Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	596
2	Joshua	499
3	Michael	489
4	Matthew	453
5	James	447
6	Brandon	369
7	Justin	351
8	Jason	341
9	David	334
10	John	332
11	Robert	305
12	Jonathan	282
13	William	278
14	Jeremy	246
15	Daniel	233
15	Joseph	233
17	Brian	206
18	Steven	180
19	Eric	175
20	Adam	171
21	Charles	170
22	Dustin	160
23	Aaron	152
23	Kevin	152
25	Ryan	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	139
27	Timothy	135
28	Andrew	133
29	Thomas	130
30	Richard	127
31	Nicholas	121
32	Marcus	115
33	Jeffrey	111
34	Chad	105
34	Kyle	105
36	Bradley	100
37	Benjamin	98
38	Jacob	97
39	Mark	96
40	Travis	95
41	Stephen	91
42	Kenneth	90
43	Nathan	89
44	Derek	86
45	Jared	81
45	Patrick	81
47	Bryan	75
48	Gregory	74
48	Paul	74
48	Zachary	74
51	Jesse	71
52	Bobby	70
52	Cody	70
54	Larry	68
55	Billy	66
56	Scott	63
57	Gary	61
58	Jeffery	60
58	Jimmy	60
58	Samuel	60
61	Derrick	59
62	Jerry	58
63	Shawn	56
64	Phillip	54
65	Wesley	53
66	Blake	52
67	Antonio	51
67	Johnny	51
67	Tyler	51
70	Ricky	50
71	Terry	49
72	Keith	47
73	Donald	46
74	George	44
74	Sean	44
76	Corey	43
77	Lance	42
77	Tony	42
79	Randy	41
80	Jordan	40
80	Randall	40
80	Raymond	40
83	Danny	39
84	Edward	37
84	Willie	37
86	Brent	36
87	Caleb	35
87	Tommy	35
89	Carl	34
89	Casey	34
89	Curtis	34
89	Jamie	34
89	Johnathan	34
94	Jeremiah	33
94	Joel	33
94	Nathaniel	33
97	Joe	32
97	Ronald	32
99	Allen	31
99	Dennis	31
99	Terrance	31