Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	553
2	Joshua	498
3	Michael	482
4	James	449
5	Brandon	414
6	Matthew	411
7	Justin	338
8	John	318
9	David	301
10	Robert	282
11	William	279
12	Jonathan	265
13	Jason	248
14	Daniel	240
15	Joseph	219
16	Jeremy	208
17	Charles	186
18	Steven	183
19	Andrew	181
20	Brian	174
21	Dustin	163
22	Kevin	161
23	Nicholas	159
24	Adam	154
25	Zachary	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	144
27	Aaron	143
27	Anthony	143
29	Cody	139
30	Thomas	133
31	Nathan	132
32	Ryan	131
33	Kyle	128
34	Timothy	124
35	Jacob	123
36	Bradley	119
37	Stephen	111
38	Richard	109
39	Jeffrey	103
40	Marcus	102
41	Benjamin	99
42	Kenneth	98
43	Bryan	94
44	Tyler	93
45	Mark	90
45	Shawn	90
47	Patrick	83
48	Jesse	79
48	Samuel	79
50	Travis	75
51	Gregory	74
52	Billy	72
53	Chad	69
54	Jared	66
55	Jeffery	65
56	Derek	64
56	Derrick	64
58	Sean	59
59	Jordan	58
60	Terry	57
61	Blake	56
61	Donald	56
61	Larry	56
64	Phillip	54
65	Jerry	53
66	Bobby	52
66	Keith	52
68	Antonio	51
69	Scott	50
70	Tony	49
71	Gary	48
72	Johnathan	46
73	Brent	45
73	Nathaniel	45
75	Cory	44
75	Jimmy	44
75	Wesley	44
78	Caleb	42
78	Casey	42
80	Shane	41
81	Corey	40
81	Ricky	40
81	Seth	40
84	Paul	39
85	Danny	38
85	Randy	38
87	Austin	37
88	George	36
89	Rodney	34
90	Adrian	33
90	Clayton	33
90	Curtis	33
90	Edward	33
90	Ronald	33
95	Carl	32
95	Micheal	32
97	Alex	31
97	Brett	31
97	Mitchell	31
97	Randall	31