Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names From 1997

The Most Popular West Virginia Boy Baby Names in 1997

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1997.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in West Virginia was Jacob. In total there were 9,269 boys born sharing 273 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1997 . 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	Jacob	1 in 31 (3.2%)	298
2	Austin	1 in 36 (2.8%)	261
3	Brandon	1 in 36 (2.8%)	261
4	Tyler	1 in 36 (2.8%)	260
5	Michael	1 in 43 (2.3%)	215
6	Christopher	1 in 47 (2.1%)	197
7	Joshua	1 in 47 (2.1%)	196
8	Zachary	1 in 49 (2%)	189
9	Matthew	1 in 52 (1.9%)	177
10	James	1 in 53 (1.9%)	175
11	Andrew	1 in 57 (1.7%)	162
12	William	1 in 58 (1.7%)	160
13	Ryan	1 in 58 (1.7%)	159
14	Nicholas	1 in 63 (1.6%)	146
15	Joseph	1 in 64 (1.6%)	145
16	Cody	1 in 69 (1.4%)	134
17	Logan	1 in 71 (1.4%)	131
18	Justin	1 in 75 (1.3%)	123
19	Dakota	1 in 77 (1.3%)	120
20	David	1 in 81 (1.2%)	115
21	John	1 in 81 (1.2%)	115
22	Jonathan	1 in 83 (1.2%)	112
23	Robert	1 in 87 (1.2%)	107
24	Hunter	1 in 91 (1.1%)	102
25	Dylan	1 in 93 (1.1%)	100
26	Caleb	1 in 98 (1%)	95
27	Jordan	1 in 103 (1%)	90
28	Daniel	1 in 107 (0.9%)	87
29	Kyle	1 in 120 (0.8%)	77
30	Adam	1 in 122 (0.8%)	76
31	Charles	1 in 125 (0.8%)	74
32	Nathan	1 in 127 (0.8%)	73
33	Dustin	1 in 131 (0.8%)	71
34	Aaron	1 in 131 (0.8%)	71
35	Travis	1 in 134 (0.7%)	69
36	Benjamin	1 in 138 (0.7%)	67
37	Samuel	1 in 140 (0.7%)	66
38	Steven	1 in 140 (0.7%)	66
39	Timothy	1 in 143 (0.7%)	65
40	Thomas	1 in 143 (0.7%)	65
41	Anthony	1 in 143 (0.7%)	65
42	Alexander	1 in 143 (0.7%)	65
43	Chase	1 in 145 (0.7%)	64
44	Seth	1 in 145 (0.7%)	64
45	Ethan	1 in 152 (0.7%)	61
46	Christian	1 in 160 (0.6%)	58
47	Shawn	1 in 166 (0.6%)	56
48	Noah	1 in 169 (0.6%)	55
49	Nathaniel	1 in 172 (0.6%)	54
50	Jared	1 in 175 (0.6%)	53
51	Eric	1 in 178 (0.6%)	52
52	Devin	1 in 197 (0.5%)	47
53	Tanner	1 in 197 (0.5%)	47
54	Patrick	1 in 202 (0.5%)	46
55	Brian	1 in 206 (0.5%)	45
56	Garrett	1 in 206 (0.5%)	45
57	Corey	1 in 211 (0.5%)	44
58	Isaac	1 in 211 (0.5%)	44
59	Trevor	1 in 211 (0.5%)	44
60	Richard	1 in 216 (0.5%)	43
61	Lucas	1 in 216 (0.5%)	43
62	Colton	1 in 221 (0.5%)	42
63	Luke	1 in 221 (0.5%)	42
64	Cameron	1 in 226 (0.4%)	41
65	Jason	1 in 226 (0.4%)	41
66	Stephen	1 in 238 (0.4%)	39
67	Levi	1 in 238 (0.4%)	39
68	Kevin	1 in 238 (0.4%)	39
69	Isaiah	1 in 238 (0.4%)	39
70	Tristan	1 in 244 (0.4%)	38
71	Jeremy	1 in 251 (0.4%)	37
72	Evan	1 in 265 (0.4%)	35
73	Jeffrey	1 in 265 (0.4%)	35
74	Sean	1 in 265 (0.4%)	35
75	Shane	1 in 273 (0.4%)	34
76	Paul	1 in 273 (0.4%)	34
77	Mason	1 in 273 (0.4%)	34
78	Jesse	1 in 273 (0.4%)	34
79	Bradley	1 in 273 (0.4%)	34
80	Cole	1 in 281 (0.4%)	33
81	Alex	1 in 290 (0.3%)	32
82	Cory	1 in 290 (0.3%)	32
83	Kenneth	1 in 299 (0.3%)	31
84	Derek	1 in 299 (0.3%)	31
85	Devon	1 in 309 (0.3%)	30
86	Mark	1 in 309 (0.3%)	30
87	Dalton	1 in 331 (0.3%)	28
88	Ian	1 in 357 (0.3%)	26
89	Scott	1 in 371 (0.3%)	25
90	Gregory	1 in 371 (0.3%)	25
91	Gary	1 in 371 (0.3%)	25
92	Blake	1 in 371 (0.3%)	25
93	Brett	1 in 386 (0.3%)	24
94	Wesley	1 in 386 (0.3%)	24
95	Bryan	1 in 403 (0.2%)	23
96	Trenton	1 in 403 (0.2%)	23
97	Brady	1 in 421 (0.2%)	22
98	Dillon	1 in 421 (0.2%)	22
99	Taylor	1 in 441 (0.2%)	21
100	Johnathan	1 in 441 (0.2%)	21