Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	664
2	Jason	645
3	James	519
4	Christopher	483
5	David	438
6	John	421
7	Robert	389
8	William	377
9	Brian	314
10	Matthew	284
11	Jeremy	255
12	Joseph	249
13	Charles	233
14	Eric	229
15	Kevin	202
16	Timothy	199
17	Richard	176
18	Steven	175
19	Chad	172
20	Thomas	166
21	Daniel	164
22	Mark	153
23	Joshua	148
24	Shawn	143
25	Jeffrey	133

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Stephen	133
27	Jonathan	125
28	Scott	120
29	Donald	110
30	Gregory	104
30	Larry	104
32	Paul	102
33	Benjamin	99
34	Aaron	96
34	Gary	96
36	Anthony	91
37	Kenneth	89
38	Roger	84
38	Ronald	84
40	Jamie	83
41	Adam	81
42	Jerry	80
43	Andrew	78
43	Ryan	78
45	Bryan	75
45	Travis	75
47	Billy	70
48	Patrick	68
49	Douglas	63
50	Brandon	62
50	Nathan	62
52	Keith	61
53	Terry	60
54	Bradley	59
55	Craig	58
55	Edward	58
57	Danny	57
58	George	55
59	Russell	54
60	Samuel	52
61	Shannon	51
62	Johnny	48
63	Todd	46
64	Rodney	44
65	Justin	43
66	Dennis	42
66	Phillip	42
66	Shane	42
69	Carl	41
69	Jesse	41
71	Bobby	40
71	Ricky	40
71	Wesley	40
74	Jeffery	38
75	Randy	37
76	Sean	36
77	Brent	35
78	Randall	34
79	Ronnie	32
80	Darrell	30
80	Jeremiah	30
80	Raymond	30
83	Allen	28
83	Roy	28
83	Tony	28
86	Dale	27
87	Harold	26
87	Howard	26
87	Jimmy	26
87	Troy	26
91	Jacob	25
91	Joel	25
93	Alan	23
93	Barry	23
93	Brett	23
93	Curtis	23
93	Micheal	23
98	Eddie	22
98	Franklin	22
100	Dustin	21