Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	547
2	Christopher	451
3	Michael	436
4	Matthew	411
5	James	398
6	Justin	323
7	John	306
8	Jason	283
9	David	277
10	Robert	276
11	Brandon	271
12	Adam	262
13	William	247
14	Joseph	243
15	Jeremy	204
16	Daniel	198
17	Jonathan	195
18	Ryan	183
19	Timothy	175
20	Eric	172
21	Brian	168
22	Andrew	166
22	Charles	166
24	Thomas	150
25	Steven	142

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	129
27	Nicholas	121
28	Jeffrey	118
29	Richard	117
30	Aaron	116
31	Mark	112
32	Kevin	108
33	Benjamin	105
34	Stephen	104
35	Dustin	103
36	Nathan	100
37	Travis	95
38	Chad	91
39	Patrick	83
40	Derek	81
41	Gregory	77
42	Zachary	76
43	Jacob	71
44	Scott	65
45	Kenneth	61
45	Paul	61
47	Jesse	58
48	Shawn	56
49	Donald	55
49	Samuel	55
51	Bryan	50
51	Jared	50
53	Ronald	48
54	Sean	47
55	Tyler	44
56	Gary	43
57	Bradley	42
58	Douglas	41
59	Keith	38
59	Larry	38
61	George	37
62	Billy	35
62	Seth	35
62	Terry	35
65	Edward	33
65	Roger	33
67	Casey	32
67	Randy	32
67	Shane	32
70	Nathaniel	31
71	Derrick	30
71	Jeffery	30
71	Todd	30
74	Brent	29
74	Craig	29
76	Phillip	28
76	Wesley	28
78	Allen	27
78	Bobby	27
78	Jordan	27
78	Philip	27
82	Carl	26
82	Danny	26
84	Cody	25
84	Jamie	25
84	Jimmy	25
84	Ricky	25
88	Caleb	24
88	Jeremiah	24
88	Kyle	24
91	Brett	22
91	Jerry	22
93	Alex	21
93	Ian	21
95	Dennis	20
95	Frank	20
95	Marcus	20
95	Mitchell	20
95	Tony	20
100	Alexander	19
100	Roy	19