Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	457
2	Christopher	429
3	Michael	399
4	Matthew	380
5	James	324
6	Brandon	292
7	Justin	284
8	David	272
9	Robert	239
10	Andrew	236
11	John	231
12	William	216
13	Joseph	199
14	Adam	189
15	Jonathan	187
16	Jason	183
17	Charles	180
18	Ryan	179
19	Daniel	178
20	Jeremy	162
21	Zachary	146
22	Brian	144
23	Timothy	142
24	Dustin	129
25	Thomas	122

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	119
27	Travis	115
28	Aaron	109
29	Nicholas	108
30	Kevin	103
31	Mark	100
32	Nathan	96
32	Steven	96
34	Richard	95
35	Benjamin	92
35	Jeffrey	92
37	Derek	90
38	Anthony	88
38	Jacob	88
40	Kenneth	80
41	Stephen	78
42	Bryan	76
43	Gregory	74
44	Shawn	73
45	Patrick	70
46	Chad	65
47	Shane	64
48	Tyler	62
49	Jesse	57
50	Jordan	56
51	Scott	55
51	Sean	55
53	Jared	54
53	Kyle	54
55	Bradley	53
56	Ronald	52
57	Samuel	51
58	Paul	50
59	Corey	47
60	Gary	46
61	Terry	42
62	Cody	39
62	Cory	39
62	Nathaniel	39
65	Roger	37
66	Jerry	33
67	Billy	32
67	Brent	32
67	Wesley	32
70	Alexander	31
70	Craig	31
70	Derrick	31
70	Johnathan	31
70	Todd	31
75	Edward	30
76	Alex	29
76	Bobby	29
76	Casey	29
76	Phillip	29
80	Seth	28
81	Donald	27
82	Ricky	26
83	Brett	25
83	Curtis	25
83	George	25
83	Larry	25
83	Philip	25
83	Randall	25
89	Evan	24
89	Keith	24
89	Randy	24
92	Caleb	23
92	Douglas	23
94	Luke	22
95	Danny	21
95	Jeremiah	21
95	Raymond	21
98	Carl	20
98	Franklin	20
98	Mitchell	20
98	Rodney	20