Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1975

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	669
2	Jason	568
3	James	549
4	Christopher	516
5	David	443
6	John	398
7	Robert	373
8	William	338
9	Brian	311
10	Matthew	261
11	Charles	244
12	Joseph	238
13	Steven	215
14	Kevin	200
15	Richard	195
16	Eric	192
17	Chad	185
18	Timothy	171
19	Mark	166
20	Thomas	158
21	Jeffrey	155
21	Shawn	155
23	Daniel	150
24	Scott	141
25	Jeremy	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	128
27	Joshua	121
28	Paul	120
29	Jonathan	117
30	Larry	114
30	Stephen	114
32	Donald	111
32	Roger	111
34	Aaron	108
34	Anthony	108
36	Ronald	94
37	Jerry	93
38	Kenneth	92
39	Gregory	91
40	Jamie	83
41	Ryan	81
42	Andrew	79
43	Todd	77
44	Benjamin	75
45	Travis	71
46	Adam	70
47	Edward	69
48	Danny	67
49	Terry	66
50	Samuel	64
51	Billy	63
52	Bryan	62
52	Douglas	62
52	Nathan	62
55	Craig	61
56	George	60
57	Patrick	59
58	Phillip	57
59	Bobby	56
60	Keith	52
61	Roy	50
62	Rodney	47
62	Shane	47
64	Jeffery	45
65	Bradley	43
65	Justin	43
65	Shannon	43
68	Brandon	42
69	Randall	41
69	Sean	41
71	Johnny	39
72	Jesse	38
72	Randy	38
72	Russell	38
75	Dennis	35
75	Tony	35
77	Frank	34
77	Harold	34
79	Raymond	33
80	Allen	32
80	Carl	32
82	Brent	31
82	Jimmy	31
84	Curtis	30
85	Bruce	29
85	Tommy	29
87	Darrell	28
88	Micheal	26
89	Ernest	25
89	Philip	25
91	Jon	24
92	Earl	23
92	Ricky	23
92	Ronnie	23
95	Dale	22
95	Ralph	22
97	Alan	21
97	Howard	21
97	Jay	21
97	Troy	21