Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1972

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1972.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was Michael. In total there were 13,834 boys born sharing 290 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1972 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 19 (5.2%)	718
2	James	1 in 23 (4.4%)	608
3	Christopher	1 in 26 (3.9%)	534
4	David	1 in 27 (3.7%)	506
5	John	1 in 27 (3.6%)	504
6	Robert	1 in 28 (3.5%)	491
7	Brian	1 in 31 (3.2%)	442
8	William	1 in 37 (2.7%)	377
9	Charles	1 in 47 (2.1%)	294
10	Jason	1 in 53 (1.9%)	260
11	Steven	1 in 54 (1.8%)	255
12	Mark	1 in 56 (1.8%)	249
13	Kevin	1 in 57 (1.7%)	241
14	Richard	1 in 57 (1.7%)	241
15	Jeffrey	1 in 64 (1.6%)	217
16	Eric	1 in 64 (1.6%)	216
17	Timothy	1 in 65 (1.5%)	213
18	Thomas	1 in 67 (1.5%)	206
19	Joseph	1 in 68 (1.5%)	203
20	Matthew	1 in 80 (1.3%)	173
21	Scott	1 in 81 (1.2%)	170
22	Gregory	1 in 84 (1.2%)	165
23	Ronald	1 in 93 (1.1%)	149
24	Gary	1 in 99 (1%)	140
25	Shawn	1 in 100 (1%)	138
26	Kenneth	1 in 101 (1%)	137
27	Larry	1 in 102 (1%)	136
28	Daniel	1 in 102 (1%)	136
29	Stephen	1 in 102 (1%)	135
30	Chad	1 in 106 (0.9%)	130
31	Paul	1 in 108 (0.9%)	128
32	Anthony	1 in 109 (0.9%)	127
33	Donald	1 in 118 (0.8%)	117
34	Roger	1 in 125 (0.8%)	111
35	Jonathan	1 in 141 (0.7%)	98
36	Jerry	1 in 146 (0.7%)	95
37	Edward	1 in 167 (0.6%)	83
38	Todd	1 in 167 (0.6%)	83
39	Aaron	1 in 175 (0.6%)	79
40	Douglas	1 in 180 (0.6%)	77
41	Bryan	1 in 187 (0.5%)	74
42	George	1 in 192 (0.5%)	72
43	Rodney	1 in 195 (0.5%)	71
44	Billy	1 in 198 (0.5%)	70
45	Keith	1 in 200 (0.5%)	69
46	Danny	1 in 200 (0.5%)	69
47	Patrick	1 in 210 (0.5%)	66
48	Terry	1 in 213 (0.5%)	65
49	Samuel	1 in 227 (0.4%)	61
50	Raymond	1 in 243 (0.4%)	57
51	Jeffery	1 in 261 (0.4%)	53
52	Jamie	1 in 266 (0.4%)	52
53	Randall	1 in 266 (0.4%)	52
54	Craig	1 in 271 (0.4%)	51
55	Carl	1 in 271 (0.4%)	51
56	Andrew	1 in 282 (0.4%)	49
57	Bobby	1 in 282 (0.4%)	49
58	Russell	1 in 282 (0.4%)	49
59	Dennis	1 in 288 (0.3%)	48
60	Jeremy	1 in 294 (0.3%)	47
61	Ryan	1 in 294 (0.3%)	47
62	Bradley	1 in 301 (0.3%)	46
63	Sean	1 in 322 (0.3%)	43
64	Phillip	1 in 322 (0.3%)	43
65	Harold	1 in 322 (0.3%)	43
66	Randy	1 in 329 (0.3%)	42
67	Roy	1 in 329 (0.3%)	42
68	Troy	1 in 329 (0.3%)	42
69	Benjamin	1 in 337 (0.3%)	41
70	Tracy	1 in 346 (0.3%)	40
71	Shane	1 in 346 (0.3%)	40
72	Johnny	1 in 346 (0.3%)	40
73	Frank	1 in 346 (0.3%)	40
74	Brent	1 in 355 (0.3%)	39
75	Shannon	1 in 355 (0.3%)	39
76	Travis	1 in 355 (0.3%)	39
77	Jimmy	1 in 374 (0.3%)	37
78	Darrell	1 in 384 (0.3%)	36
79	Allen	1 in 395 (0.3%)	35
80	Walter	1 in 395 (0.3%)	35
81	Joshua	1 in 407 (0.2%)	34
82	Franklin	1 in 407 (0.2%)	34
83	Curtis	1 in 407 (0.2%)	34
84	Ralph	1 in 419 (0.2%)	33
85	Jack	1 in 432 (0.2%)	32
86	Ricky	1 in 432 (0.2%)	32
87	Tony	1 in 446 (0.2%)	31
88	Brandon	1 in 461 (0.2%)	30
89	Ronnie	1 in 477 (0.2%)	29
90	Nathan	1 in 494 (0.2%)	28
91	Micheal	1 in 494 (0.2%)	28
92	Adam	1 in 494 (0.2%)	28
93	Tommy	1 in 512 (0.2%)	27
94	Bruce	1 in 532 (0.2%)	26
95	Wayne	1 in 532 (0.2%)	26
96	Gerald	1 in 553 (0.2%)	25
97	Jackie	1 in 553 (0.2%)	25
98	Howard	1 in 576 (0.2%)	24
99	Harry	1 in 576 (0.2%)	24
100	Frederick	1 in 576 (0.2%)	24