Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	708
2	James	625
3	Christopher	506
4	David	433
5	John	412
6	William	363
7	Brian	355
8	Robert	353
9	Jason	320
10	Kevin	256
11	Charles	248
12	Steven	220
13	Mark	208
14	Timothy	205
15	Eric	174
16	Richard	171
17	Jeffrey	162
18	Gregory	161
19	Kenneth	155
19	Thomas	155
21	Anthony	152
22	Jerry	150
23	Larry	146
24	Gary	140
24	Joseph	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Scott	139
27	Matthew	130
28	Billy	126
29	Rodney	120
30	Keith	118
31	Jeffery	116
32	Bobby	114
32	Daniel	114
34	Paul	113
35	Jimmy	110
36	Shawn	109
37	Terry	108
38	Donald	103
38	Stephen	103
40	Chad	101
41	Johnny	99
42	Bryan	92
42	Ronald	92
44	Danny	81
45	Jonathan	78
46	Randy	77
46	Tracy	77
48	Tony	72
49	Marcus	70
50	Brandon	69
51	Phillip	68
52	Shannon	67
53	Patrick	66
53	Todd	66
55	George	65
56	Tommy	64
57	Chris	63
57	Douglas	63
57	Travis	63
60	Ricky	61
61	Dennis	57
62	Aaron	56
62	Jeremy	56
64	Bradley	55
64	Joe	55
64	Shane	55
67	Russell	54
68	Justin	52
69	Darrell	51
69	Ronnie	51
71	Andrew	50
72	Derrick	49
72	Roger	49
74	Edward	46
74	Raymond	46
76	Carl	44
77	Curtis	42
77	Samuel	42
79	Roy	41
79	Willie	41
81	Jamie	40
81	Micheal	40
83	Joel	38
83	Lonnie	38
83	Sean	38
86	Corey	37
86	Troy	37
88	Brent	36
88	Jon	36
90	Gerald	35
90	Lee	35
90	Stacy	35
93	Allen	34
93	Frederick	34
93	Walter	34
93	Wesley	34
97	Tyrone	33
98	Nathan	32
98	Scotty	32
100	Derek	31
100	Kelly	31
100	Lance	31