Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	299
2	Austin	261
2	Brandon	261
4	Tyler	260
5	Michael	215
6	Christopher	197
7	Joshua	196
8	Zachary	189
9	Matthew	177
10	James	175
11	Andrew	162
12	William	160
13	Ryan	159
14	Nicholas	146
15	Joseph	145
16	Cody	134
17	Logan	131
18	Justin	123
19	Dakota	120
20	David	115
20	John	115
22	Jonathan	112
23	Robert	107
24	Hunter	102
25	Dylan	100

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Caleb	95
27	Jordan	90
28	Daniel	88
29	Kyle	77
30	Adam	76
31	Charles	74
32	Nathan	73
33	Aaron	71
33	Dustin	71
35	Travis	69
36	Benjamin	67
37	Samuel	66
37	Steven	66
39	Alexander	65
39	Anthony	65
39	Thomas	65
39	Timothy	65
43	Chase	64
43	Seth	64
45	Ethan	61
46	Christian	58
47	Shawn	56
48	Noah	55
49	Jared	54
49	Nathaniel	54
51	Eric	52
52	Devin	47
52	Patrick	47
52	Tanner	47
55	Brian	45
55	Garrett	45
57	Corey	44
57	Isaac	44
57	Trevor	44
60	Lucas	43
60	Richard	43
62	Colton	42
62	Luke	42
64	Cameron	41
64	Jason	41
66	Isaiah	39
66	Kevin	39
66	Levi	39
66	Stephen	39
70	Tristan	38
71	Jeremy	37
72	Evan	35
72	Jeffrey	35
72	Sean	35
75	Bradley	34
75	Jesse	34
75	Mason	34
75	Paul	34
75	Shane	34
80	Cole	33
81	Alex	32
81	Cory	32
83	Derek	31
83	Kenneth	31
85	Devon	30
85	Mark	30
87	Dalton	28
88	Ian	26
88	Scott	26
90	Blake	25
90	Gary	25
90	Gregory	25
93	Brett	24
93	Wesley	24
95	Bryan	23
95	Trenton	23
97	Brady	22
97	Dillon	22
99	Collin	21
99	Johnathan	21
99	Taylor	21