Most popular boys’ names in West Virginia, 2002

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	268
2	Austin	190
3	Hunter	187
4	Ethan	176
5	James	166
6	Christopher	155
7	Logan	152
8	Tyler	147
9	Joshua	137
9	Matthew	137
9	Zachary	137
12	Andrew	136
13	Michael	130
13	William	130
15	Nicholas	125
16	Joseph	120
17	Dylan	116
18	Caleb	111
19	Brandon	110
20	John	107
21	David	98
21	Ryan	98
23	Nathan	96
24	Isaac	95
25	Dakota	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Noah	90
27	Cameron	88
28	Robert	87
29	Samuel	86
30	Elijah	83
31	Justin	79
32	Daniel	78
33	Alexander	72
34	Jordan	71
35	Christian	70
36	Isaiah	69
36	Jonathan	69
38	Gavin	68
38	Seth	68
40	Thomas	66
41	Anthony	65
41	Cody	65
43	Jason	62
44	Chase	61
45	Garrett	58
46	Benjamin	57
47	Gabriel	56
47	Mason	56
49	Nathaniel	55
50	Aaron	54
50	Charles	54
50	Luke	54
53	Timothy	53
54	Adam	50
54	Blake	50
56	Ian	48
56	Kyle	48
58	Devin	46
59	Levi	45
60	Trevor	44
61	Alex	43
62	Cole	41
62	Dalton	41
64	Colton	40
65	Gage	37
65	Lucas	37
65	Steven	37
68	Dustin	36
68	Eric	36
68	Evan	36
68	Stephen	36
68	Tanner	36
73	Brayden	35
73	Jared	35
75	Trenton	34
75	Wyatt	34
77	Bradley	32
77	Jackson	32
79	Corey	31
79	Kaleb	31
81	Hayden	30
81	Shawn	30
83	Bryce	29
83	Connor	29
83	Jeremiah	29
83	Jeremy	29
87	Brian	28
87	Richard	28
87	Sean	28
87	Tristan	28
91	Owen	27
91	Shane	27
93	Clayton	26
94	Brady	25
94	Jaden	25
94	Jesse	25
94	Parker	25
94	Patrick	25
94	Peyton	25
94	Preston	25