Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	666
2	Christopher	573
3	Michael	567
4	James	547
5	David	385
5	Jeremy	385
7	John	348
8	Robert	319
9	Kevin	277
10	Brian	269
11	William	265
12	Joshua	242
13	Charles	224
14	Matthew	219
15	Timothy	203
16	Daniel	201
17	Joseph	199
18	Anthony	179
19	Justin	166
19	Richard	166
21	Eric	163
22	Steven	156
23	Brandon	146
24	Mark	145
25	Jonathan	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	132
27	Jeffrey	126
28	Chad	120
29	Bryan	117
30	Aaron	112
30	Larry	112
32	Kenneth	109
33	Bradley	108
33	Stephen	108
35	Scott	98
36	Gregory	95
37	Ryan	94
38	Shawn	93
39	Billy	92
39	Nathan	92
41	Corey	90
42	Jerry	89
43	Andrew	88
44	Wesley	87
45	Benjamin	83
45	Marcus	83
47	Bobby	81
48	Patrick	80
49	Travis	77
50	Gary	75
50	Jimmy	75
50	Paul	75
50	Terry	75
54	Jeffery	73
55	Johnny	70
55	Keith	70
57	Phillip	69
58	Adam	68
59	Donald	64
59	Shannon	64
61	Derrick	63
62	Tony	62
63	Samuel	61
64	Rodney	58
65	Antonio	56
65	Dustin	56
65	Jacob	56
68	Jesse	54
69	Randy	53
69	Tommy	53
71	Shane	52
72	Edward	51
73	Danny	47
73	Ronald	47
75	Brent	46
75	Ricky	46
77	Brad	45
77	Jamie	45
79	Cory	43
79	Micheal	43
81	Casey	42
82	Carl	40
83	Curtis	39
83	Douglas	39
83	Lance	39
83	Nicholas	39
87	Kyle	37
88	Clayton	36
88	Darrell	36
88	Todd	36
91	Bruce	35
91	George	35
91	Nathaniel	35
91	Roy	35
95	Randall	34
95	Raymond	34
95	Ronnie	34
95	Russell	34
99	Damon	33
99	Zachary	33