Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	504
2	Joshua	446
3	Michael	428
4	James	423
5	Matthew	394
6	Justin	393
7	Brandon	309
8	John	286
9	Jeremy	271
10	William	267
11	Jonathan	265
12	Robert	262
13	David	255
14	Andrew	242
15	Daniel	211
16	Ryan	210
17	Cody	202
18	Joseph	201
19	Timothy	181
20	Dustin	179
21	Zachary	169
22	Charles	158
23	Thomas	156
24	Jacob	149
25	Steven	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	141
26	Anthony	141
26	Kevin	141
26	Nicholas	141
30	Brian	137
31	Jason	135
32	Eric	134
33	Bradley	133
34	Tyler	124
35	Adam	122
36	Kyle	117
37	Nathan	110
38	Stephen	109
39	Jeffrey	108
40	Jordan	96
41	Samuel	91
41	Travis	91
43	Bryan	89
44	Derek	88
44	Richard	88
46	Benjamin	80
47	Patrick	79
48	Jesse	78
49	Marcus	77
50	Gregory	75
51	Corey	72
51	Cory	72
51	Kenneth	72
54	Blake	71
54	Derrick	71
56	Casey	68
56	Jared	68
58	Chad	64
58	Paul	64
58	Shawn	64
61	Caleb	63
62	Mark	62
63	Sean	60
63	Shane	60
65	Billy	56
66	Scott	55
67	Seth	54
68	Bobby	53
69	Alex	52
69	Austin	52
69	Jeffery	52
72	Phillip	51
72	Wesley	51
74	Jimmy	48
75	Gary	47
75	Johnathan	47
75	Mitchell	47
78	Donald	44
78	Jerry	44
80	Keith	43
81	Terry	42
82	Alexander	41
83	Cameron	40
84	Larry	39
85	Antonio	37
86	Clayton	36
86	Curtis	36
86	Lance	36
89	Brent	35
89	Jonathon	35
89	Philip	35
92	Edward	33
92	Johnny	33
94	Chase	32
94	Logan	32
94	Randy	32
97	Allen	31
97	Brett	31
97	Randall	31
97	Taylor	31
97	Tony	31