Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	587
2	Michael	527
3	Jason	468
4	James	451
5	Christopher	437
6	Matthew	396
7	David	356
8	Justin	345
9	John	341
10	Robert	339
11	Jeremy	308
12	William	275
13	Joseph	268
14	Jonathan	236
15	Brian	228
16	Charles	201
17	Timothy	195
18	Eric	178
19	Daniel	169
20	Adam	168
21	Ryan	165
22	Brandon	157
23	Andrew	155
24	Richard	152
25	Steven	139

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	131
26	Thomas	131
28	Aaron	128
29	Travis	125
30	Mark	122
31	Kevin	120
32	Benjamin	112
33	Anthony	103
34	Chad	102
35	Nicholas	100
36	Nathan	99
37	Paul	96
38	Shawn	95
39	Jesse	91
40	Stephen	89
41	Scott	88
42	Dustin	87
43	Gregory	84
44	Kenneth	77
45	Bradley	74
46	Gary	70
47	Donald	69
48	Derek	64
49	Bryan	61
50	Jared	59
50	Larry	59
50	Roger	59
53	Billy	58
54	Patrick	55
55	Ronald	53
55	Samuel	53
57	Edward	51
58	Zachary	50
59	Jacob	49
60	Jeremiah	45
60	Todd	45
62	Jerry	44
63	Terry	43
64	Jeffery	41
65	Seth	40
66	Brent	39
66	George	39
68	Douglas	38
68	Randall	38
70	Derrick	37
71	Jamie	36
72	Randy	35
73	Bobby	34
74	Carl	33
74	Curtis	33
74	Phillip	33
77	Craig	32
77	Philip	32
79	Wesley	31
80	Shane	29
81	Casey	28
81	Danny	28
81	Nathaniel	28
81	Russell	28
85	Dennis	27
85	Roy	27
85	Sean	27
88	Johnathan	26
89	Jimmy	25
89	Jordan	25
89	Ricky	25
92	Ian	24
92	Kyle	24
92	Micheal	24
92	Shaun	24
96	Corey	23
96	Ernest	23
96	Raymond	23
99	Clinton	22
100	Keith	21
100	Lucas	21
100	Mitchell	21
100	Tony	21