Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1981

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1981

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1981.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was Joshua. In total there were 12,924 boys born sharing 262 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1981 . 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	Joshua	1 in 22 (4.5%)	587
2	Michael	1 in 25 (4.1%)	527
3	Jason	1 in 28 (3.6%)	467
4	James	1 in 29 (3.5%)	451
5	Christopher	1 in 30 (3.4%)	438
6	Matthew	1 in 33 (3.1%)	395
7	David	1 in 36 (2.8%)	356
8	Justin	1 in 37 (2.7%)	345
9	John	1 in 38 (2.6%)	340
10	Robert	1 in 38 (2.6%)	339
11	Jeremy	1 in 42 (2.4%)	307
12	William	1 in 47 (2.1%)	275
13	Joseph	1 in 48 (2.1%)	268
14	Jonathan	1 in 55 (1.8%)	236
15	Brian	1 in 57 (1.8%)	228
16	Charles	1 in 65 (1.5%)	199
17	Timothy	1 in 66 (1.5%)	195
18	Eric	1 in 73 (1.4%)	178
19	Daniel	1 in 76 (1.3%)	169
20	Adam	1 in 77 (1.3%)	168
21	Ryan	1 in 78 (1.3%)	165
22	Brandon	1 in 82 (1.2%)	157
23	Andrew	1 in 83 (1.2%)	155
24	Richard	1 in 85 (1.2%)	152
25	Steven	1 in 93 (1.1%)	139
26	Jeffrey	1 in 97 (1%)	133
27	Thomas	1 in 99 (1%)	131
28	Aaron	1 in 101 (1%)	128
29	Travis	1 in 103 (1%)	125
30	Mark	1 in 106 (0.9%)	122
31	Kevin	1 in 110 (0.9%)	118
32	Benjamin	1 in 115 (0.9%)	112
33	Chad	1 in 127 (0.8%)	102
34	Nicholas	1 in 128 (0.8%)	101
35	Anthony	1 in 128 (0.8%)	101
36	Nathan	1 in 131 (0.8%)	99
37	Paul	1 in 135 (0.7%)	96
38	Shawn	1 in 136 (0.7%)	95
39	Jesse	1 in 142 (0.7%)	91
40	Stephen	1 in 145 (0.7%)	89
41	Scott	1 in 147 (0.7%)	88
42	Dustin	1 in 149 (0.7%)	87
43	Gregory	1 in 154 (0.6%)	84
44	Kenneth	1 in 166 (0.6%)	78
45	Bradley	1 in 175 (0.6%)	74
46	Gary	1 in 185 (0.5%)	70
47	Donald	1 in 187 (0.5%)	69
48	Derek	1 in 202 (0.5%)	64
49	Bryan	1 in 212 (0.5%)	61
50	Roger	1 in 219 (0.5%)	59
51	Larry	1 in 219 (0.5%)	59
52	Jared	1 in 219 (0.5%)	59
53	Billy	1 in 223 (0.4%)	58
54	Patrick	1 in 235 (0.4%)	55
55	Samuel	1 in 244 (0.4%)	53
56	Ronald	1 in 249 (0.4%)	52
57	Zachary	1 in 249 (0.4%)	52
58	Edward	1 in 253 (0.4%)	51
59	Jacob	1 in 264 (0.4%)	49
60	Jeremiah	1 in 281 (0.4%)	46
61	Todd	1 in 287 (0.3%)	45
62	Jerry	1 in 294 (0.3%)	44
63	Terry	1 in 301 (0.3%)	43
64	Jeffery	1 in 315 (0.3%)	41
65	Seth	1 in 323 (0.3%)	40
66	George	1 in 331 (0.3%)	39
67	Brent	1 in 331 (0.3%)	39
68	Douglas	1 in 340 (0.3%)	38
69	Randall	1 in 340 (0.3%)	38
70	Derrick	1 in 359 (0.3%)	36
71	Jamie	1 in 359 (0.3%)	36
72	Randy	1 in 369 (0.3%)	35
73	Bobby	1 in 380 (0.3%)	34
74	Phillip	1 in 392 (0.3%)	33
75	Curtis	1 in 392 (0.3%)	33
76	Carl	1 in 392 (0.3%)	33
77	Craig	1 in 404 (0.2%)	32
78	Philip	1 in 404 (0.2%)	32
79	Wesley	1 in 417 (0.2%)	31
80	Shane	1 in 446 (0.2%)	29
81	Nathaniel	1 in 462 (0.2%)	28
82	Danny	1 in 462 (0.2%)	28
83	Casey	1 in 462 (0.2%)	28
84	Dennis	1 in 479 (0.2%)	27
85	Roy	1 in 479 (0.2%)	27
86	Russell	1 in 479 (0.2%)	27
87	Sean	1 in 479 (0.2%)	27
88	Johnathan	1 in 497 (0.2%)	26
89	Jordan	1 in 517 (0.2%)	25
90	Ricky	1 in 517 (0.2%)	25
91	Shaun	1 in 539 (0.2%)	24
92	Micheal	1 in 539 (0.2%)	24
93	Kyle	1 in 539 (0.2%)	24
94	Jimmy	1 in 539 (0.2%)	24
95	Ian	1 in 539 (0.2%)	24
96	Corey	1 in 562 (0.2%)	23
97	Ernest	1 in 562 (0.2%)	23
98	Raymond	1 in 562 (0.2%)	23
99	Clinton	1 in 587 (0.2%)	22
100	Keith	1 in 615 (0.2%)	21