Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1989

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	445
2	Christopher	393
3	Justin	381
4	Michael	326
5	Matthew	298
6	James	265
7	David	229
8	Robert	221
9	Andrew	206
10	William	204
11	Brandon	202
12	Joseph	186
13	John	178
14	Zachary	174
15	Ryan	162
16	Adam	149
17	Charles	137
18	Jeremy	136
18	Jonathan	136
18	Timothy	136
21	Aaron	128
21	Daniel	128
21	Travis	128
24	Dustin	127
25	Nicholas	123

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	122
27	Nathan	120
28	Anthony	114
29	Eric	108
30	Thomas	104
31	Brian	100
32	Benjamin	98
32	Tyler	98
34	Derek	96
34	Kevin	96
36	Cody	93
36	Jacob	93
38	Jason	82
39	Richard	81
40	Kyle	79
41	Corey	76
41	Mark	76
43	Shawn	74
44	Samuel	71
45	Stephen	70
46	Kenneth	67
47	Jeffrey	64
47	Patrick	64
49	Jordan	61
50	Jesse	57
50	Shane	57
52	Cory	55
53	Bradley	54
53	Jared	54
55	Bryan	48
55	Chad	48
55	Seth	48
58	Paul	45
59	Scott	44
60	Caleb	43
60	Gregory	43
62	Alexander	41
63	Nathaniel	40
64	Donald	38
64	Ethan	38
66	Roger	35
67	Sean	34
68	Evan	32
68	Logan	32
70	Brett	31
70	Johnathan	31
70	Phillip	31
70	Ronald	31
74	Larry	30
75	Cameron	29
76	Carl	28
76	Gary	28
76	Terry	28
79	Wesley	27
80	Alex	26
80	Craig	26
80	Derrick	26
80	Douglas	26
84	Austin	24
84	Ian	24
84	Jeffery	24
87	Allen	23
87	Billy	23
87	Casey	23
87	Jamie	23
87	Keith	23
87	Taylor	23
93	Randy	22
94	Jerry	21
94	Lucas	21
96	Jonathon	20
96	Levi	20
98	Bobby	19
98	Curtis	19
98	Edward	19
98	Garrett	19
98	Luke	19
98	Micheal	19
98	Todd	19