Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	586
2	Christopher	563
3	James	562
4	Jason	560
5	John	419
6	Joshua	417
7	Jeremy	408
8	David	366
9	Robert	313
10	Matthew	299
11	William	298
12	Joseph	232
13	Charles	226
14	Justin	215
15	Brian	209
16	Eric	199
17	Daniel	190
18	Kevin	182
19	Jonathan	175
20	Nicholas	171
21	Timothy	169
22	Anthony	168
23	Steven	165
24	Brandon	162
25	Richard	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	142
27	Adam	135
28	Thomas	130
29	Jeffrey	123
30	Ryan	120
31	Nathan	119
31	Travis	119
33	Mark	116
34	Benjamin	105
34	Bradley	105
34	Chad	105
37	Billy	103
38	Scott	98
39	Kenneth	97
40	Marcus	96
40	Stephen	96
42	Dustin	95
43	Bryan	90
44	Bobby	89
45	Jerry	87
46	Andrew	86
47	Larry	85
48	Gregory	84
48	Patrick	84
50	Jimmy	78
51	Derrick	77
51	Jeffery	77
53	Shawn	75
53	Wesley	75
55	Paul	74
56	Gary	73
57	Corey	71
57	Samuel	71
59	Jacob	70
60	Donald	68
61	Phillip	65
61	Shane	65
63	Ronald	61
64	Ricky	59
64	Terry	59
66	Jared	55
67	Kyle	54
68	Keith	53
69	Johnny	51
70	Brent	50
70	Ronnie	50
70	Zachary	50
73	Antonio	48
73	Jamie	48
73	Randy	48
73	Shaun	48
77	Dennis	47
77	Edward	47
77	Jeremiah	47
80	Casey	45
80	Danny	45
80	Micheal	45
83	Douglas	43
84	Jesse	41
85	Carl	39
85	Rodney	39
85	Tony	39
88	Russell	38
89	Sean	37
90	George	36
91	Joe	35
91	Lance	35
91	Randall	35
94	Cedric	34
94	Shannon	34
94	Willie	34
97	Cory	33
97	Jessie	33
97	Reginald	33
100	Curtis	32
100	Nathaniel	32
100	Tommy	32