Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	713
2	Michael	712
3	David	507
4	John	501
5	Robert	436
6	William	358
7	Kevin	326
8	Christopher	317
9	Charles	310
10	Mark	292
11	Steven	265
12	Anthony	212
13	Brian	211
14	Jason	207
15	Timothy	203
16	Gregory	197
17	Richard	195
18	Jeffrey	192
19	Kenneth	185
20	Jerry	176
21	Eric	175
22	Larry	170
23	Thomas	168
24	Gary	167
25	Paul	160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	154
27	Jeffery	153
28	Stephen	146
29	Jimmy	144
30	Billy	140
31	Joseph	132
32	Bobby	127
33	Donald	120
33	Johnny	120
35	Terry	118
36	Ronald	116
37	Keith	114
38	Rodney	109
39	Marcus	106
40	Daniel	101
41	Tony	99
42	Shawn	95
43	Matthew	92
43	Phillip	92
45	Patrick	87
45	Todd	87
47	Dennis	86
48	Bryan	84
48	Randy	84
50	Chris	78
51	Bradley	76
52	Danny	75
53	Edward	70
53	Joe	70
55	Ronnie	68
56	Douglas	67
57	George	65
58	Ricky	64
59	Roy	63
60	Curtis	62
60	Tommy	62
62	Carl	60
62	Russell	60
62	Shannon	60
65	Jon	58
65	Roger	58
67	Lance	57
68	Darrell	56
68	Jonathan	56
68	Willie	56
71	Travis	54
72	Chad	53
73	Shane	51
74	Brent	49
75	Andrew	46
75	Jeff	46
77	Raymond	45
78	Troy	44
79	Brad	43
80	Aaron	42
80	Derrick	42
82	Eddie	41
82	Micheal	41
84	Craig	40
84	Darren	40
84	Wesley	40
87	Henry	39
87	Randall	39
87	Tracy	39
90	Marvin	38
90	Stacy	38
92	Jeremy	37
92	Kelly	37
94	Bruce	36
95	Barry	35
95	Brandon	35
97	Allen	34
97	Calvin	34
97	Corey	34
97	Gerald	34
97	Samuel	34