Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was Jason. In total there were 13,669 boys born sharing 267 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . 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	Jason	1 in 21 (4.8%)	661
2	Michael	1 in 22 (4.6%)	627
3	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	570
4	Christopher	1 in 29 (3.4%)	469
5	David	1 in 33 (3.1%)	420
6	Robert	1 in 38 (2.6%)	362
7	John	1 in 38 (2.6%)	360
8	Matthew	1 in 40 (2.5%)	345
9	Jeremy	1 in 41 (2.5%)	337
10	Joshua	1 in 43 (2.3%)	318
11	William	1 in 43 (2.3%)	315
12	Brian	1 in 49 (2%)	277
13	Timothy	1 in 53 (1.9%)	258
14	Joseph	1 in 53 (1.9%)	256
15	Charles	1 in 56 (1.8%)	245
16	Eric	1 in 66 (1.5%)	208
17	Steven	1 in 78 (1.3%)	176
18	Richard	1 in 78 (1.3%)	175
19	Daniel	1 in 80 (1.3%)	171
20	Thomas	1 in 80 (1.3%)	171
21	Mark	1 in 80 (1.2%)	170
22	Chad	1 in 85 (1.2%)	160
23	Jeffrey	1 in 87 (1.2%)	158
24	Kevin	1 in 89 (1.1%)	154
25	Shawn	1 in 94 (1.1%)	146
26	Jonathan	1 in 106 (0.9%)	129
27	Adam	1 in 107 (0.9%)	128
28	Aaron	1 in 107 (0.9%)	128
29	Anthony	1 in 109 (0.9%)	125
30	Justin	1 in 113 (0.9%)	121
31	Nicholas	1 in 114 (0.9%)	120
32	Kenneth	1 in 118 (0.8%)	116
33	Ryan	1 in 119 (0.8%)	115
34	Scott	1 in 123 (0.8%)	111
35	Andrew	1 in 123 (0.8%)	111
36	Benjamin	1 in 125 (0.8%)	109
37	Travis	1 in 127 (0.8%)	108
38	Paul	1 in 135 (0.7%)	101
39	Stephen	1 in 135 (0.7%)	101
40	Gregory	1 in 149 (0.7%)	92
41	Ronald	1 in 149 (0.7%)	92
42	Gary	1 in 152 (0.7%)	90
43	Nathan	1 in 159 (0.6%)	86
44	Donald	1 in 167 (0.6%)	82
45	Patrick	1 in 175 (0.6%)	78
46	Samuel	1 in 180 (0.6%)	76
47	Bryan	1 in 190 (0.5%)	72
48	Brandon	1 in 195 (0.5%)	70
49	Larry	1 in 198 (0.5%)	69
50	Bradley	1 in 217 (0.5%)	63
51	Roger	1 in 220 (0.5%)	62
52	Jamie	1 in 224 (0.4%)	61
53	George	1 in 232 (0.4%)	59
54	Jerry	1 in 249 (0.4%)	55
55	Shaun	1 in 258 (0.4%)	53
56	Douglas	1 in 268 (0.4%)	51
57	Jeffery	1 in 279 (0.4%)	49
58	Rodney	1 in 279 (0.4%)	49
59	Shane	1 in 285 (0.4%)	48
60	Todd	1 in 291 (0.3%)	47
61	Ricky	1 in 291 (0.3%)	47
62	Billy	1 in 291 (0.3%)	47
63	Dennis	1 in 297 (0.3%)	46
64	Edward	1 in 297 (0.3%)	46
65	Phillip	1 in 304 (0.3%)	45
66	Jesse	1 in 311 (0.3%)	44
67	Wesley	1 in 318 (0.3%)	43
68	Randy	1 in 325 (0.3%)	42
69	Keith	1 in 325 (0.3%)	42
70	Craig	1 in 325 (0.3%)	42
71	Terry	1 in 333 (0.3%)	41
72	Bobby	1 in 350 (0.3%)	39
73	Danny	1 in 350 (0.3%)	39
74	Sean	1 in 350 (0.3%)	39
75	Corey	1 in 360 (0.3%)	38
76	Randall	1 in 360 (0.3%)	38
77	Raymond	1 in 380 (0.3%)	36
78	Nathaniel	1 in 380 (0.3%)	36
79	Carl	1 in 391 (0.3%)	35
80	Curtis	1 in 391 (0.3%)	35
81	Jacob	1 in 391 (0.3%)	35
82	Jeremiah	1 in 391 (0.3%)	35
83	Ronnie	1 in 391 (0.3%)	35
84	Johnny	1 in 402 (0.2%)	34
85	Russell	1 in 414 (0.2%)	33
86	Roy	1 in 414 (0.2%)	33
87	Jared	1 in 414 (0.2%)	33
88	Philip	1 in 427 (0.2%)	32
89	Zachary	1 in 427 (0.2%)	32
90	Brent	1 in 441 (0.2%)	31
91	Dustin	1 in 456 (0.2%)	30
92	Casey	1 in 471 (0.2%)	29
93	Shannon	1 in 471 (0.2%)	29
94	Darrell	1 in 506 (0.2%)	27
95	Kristopher	1 in 506 (0.2%)	27
96	Seth	1 in 526 (0.2%)	26
97	Derek	1 in 547 (0.2%)	25
98	Jimmy	1 in 547 (0.2%)	25
99	Allen	1 in 570 (0.2%)	24
100	Frank	1 in 570 (0.2%)	24