Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	709
2	James	682
3	John	477
4	Christopher	441
5	David	431
6	Robert	414
7	William	394
8	Brian	280
9	Charles	276
9	Kevin	276
11	Jason	266
12	Mark	248
13	Steven	242
14	Richard	215
15	Scott	195
16	Gregory	194
17	Anthony	186
18	Thomas	180
19	Kenneth	178
20	Timothy	175
21	Jeffrey	163
22	Joseph	162
23	Eric	160
24	Larry	156
25	Billy	147

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	145
27	Paul	139
28	Jerry	132
29	Jeffery	131
30	Jimmy	129
31	Matthew	128
32	Stephen	119
33	Shawn	118
34	Bobby	115
35	Keith	113
35	Tony	113
37	Chad	110
38	Terry	106
39	Johnny	103
40	Daniel	102
40	Ronald	102
42	Donald	100
43	Patrick	97
44	Rodney	96
45	Marcus	92
46	Danny	89
47	Bryan	82
48	Chris	78
49	George	77
50	Douglas	76
51	Ricky	74
52	Randy	73
53	Bradley	71
53	Jonathan	71
55	Jeremy	70
56	Edward	69
57	Dennis	68
58	Ronnie	66
59	Shannon	65
60	Tommy	63
61	Roger	62
61	Russell	62
61	Todd	62
64	Carl	61
64	Joe	61
64	Phillip	61
64	Travis	61
68	Randall	55
68	Roy	55
70	Brent	54
70	Curtis	54
70	Samuel	54
73	Shane	53
74	Aaron	50
74	Darrell	50
76	Tracy	49
76	Willie	49
78	Eddie	48
78	Lance	48
80	Sean	47
81	Derrick	46
81	Jon	46
81	Raymond	46
84	Andrew	45
85	Allen	44
85	Micheal	44
85	Wesley	44
88	Scotty	43
89	Walter	42
90	Bruce	40
90	Corey	40
90	Craig	40
93	Lee	39
94	Jay	37
95	Alan	35
95	Henry	35
95	Marvin	35
98	Harold	34
99	Brad	33
100	Andre	32
100	Barry	32
100	Calvin	32
100	Stanley	32