Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	718
2	Michael	573
3	Christopher	536
4	James	502
5	David	448
6	Joshua	412
7	John	398
8	Jeremy	378
9	Robert	341
10	Matthew	339
11	William	284
12	Joseph	274
13	Brian	269
14	Timothy	252
15	Charles	235
16	Daniel	193
16	Eric	193
18	Steven	186
19	Adam	166
20	Thomas	164
21	Richard	163
22	Kevin	160
23	Chad	159
24	Jonathan	157
25	Justin	156

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Travis	137
27	Aaron	129
28	Jeffrey	128
29	Nicholas	125
30	Anthony	124
31	Mark	122
32	Andrew	114
32	Ryan	114
34	Benjamin	111
35	Scott	104
36	Paul	101
36	Stephen	101
38	Brandon	99
39	Gregory	96
39	Nathan	96
41	Gary	94
42	Shawn	92
43	Patrick	86
44	Kenneth	83
45	Donald	82
46	Douglas	79
47	Larry	77
48	Ronald	74
49	Bradley	73
50	Jerry	69
51	Billy	64
52	Jamie	60
53	Roger	59
53	Samuel	59
55	Terry	57
56	Jesse	56
57	Jeremiah	53
58	Jacob	52
58	Phillip	52
60	Craig	51
60	Keith	51
60	Shaun	51
63	Bryan	50
63	Carl	50
63	Edward	50
66	Brent	47
67	Dennis	44
68	Zachary	43
69	Bobby	42
69	Derek	42
71	Philip	41
72	George	40
72	Jared	40
72	Ricky	40
72	Todd	40
76	Danny	39
77	Rodney	37
77	Wesley	37
79	Seth	36
80	Roy	35
81	Curtis	34
82	Shannon	33
83	Randall	32
83	Randy	32
83	Russell	32
86	Johnny	31
87	Allen	30
87	Dustin	30
87	Shane	30
90	Erik	28
91	Harold	27
92	Raymond	26
93	Jeffery	25
93	Sean	25
93	Walter	25
96	Casey	24
96	Derrick	24
96	Frank	24
96	Joel	24
96	Lucas	24
96	Tony	24