Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	615
2	Joshua	542
3	Michael	531
4	Christopher	488
5	James	482
6	David	390
7	Matthew	376
8	John	365
9	Jeremy	328
10	Robert	322
11	William	318
12	Joseph	287
13	Justin	279
14	Brian	262
15	Timothy	231
16	Jonathan	224
17	Adam	218
18	Charles	212
19	Eric	202
20	Daniel	191
21	Thomas	168
22	Richard	167
23	Steven	164
24	Ryan	160
25	Aaron	152

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	151
27	Jeffrey	149
28	Chad	147
29	Mark	144
30	Nicholas	140
31	Travis	138
32	Benjamin	132
33	Kevin	119
34	Brandon	116
35	Nathan	113
36	Anthony	104
37	Stephen	102
38	Derek	96
39	Shawn	95
40	Gary	92
41	Donald	91
41	Kenneth	91
43	Scott	90
44	Gregory	86
45	Paul	84
46	Patrick	82
47	Larry	73
48	Roger	70
49	Jesse	69
50	Ronald	68
51	Bradley	67
52	Dustin	65
53	Douglas	59
54	Terry	58
55	Samuel	57
56	Jeremiah	54
57	Billy	50
58	Bryan	49
59	George	48
59	Jerry	48
61	Jacob	46
62	Jeffery	45
63	Edward	44
63	Phillip	44
65	Shane	43
65	Todd	43
67	Jamie	42
67	Jared	42
67	Zachary	42
70	Brent	41
70	Randy	41
72	Philip	39
72	Randall	39
74	Wesley	38
75	Danny	37
76	Bobby	36
76	Craig	36
78	Carl	35
78	Tony	35
80	Curtis	33
80	Keith	33
82	Derrick	32
83	Roy	31
84	Ricky	30
84	Russell	30
86	Erik	29
86	Jon	29
88	Dennis	28
88	Luke	28
88	Sean	28
91	Raymond	27
92	Corey	26
92	Shaun	26
94	Kristopher	25
94	Rodney	25
94	Seth	25
97	Allen	24
97	Brad	24
97	Lucas	24
97	Nathaniel	24