Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	462
2	Justin	412
3	Michael	336
4	Christopher	333
5	Matthew	288
6	James	285
7	Robert	239
8	Andrew	223
9	David	213
10	Brandon	205
11	William	200
12	John	193
13	Zachary	188
14	Ryan	171
15	Joseph	162
16	Jonathan	151
17	Timothy	150
18	Jeremy	149
19	Aaron	141
20	Adam	137
20	Charles	137
22	Daniel	130
23	Nicholas	125
24	Thomas	122
25	Jason	118

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	117
27	Dustin	115
28	Brian	114
29	Eric	111
30	Benjamin	108
31	Nathan	107
32	Anthony	103
32	Kevin	103
34	Travis	102
35	Cody	101
36	Jacob	99
37	Mark	93
37	Tyler	93
39	Jeffrey	91
40	Derek	85
41	Corey	83
42	Chad	79
43	Richard	77
44	Shane	75
45	Shawn	69
46	Bradley	68
47	Patrick	66
47	Stephen	66
49	Gregory	64
50	Cory	61
51	Wesley	57
52	Jesse	56
52	Jordan	56
54	Jared	55
55	Kenneth	54
56	Kyle	51
57	Donald	49
58	Sean	44
59	Nathaniel	43
59	Paul	43
61	Gary	40
61	Samuel	40
63	Scott	39
64	Seth	38
65	Ronald	37
66	Bryan	36
67	Alexander	35
67	Evan	35
69	Cameron	34
70	Casey	33
70	Jeremiah	33
72	Phillip	30
73	Luke	29
74	George	28
74	Jeffery	28
74	Keith	28
74	Randy	28
74	Roger	28
79	Billy	27
80	Brent	26
80	Philip	26
82	Allen	24
82	Brett	24
82	Douglas	24
82	Edward	24
82	Lucas	24
87	Craig	23
87	Curtis	23
87	Jerry	23
87	Johnathan	23
87	Terry	23
92	Alex	22
92	Caleb	22
92	Larry	22
92	Randall	22
96	Derrick	21
97	Ian	20
97	Marcus	20
99	Bobby	19
99	Dennis	19
99	Jamie	19
99	Trevor	19