Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	645
2	James	576
3	Jason	520
4	Christopher	477
5	David	434
6	John	411
7	Brian	390
8	Robert	367
9	William	356
10	Charles	256
11	Matthew	231
12	Joseph	214
13	Kevin	204
14	Steven	199
15	Timothy	197
16	Richard	191
17	Eric	181
17	Jeffrey	181
19	Thomas	175
20	Mark	163
21	Daniel	162
22	Shawn	140
23	Jeremy	128
24	Paul	123
24	Stephen	123

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	122
27	Chad	121
28	Ronald	120
28	Scott	120
30	Kenneth	117
31	Anthony	115
32	Gary	112
32	Jonathan	112
32	Larry	112
35	Donald	105
36	Roger	90
37	Aaron	88
38	Joshua	87
39	Jerry	82
40	Douglas	77
41	Edward	74
42	Billy	71
42	Patrick	71
42	Ryan	71
45	George	66
46	Terry	65
47	Adam	63
48	Andrew	62
49	Benjamin	59
49	Bradley	59
49	Bryan	59
49	Samuel	59
53	Todd	56
54	Randall	54
54	Travis	54
56	Danny	53
57	Jeffery	51
57	Shane	51
59	Jamie	50
59	Rodney	50
61	Carl	48
61	Craig	48
63	Nathan	45
64	Dennis	44
65	Phillip	43
66	Randy	42
66	Russell	42
66	Sean	42
69	Roy	41
70	Justin	39
70	Keith	39
72	Johnny	36
72	Raymond	36
74	Brandon	35
75	Jimmy	33
76	Bobby	32
76	Curtis	32
76	Harold	32
76	Micheal	32
76	Shannon	32
81	Brent	30
81	Philip	30
81	Ricky	30
84	Tracy	29
85	Tony	28
86	Darrell	27
87	Bruce	25
87	Frank	25
87	Tommy	25
87	Troy	25
87	Walter	25
92	Dale	24
92	Harry	24
92	Jon	24
92	Ronnie	24
96	Allen	22
96	Ernest	22
96	Franklin	22
96	Henry	22
96	Jesse	22
96	Lawrence	22
96	Marcus	22