Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	727
2	Michael	637
3	James	541
4	Christopher	524
5	David	459
6	Robert	387
7	Brian	368
7	William	368
9	John	355
10	Matthew	306
11	Jeremy	299
12	Joseph	267
13	Charles	256
14	Eric	221
15	Kevin	217
16	Joshua	210
16	Richard	210
18	Thomas	204
19	Timothy	194
20	Steven	177
21	Daniel	170
22	Jeffrey	158
23	Mark	155
24	Chad	153
25	Shawn	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	147
27	Benjamin	144
28	Aaron	132
29	Paul	129
30	Anthony	128
31	Ryan	125
32	Andrew	116
32	Donald	116
34	Gregory	114
34	Scott	114
36	Kenneth	109
37	Gary	108
38	Adam	107
39	Nathan	103
40	Stephen	97
41	Larry	95
42	Roger	90
43	Ronald	80
44	Travis	77
45	George	76
46	Justin	75
47	Jerry	73
47	Samuel	73
49	Bryan	69
50	Wesley	68
51	Patrick	65
52	Billy	62
53	Douglas	60
53	Todd	60
55	Bradley	59
55	Brandon	59
55	Edward	59
55	Jamie	59
55	Jeremiah	59
60	Danny	56
60	Keith	56
62	Bobby	50
62	Terry	50
64	Russell	45
65	Raymond	43
65	Shannon	43
67	Brent	42
67	Craig	42
69	Randy	41
70	Jacob	40
70	Shane	40
72	Sean	39
73	Corey	38
74	Johnny	37
74	Kristopher	37
74	Randall	37
74	Rodney	37
78	Harold	36
78	Jesse	36
80	Roy	35
81	Allen	32
81	Dennis	32
81	Tony	32
84	Carl	31
84	Jeffery	31
84	Jimmy	31
84	Philip	31
84	Phillip	31
89	Curtis	30
90	Jared	29
90	Ricky	29
92	Derek	28
92	Ernest	28
92	Nicholas	28
92	Zachary	28
96	Darrell	27
96	Micheal	27
96	Tommy	27
99	Frank	26
99	Jody	26
99	Ronnie	26