Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	577
2	Michael	508
3	Christopher	495
4	Jason	468
5	James	441
6	Matthew	406
7	David	362
8	Justin	354
9	Robert	320
10	John	308
11	Joseph	261
12	William	233
13	Jeremy	219
14	Jonathan	215
15	Brian	201
16	Brandon	191
16	Daniel	191
18	Charles	188
19	Ryan	178
20	Adam	176
21	Timothy	166
22	Eric	149
23	Andrew	147
24	Aaron	145
25	Richard	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	138
26	Steven	138
28	Travis	135
29	Jeffrey	132
29	Nicholas	132
31	Thomas	131
32	Chad	122
33	Mark	113
34	Benjamin	110
35	Nathan	107
36	Stephen	98
37	Dustin	92
37	Gregory	92
39	Kevin	91
40	Shawn	84
41	Paul	80
41	Zachary	80
43	Patrick	79
44	Derek	77
45	Kenneth	75
46	Jared	72
47	Scott	69
48	Larry	67
49	Bradley	61
49	Donald	61
49	Jesse	61
52	Ronald	60
53	Gary	59
54	Roger	55
55	Samuel	54
56	Jacob	52
57	Billy	50
57	Bryan	50
59	Jeremiah	49
60	Terry	47
61	Bobby	44
61	Phillip	44
63	Jerry	42
64	Wesley	40
65	Jamie	39
65	Keith	39
65	Todd	39
68	Brent	38
68	George	38
70	Nathaniel	37
71	Douglas	36
71	Jeffery	36
73	Danny	35
73	Edward	35
73	Shane	35
76	Sean	34
77	Shaun	33
78	Randall	32
79	Derrick	31
80	Curtis	30
80	Randy	30
80	Russell	30
83	Craig	29
83	Seth	29
85	Lucas	28
85	Rodney	28
87	Allen	27
87	Dennis	27
89	Carl	26
89	Micheal	26
89	Ricky	26
92	Casey	25
93	Brett	24
93	Raymond	24
95	Evan	23
95	Philip	23
97	Corey	22
97	Kyle	22
97	Noah	22
97	Roy	22