Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	661
2	Michael	626
3	James	570
4	Christopher	469
5	David	421
6	Robert	361
7	John	360
8	Matthew	345
9	Jeremy	336
10	Joshua	318
11	William	315
12	Brian	278
13	Timothy	258
14	Joseph	256
15	Charles	244
16	Eric	208
17	Steven	176
18	Richard	175
19	Daniel	171
19	Thomas	171
21	Mark	170
22	Chad	158
22	Jeffrey	158
24	Kevin	154
25	Shawn	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	129
27	Aaron	128
27	Adam	128
29	Anthony	126
30	Justin	121
31	Nicholas	120
32	Kenneth	116
33	Ryan	115
34	Andrew	111
34	Scott	111
36	Benjamin	108
36	Travis	108
38	Paul	102
39	Stephen	101
40	Gregory	92
40	Ronald	92
42	Gary	90
43	Nathan	86
44	Donald	82
45	Patrick	78
46	Samuel	76
47	Bryan	72
48	Brandon	69
48	Larry	69
50	Bradley	63
51	Roger	62
52	Jamie	61
53	George	59
54	Jerry	55
55	Shaun	53
56	Douglas	51
57	Jeffery	49
57	Rodney	49
59	Shane	48
60	Billy	47
60	Ricky	47
60	Todd	47
63	Dennis	46
63	Edward	46
65	Phillip	45
66	Jesse	44
67	Wesley	43
68	Craig	42
68	Randy	42
70	Keith	41
70	Terry	41
72	Bobby	39
72	Danny	39
72	Sean	39
75	Corey	38
75	Randall	38
77	Nathaniel	36
78	Carl	35
78	Curtis	35
78	Jacob	35
78	Jeremiah	35
78	Raymond	35
78	Ronnie	35
84	Johnny	34
85	Jared	33
85	Roy	33
85	Russell	33
88	Philip	32
88	Zachary	32
90	Brent	31
91	Dustin	30
92	Casey	29
92	Shannon	29
94	Darrell	27
94	Kristopher	27
96	Seth	26
97	Derek	25
97	Jimmy	25
99	Allen	24
99	Frank	24
99	Franklin	24