Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	452
2	Christopher	393
3	Justin	387
4	Michael	369
5	Matthew	346
6	James	285
7	Brandon	257
8	David	241
9	Andrew	229
10	Robert	225
11	John	220
12	William	199
13	Jonathan	193
14	Joseph	181
15	Ryan	173
16	Adam	172
17	Daniel	158
17	Timothy	158
19	Zachary	153
20	Charles	141
21	Jason	140
22	Jeremy	134
23	Eric	128
24	Travis	121
25	Anthony	119

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	113
27	Dustin	112
28	Aaron	110
29	Steven	102
30	Derek	101
31	Mark	100
32	Nicholas	99
33	Kevin	98
34	Jacob	96
35	Benjamin	94
36	Jeffrey	93
37	Richard	92
38	Thomas	91
39	Tyler	80
40	Nathan	76
41	Gregory	75
41	Stephen	75
43	Shawn	74
44	Bradley	69
44	Kenneth	69
46	Chad	67
47	Patrick	66
48	Kyle	64
48	Shane	64
50	Cody	63
51	Corey	61
52	Bryan	60
53	Jordan	56
53	Samuel	56
55	Paul	53
55	Scott	53
57	Jesse	49
58	Jared	48
58	Seth	48
60	Donald	47
61	Gary	45
62	Cory	43
63	Nathaniel	41
63	Sean	41
65	Billy	39
65	Larry	39
67	Ronald	37
68	Alexander	34
68	Curtis	34
70	Alex	33
70	Jeffery	33
72	Bobby	32
73	Randy	31
73	Wesley	31
75	Douglas	30
76	Evan	29
77	Phillip	28
78	Logan	25
79	Brett	24
79	Edward	24
79	Jerry	24
82	Carl	23
82	Roger	23
82	Tony	23
85	George	22
85	Ian	22
85	Keith	22
85	Raymond	22
89	Danny	21
89	Derrick	21
89	Devin	21
89	Jeremiah	21
89	Mitchell	21
89	Philip	21
95	Brent	20
95	Casey	20
95	Randall	20
98	Dennis	19
98	Ricky	19
98	Terry	19
98	Todd	19