Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	642
2	Michael	613
3	Christopher	520
4	James	507
5	John	406
6	David	342
7	Jeremy	330
8	Robert	323
9	William	270
10	Kevin	235
11	Charles	222
12	Brian	221
13	Eric	216
14	Joseph	207
15	Matthew	206
16	Anthony	185
17	Timothy	179
18	Steven	174
19	Daniel	169
20	Joshua	155
21	Mark	136
22	Richard	134
23	Billy	131
23	Justin	131
25	Brandon	129

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	127
27	Scott	126
27	Thomas	126
29	Chad	124
30	Aaron	119
31	Jeffrey	116
32	Larry	112
33	Bryan	110
34	Travis	103
35	Gregory	100
36	Jerry	98
37	Stephen	96
38	Jimmy	95
39	Bobby	94
39	Kenneth	94
41	Marcus	93
41	Paul	93
43	Bradley	85
44	Patrick	81
45	Adam	80
45	Phillip	80
45	Terry	80
48	Shawn	79
49	Andrew	77
49	Nathan	77
51	Gary	76
52	Jeffery	73
52	Ronald	73
54	Ryan	69
54	Shannon	69
56	Keith	68
57	Antonio	65
57	Corey	65
59	Donald	64
60	Rodney	63
61	George	58
62	Shane	57
63	Derrick	56
64	Dustin	55
64	Jamie	55
66	Benjamin	54
66	Edward	54
66	Tony	54
69	Johnny	53
70	Samuel	50
71	Joe	47
71	Randy	47
71	Wesley	47
74	Dennis	46
74	Micheal	46
76	Brent	44
76	Douglas	44
76	Jesse	44
76	Ronnie	44
76	Russell	44
81	Curtis	43
81	Danny	43
83	Randall	40
83	Ricky	40
83	Tommy	40
86	Clinton	39
86	Raymond	39
88	Chris	38
88	Cory	38
90	Sean	37
91	Roger	36
92	Jacob	35
93	Brad	34
93	Jeremiah	34
93	Roy	34
93	Willie	34
97	Eddie	32
97	Tyrone	32
99	Damon	31
99	Henry	31
99	Todd	31