Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1974

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	Christopher	624
3	Jason	580
4	James	575
5	John	407
6	David	379
7	Robert	352
8	Brian	316
9	William	291
10	Kevin	274
11	Charles	226
12	Steven	203
13	Jeremy	180
14	Mark	179
15	Eric	178
16	Richard	176
17	Anthony	174
18	Matthew	173
19	Timothy	166
20	Joseph	164
21	Jeffrey	153
22	Thomas	146
23	Kenneth	145
24	Gregory	138
25	Chad	132

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	131
26	Shawn	131
28	Billy	126
29	Scott	125
30	Jerry	123
31	Jonathan	120
31	Larry	120
33	Bobby	106
33	Gary	106
33	Paul	106
36	Bryan	104
37	Stephen	103
38	Marcus	101
39	Brandon	100
40	Terry	98
41	Jimmy	97
42	Jeffery	94
43	Donald	92
44	Justin	89
45	Aaron	88
45	Danny	88
45	Joshua	88
48	Keith	85
49	Rodney	83
50	Johnny	82
51	Patrick	79
51	Phillip	79
53	George	74
53	Ronald	74
53	Travis	74
56	Nathan	72
56	Shane	72
58	Shannon	70
59	Tony	66
60	Randy	65
61	Andrew	63
61	Bradley	63
61	Derrick	63
61	Samuel	63
65	Tommy	61
66	Ryan	59
67	Benjamin	58
68	Adam	57
69	Roy	54
70	Ricky	48
70	Roger	48
72	Brent	46
72	Chris	46
74	Dennis	45
75	Joe	44
75	Ronnie	44
75	Russell	44
78	Craig	42
78	Edward	42
78	Lee	42
78	Raymond	42
82	Douglas	41
82	Todd	41
84	Brad	39
84	Heath	39
84	Jon	39
84	Micheal	39
84	Randall	39
84	Tracy	39
84	Willie	39
91	Sean	38
92	Allen	37
92	Dustin	37
94	Carl	36
94	Harold	36
94	Jamie	36
97	Corey	35
97	Curtis	35
97	Eddie	35
97	Marvin	35