Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	508
2	Joshua	478
3	Justin	438
4	Michael	436
5	James	386
6	Matthew	368
7	Brandon	311
8	John	289
9	William	273
10	Robert	263
11	David	245
12	Andrew	238
13	Jonathan	222
14	Cody	212
15	Joseph	209
16	Jacob	207
17	Jeremy	191
18	Zachary	187
19	Daniel	174
20	Aaron	172
21	Timothy	163
22	Tyler	161
23	Ryan	160
24	Dustin	158
24	Nicholas	158

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	151
27	Charles	145
28	Steven	142
29	Kyle	127
30	Jason	125
30	Thomas	125
32	Adam	122
32	Eric	122
34	Benjamin	121
35	Kevin	120
36	Brian	118
37	Nathan	115
38	Stephen	106
39	Richard	99
40	Travis	92
41	Kenneth	90
42	Bradley	88
43	Derek	86
43	Mark	86
45	Jordan	85
46	Patrick	83
47	Jesse	79
48	Jeffrey	77
49	Marcus	76
49	Samuel	76
51	Corey	73
51	Cory	73
53	Blake	72
54	Bryan	65
54	Cameron	65
56	Gregory	64
57	Jared	62
58	Chad	61
58	Jeffery	61
60	Billy	58
61	Alex	57
62	Sean	55
62	Shawn	55
64	Wesley	54
65	Seth	52
66	Alexander	50
67	Austin	49
67	Nathaniel	49
67	Paul	49
70	Casey	47
71	Jerry	46
71	Shane	46
73	Bobby	45
73	Caleb	45
73	Scott	45
76	Donald	43
76	Phillip	43
78	Johnathan	42
79	Derrick	41
80	Antonio	40
80	Clayton	40
80	Spencer	40
83	Taylor	39
84	Gary	37
85	Larry	36
85	Ricky	36
87	Curtis	35
87	Edward	35
89	Douglas	34
89	Randy	34
91	Chase	33
91	Mitchell	33
93	Brent	32
93	Courtney	32
93	Terry	32
96	Danny	31
96	Jimmy	31
96	Johnny	31
96	Keith	31
100	Jake	30