Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	519
2	Michael	512
3	James	500
4	Christopher	478
5	Jason	431
6	John	392
7	Matthew	352
8	David	331
9	Brandon	328
10	Justin	317
11	Robert	312
12	Jeremy	303
13	William	287
14	Jonathan	266
15	Joseph	245
16	Brian	205
17	Daniel	193
18	Charles	174
19	Kevin	171
20	Steven	167
21	Timothy	163
22	Eric	158
23	Nicholas	156
24	Aaron	154
25	Adam	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dustin	148
27	Richard	136
28	Anthony	134
29	Ryan	133
30	Thomas	131
31	Benjamin	114
32	Nathan	113
33	Stephen	109
33	Travis	109
35	Chad	107
36	Bradley	106
37	Andrew	101
38	Jacob	96
38	Marcus	96
40	Jeffrey	94
41	Mark	93
42	Patrick	89
43	Kenneth	81
44	Bobby	78
44	Jesse	78
46	Billy	77
46	Paul	77
48	Larry	75
49	Derrick	73
49	Gary	73
49	Jared	73
52	Jimmy	70
53	Jeffery	68
53	Keith	68
55	Scott	67
56	Antonio	64
56	Phillip	64
58	Shawn	63
59	Jerry	62
60	Terry	59
61	Gregory	58
61	Kyle	58
63	Zachary	57
64	Cody	56
65	Brent	55
66	Corey	53
66	Wesley	53
68	Bryan	52
68	Derek	52
70	Ricky	51
71	Casey	50
71	Ronald	50
73	Donald	48
73	Edward	48
75	Randy	45
75	Samuel	45
77	Johnny	44
78	Danny	43
79	Jeremiah	40
79	Sean	40
81	Raymond	39
82	Blake	37
82	Clinton	37
84	Douglas	36
84	Johnathan	36
84	Nathaniel	36
84	Tony	36
88	Jessie	35
88	Lucas	35
88	Ronnie	35
88	Tommy	35
92	Clayton	34
92	George	34
92	Joe	34
92	Rodney	34
96	Adrian	33
96	Micheal	33
96	Randall	33
99	Lee	32
99	Shane	32