Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Tyler	281
2	Jacob	271
3	Austin	256
4	Zachary	249
5	Brandon	228
6	Joshua	226
7	Michael	211
8	Cody	201
9	James	181
10	Christopher	171
11	William	167
12	Matthew	158
13	Justin	154
14	John	153
15	David	136
16	Andrew	133
17	Nicholas	131
18	Ryan	129
19	Robert	125
20	Logan	121
21	Joseph	106
22	Dakota	103
22	Daniel	103
24	Jordan	96
25	Thomas	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dylan	93
27	Jonathan	91
28	Aaron	90
29	Charles	87
29	Hunter	87
31	Anthony	85
32	Dustin	82
32	Timothy	82
34	Alexander	78
35	Adam	77
35	Caleb	77
37	Samuel	73
38	Benjamin	70
39	Nathan	69
40	Kyle	68
41	Christian	64
42	Corey	63
43	Steven	62
44	Brian	60
45	Travis	54
46	Eric	53
46	Jesse	53
48	Richard	52
49	Noah	50
50	Seth	49
50	Trevor	49
52	Cameron	48
52	Ethan	48
54	Jared	47
54	Jeremy	47
56	Alex	46
56	Chase	46
56	Mark	46
59	Shawn	44
60	Colton	43
61	Garrett	42
61	Jason	42
61	Levi	42
61	Tristan	42
65	Bradley	40
65	Nathaniel	40
67	Dalton	39
68	Jeffrey	36
68	Patrick	36
70	Derek	35
70	Devin	35
72	Kevin	34
72	Lucas	34
72	Luke	34
75	Stephen	33
76	Bryan	31
76	Gregory	31
76	Paul	31
76	Shane	31
76	Tanner	31
81	Elijah	30
81	Evan	30
83	Isaac	28
83	Sean	28
85	Casey	25
85	Chad	25
87	Cory	24
87	Marcus	24
87	Taylor	24
87	Wesley	24
91	Chance	23
91	Donald	23
93	Kaleb	22
93	Kenneth	22
93	Mason	22
93	Roger	22
97	Blake	21
97	Brett	21
99	Brady	20
99	Cole	20
99	Collin	20
99	Preston	20
99	Zackary	20