Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	530
2	Joshua	464
3	Michael	453
4	Matthew	384
5	James	378
6	Brandon	343
7	Justin	332
8	John	305
9	William	295
10	Robert	278
11	Jonathan	265
12	David	258
13	Jeremy	245
14	Daniel	237
15	Andrew	216
16	Joseph	201
17	Dustin	191
18	Jason	180
19	Steven	173
20	Ryan	170
21	Zachary	169
22	Charles	165
23	Kevin	164
24	Timothy	161
25	Cody	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	156
27	Eric	150
28	Kyle	145
28	Nicholas	145
30	Brian	138
31	Adam	137
32	Aaron	131
33	Anthony	126
34	Thomas	121
35	Bradley	120
36	Stephen	112
37	Richard	111
38	Nathan	110
39	Jesse	103
40	Benjamin	99
41	Mark	92
42	Kenneth	90
43	Marcus	85
44	Jeffrey	83
44	Tyler	83
46	Corey	79
47	Chad	75
47	Patrick	75
49	Bryan	74
50	Derek	71
50	Jared	71
50	Samuel	71
50	Travis	71
54	Jordan	69
55	Paul	68
55	Shawn	68
57	Phillip	65
58	Gregory	62
59	Blake	61
59	Bobby	61
59	Jeffery	61
62	Billy	58
63	Sean	54
64	Casey	53
64	Cory	53
64	Wesley	53
67	Derrick	52
67	Jimmy	52
69	Scott	51
70	Antonio	50
70	Larry	50
72	Caleb	49
72	Donald	49
74	Seth	47
74	Terry	47
76	Johnny	46
77	Gary	45
77	Keith	45
77	Nathaniel	45
77	Shane	45
81	Ronald	44
82	Alex	41
82	Jerry	41
84	Brent	40
84	Johnathan	40
86	Joel	37
86	Randy	37
88	Carl	36
89	Alexander	34
89	Clayton	34
91	Austin	33
91	Ricky	33
93	Chase	31
93	Lance	31
95	George	30
95	Jeremiah	30
95	Micheal	30
98	Raymond	29
99	Curtis	28
99	Preston	28
99	Rodney	28