Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jason	593
2	Michael	566
3	Christopher	551
4	James	538
5	John	394
6	David	362
7	Jeremy	329
8	Joshua	298
9	Robert	290
10	William	277
11	Matthew	260
12	Brian	239
13	Eric	212
14	Kevin	205
15	Charles	200
16	Joseph	184
17	Steven	180
18	Justin	177
19	Jonathan	163
19	Timothy	163
21	Richard	158
22	Brandon	151
23	Daniel	149
24	Anthony	127
24	Mark	127

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	120
27	Nicholas	115
28	Thomas	114
29	Jeffrey	113
30	Kenneth	110
31	Adam	106
32	Bradley	103
32	Nathan	103
34	Billy	102
35	Marcus	96
36	Stephen	95
37	Ryan	92
38	Gary	87
38	Larry	87
40	Corey	86
40	Shawn	86
40	Wesley	86
43	Chad	85
44	Andrew	84
44	Paul	84
46	Benjamin	83
47	Gregory	81
48	Jerry	77
49	Bobby	76
49	Dustin	76
49	Scott	76
52	Bryan	75
53	Terry	74
54	Patrick	73
55	Phillip	72
55	Travis	72
57	Jeffery	71
58	Derrick	70
59	Rodney	69
60	Donald	66
61	Jimmy	65
62	Johnny	58
62	Keith	58
62	Randy	58
62	Shane	58
66	Tony	57
67	Samuel	56
68	Shaun	55
69	Ricky	54
70	Ronald	53
71	Antonio	51
72	Jacob	50
73	Brent	49
73	Tommy	49
75	Cory	46
75	Jared	46
77	Jesse	44
77	Joe	44
77	Shannon	44
80	Danny	42
80	George	42
82	Lance	41
83	Carl	40
83	Edward	40
85	Curtis	39
85	Jamie	39
85	Ronnie	39
88	Russell	38
88	Willie	38
90	Douglas	37
90	Micheal	37
92	Cody	36
92	Raymond	36
94	Jeremiah	35
94	Jon	35
96	Dennis	34
97	Clinton	33
97	Philip	33
97	Randall	33
97	Todd	33
97	Zachary	33