Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 1998

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	276
3	Tyler	208
4	Brandon	203
5	Michael	199
6	Matthew	195
7	Zachary	192
8	Joshua	181
9	Christopher	163
10	William	157
11	James	152
12	Hunter	143
13	Ryan	137
14	Joseph	134
15	Nicholas	131
16	Cody	125
16	Logan	125
18	Andrew	124
19	Dylan	118
19	Justin	118
21	John	114
21	Robert	114
23	Dakota	110
24	Caleb	108
25	Jordan	96

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	94
27	David	90
28	Daniel	85
29	Noah	83
30	Jonathan	81
31	Ethan	80
31	Samuel	80
33	Benjamin	79
34	Cameron	74
34	Thomas	74
36	Alexander	70
37	Seth	68
38	Aaron	67
38	Christian	67
38	Nathan	67
41	Timothy	64
42	Dalton	61
42	Kyle	61
44	Trevor	60
45	Jared	58
46	Steven	57
47	Charles	55
47	Corey	55
49	Chase	54
49	Dustin	54
51	Adam	51
51	Travis	51
53	Brian	49
53	Devin	49
55	Garrett	47
55	Richard	47
57	Elijah	45
57	Tanner	45
59	Kevin	44
59	Levi	44
59	Nathaniel	44
62	Jeremy	43
63	Isaac	40
63	Jason	40
65	Shawn	39
66	Colton	38
66	Evan	38
66	Kenneth	38
69	Cole	37
70	Stephen	36
71	Bryce	35
71	Sean	35
71	Shane	35
74	Alex	34
75	Jeffrey	33
76	Eric	32
76	Kaleb	32
76	Mason	32
79	Bradley	31
79	Isaiah	31
79	Lucas	31
79	Patrick	31
79	Tristan	31
84	Cory	28
84	Ian	28
86	Derek	27
86	Jesse	27
86	Johnathan	27
89	Wesley	26
90	Brett	24
90	Devon	24
92	Chad	23
92	Mark	23
92	Taylor	23
95	Donald	22
95	Luke	22
97	Blake	21
97	Casey	21
97	Colby	21
97	Dillon	21
97	Jeremiah	21
97	Trenton	21
97	Wyatt	21