Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	528
2	Joshua	512
3	Michael	476
4	Matthew	469
5	Jason	371
6	James	364
7	David	341
8	Justin	319
9	John	306
10	Robert	285
11	William	280
12	Joseph	272
13	Jonathan	229
14	Brandon	225
15	Adam	219
16	Brian	213
17	Daniel	207
18	Jeremy	206
19	Charles	184
20	Andrew	181
21	Timothy	171
22	Eric	170
22	Ryan	170
24	Thomas	142
25	Aaron	141

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	136
27	Steven	134
28	Mark	128
29	Anthony	127
30	Richard	125
31	Nicholas	117
31	Travis	117
33	Dustin	103
33	Kevin	103
35	Stephen	102
36	Nathan	98
37	Chad	97
38	Kenneth	96
39	Benjamin	86
40	Zachary	83
41	Gregory	79
42	Patrick	77
43	Derek	75
44	Shawn	73
45	Scott	70
46	Jacob	68
47	Paul	66
48	Donald	62
49	Bryan	59
50	Bradley	57
51	Jesse	54
52	Jared	53
52	Ronald	53
54	Samuel	52
55	Gary	49
55	Larry	49
55	Nathaniel	49
58	Sean	48
58	Seth	48
60	George	47
61	Randall	43
62	Douglas	42
63	Phillip	41
64	Edward	38
64	Terry	38
64	Wesley	38
67	Roger	37
68	Keith	36
69	Billy	34
69	Jeremiah	34
71	Dennis	33
71	Kyle	33
73	Brett	31
73	Corey	31
73	Craig	31
76	Brent	30
76	Philip	30
78	Bobby	29
78	Carl	29
78	Jerry	29
81	Danny	28
81	Derrick	28
81	Shane	28
81	Tyler	28
85	Jordan	27
85	Randy	27
87	Casey	26
87	Jimmy	26
87	Russell	26
90	Jeffery	25
90	Ricky	25
92	Curtis	24
92	Rodney	24
94	Alan	23
94	Evan	23
96	Luke	21
96	Micheal	21
96	Raymond	21
99	Cody	20
99	Johnathan	20
99	Lucas	20