Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	719
2	James	576
3	Christopher	571
4	Jason	465
5	David	400
6	John	395
7	Brian	341
8	Robert	326
9	William	304
10	Kevin	254
11	Charles	229
12	Steven	205
13	Timothy	203
14	Eric	199
15	Mark	198
16	Anthony	176
17	Matthew	155
18	Joseph	154
18	Kenneth	154
20	Jeffrey	152
21	Richard	151
21	Thomas	151
23	Gregory	146
24	Daniel	145
25	Larry	127

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shawn	126
27	Gary	122
28	Jerry	121
29	Scott	115
30	Jimmy	109
31	Billy	106
31	Bryan	106
33	Keith	104
34	Chad	103
35	Stephen	102
36	Bobby	101
36	Jeremy	101
38	Jonathan	98
39	Jeffery	97
40	Donald	96
41	Danny	93
41	Paul	93
41	Terry	93
44	Johnny	91
45	Marcus	87
46	Phillip	85
47	Rodney	84
48	Ronald	79
49	Brandon	76
50	Tony	75
51	Bradley	73
52	Chris	71
53	Patrick	69
54	Ricky	68
55	Aaron	65
56	Edward	64
56	Justin	64
58	Derrick	63
58	Shane	63
60	Travis	62
61	Randy	60
62	Ryan	59
62	Shannon	59
64	George	58
64	Sean	58
66	Joshua	54
67	Andrew	53
67	Tracy	53
69	Lee	52
70	Willie	51
71	Carl	50
72	Adam	49
72	Roy	49
74	Dennis	48
74	Micheal	48
76	Curtis	47
76	Todd	47
78	Corey	46
78	Douglas	46
78	Ronnie	46
78	Tommy	46
82	Russell	45
83	Benjamin	44
83	Joe	44
83	Nathan	44
86	Jon	43
87	Roger	42
88	Eddie	40
88	Stacy	40
90	Samuel	39
91	Brent	38
91	Harold	38
93	Craig	37
93	Randall	37
93	Raymond	37
96	Tyrone	36
97	Darrell	34
97	Henry	34
99	Jody	33
100	Kelly	32
100	Marvin	32
100	Scotty	32