daniel	150
23	Paul	144
24	Chad	139
25	Donald	132

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Scott	132
27	Anthony	126
28	Larry	123
29	Gregory	118
30	Ronald	114
31	Gary	112
31	Stephen	112
33	Kenneth	110
34	Jonathan	103
35	Roger	101
36	Jerry	99
37	Jeremy	84
38	Bryan	81
39	Andrew	78
39	George	78
41	Douglas	74
42	Terry	67
43	Craig	66
43	Keith	66
43	Rodney	66
43	Travis	66
47	Aaron	64
47	Jamie	64
47	Samuel	64
50	Dennis	62
51	Patrick	60
52	Adam	57
53	Todd	56
54	Phillip	54
55	Edward	53
55	Shane	53
57	Joshua	52
58	Billy	51
58	Ryan	51
60	Benjamin	50
60	Danny	50
62	Sean	49
63	Bobby	48
64	Jeffery	47
65	Raymond	46
66	Randall	41
67	Bradley	40
68	Brent	39
68	Carl	39
68	Johnny	39
68	Nathan	39
72	Tracy	38
73	Harold	37
73	Russell	37
75	Randy	36
76	Jimmy	34
77	Troy	33
78	Brandon	32
79	Jack	31
79	Lawrence	31
79	Roy	31
82	Frank	29
82	Ronnie	29
84	Curtis	28
84	Shannon	28
86	Micheal	27
86	Ricky	27
86	Tony	27
89	Walter	26
90	Jay	25
91	Allen	24
92	Dale	23
92	Harry	23
92	Philip	23
95	Frederick	22
95	Howard	22
95	Ralph	22
98	Darrell	21
98	Ernest	21
98	Glenn	21