Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	585
2	Joshua	508
3	Michael	493
4	James	465
5	Jason	422
6	Matthew	392
7	Justin	391
8	John	373
9	David	306
9	William	306
11	Robert	296
12	Brandon	289
13	Jeremy	282
14	Jonathan	269
15	Joseph	227
16	Daniel	200
17	Brian	197
18	Charles	193
19	Steven	168
20	Aaron	167
21	Timothy	156
22	Adam	155
23	Anthony	152
23	Nicholas	152
25	Kevin	150

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	147
27	Eric	145
28	Richard	143
29	Dustin	138
30	Ryan	137
31	Andrew	119
32	Jacob	112
33	Nathan	109
34	Bradley	103
34	Travis	103
36	Jeffrey	102
36	Kenneth	102
38	Bryan	97
39	Stephen	94
40	Benjamin	93
41	Gregory	92
42	Billy	89
43	Marcus	84
44	Bobby	83
45	Mark	81
45	Patrick	81
47	Chad	80
48	Jesse	78
49	Derek	77
50	Larry	76
51	Samuel	73
52	Paul	71
53	Derrick	70
53	Phillip	70
55	Jimmy	68
56	Gary	67
56	Jared	67
56	Zachary	67
59	Donald	63
60	Jeffery	60
60	Kyle	60
60	Scott	60
60	Wesley	60
64	Casey	58
65	Jerry	57
66	Shawn	56
67	Antonio	54
68	Edward	51
69	Keith	49
69	Randy	49
69	Terry	49
72	Ronald	47
73	Blake	46
73	Cody	46
73	Ricky	46
76	Corey	44
76	Tony	44
78	Johnny	43
79	Brent	42
79	Sean	42
81	Nathaniel	41
82	Tommy	38
83	Carl	37
84	Clayton	36
84	Clinton	36
84	Micheal	36
87	Johnathan	35
87	Jordan	35
89	Allen	34
89	Brett	34
89	Caleb	34
92	Jeremiah	33
92	Seth	33
92	Shane	33
92	Tyler	33
96	Douglas	32
96	Raymond	32
98	Curtis	31
98	Randall	31
98	Ronnie	31