Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	597
2	Jason	568
3	Christopher	529
4	James	515
5	Joshua	504
6	John	395
7	Jeremy	352
8	Justin	345
9	David	330
10	William	284
11	Matthew	282
12	Robert	269
13	Brian	252
14	Jonathan	247
15	Joseph	243
16	Daniel	231
17	Charles	219
18	Brandon	216
19	Eric	203
20	Kevin	198
21	Timothy	187
22	Steven	159
23	Adam	153
24	Nicholas	151
25	Aaron	144

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Richard	144
27	Dustin	139
28	Nathan	137
29	Thomas	129
30	Anthony	127
30	Ryan	127
32	Chad	126
33	Mark	116
34	Andrew	115
35	Kenneth	113
36	Jeffrey	112
37	Marcus	106
38	Billy	102
38	Stephen	102
40	Benjamin	98
41	Gary	93
42	Bradley	91
43	Shawn	88
44	Scott	86
45	Jacob	85
45	Travis	85
47	Gregory	83
48	Derek	82
48	Patrick	82
50	Bobby	80
51	Wesley	79
52	Jeffery	78
53	Derrick	77
54	Jimmy	76
55	Jerry	75
56	Bryan	74
57	Samuel	71
58	Antonio	66
58	Jesse	66
58	Phillip	66
61	Paul	65
62	Keith	62
62	Terry	62
64	Donald	61
65	Corey	59
65	Larry	59
67	Brent	57
67	Jared	57
69	Edward	56
70	Carl	54
71	Kyle	53
72	Rodney	50
72	Shane	50
74	Jeremiah	49
74	Joe	49
76	Ricky	48
76	Zachary	48
78	Johnny	47
79	Cory	46
79	Curtis	46
81	Tony	45
82	Clinton	44
82	Ronald	44
84	Jamie	43
85	Ronnie	41
86	Allen	40
86	Randy	40
88	Dennis	39
88	George	39
90	Willie	38
91	Clint	36
91	Nathaniel	36
93	Danny	35
93	Micheal	35
95	Douglas	34
95	Russell	34
95	Shannon	34
98	Cedric	33
99	Roger	32
99	Tommy	32