Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	374
2	Austin	314
3	Christopher	294
4	Michael	288
5	Tyler	282
6	Joshua	260
7	Zachary	247
8	William	245
9	Matthew	242
10	James	235
11	John	215
12	Brandon	213
13	Andrew	185
14	Justin	181
15	Nicholas	171
16	Cody	170
17	Hunter	168
17	Joseph	168
19	David	167
20	Dylan	162
21	Jordan	160
22	Caleb	148
23	Robert	142
24	Jonathan	140
25	Ryan	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christian	135
27	Logan	133
28	Daniel	131
29	Samuel	128
30	Aaron	123
31	Dakota	115
32	Kyle	111
33	Alexander	107
34	Dalton	100
35	Ethan	99
36	Timothy	92
37	Nathan	91
38	Charles	90
39	Tanner	89
40	Noah	88
41	Benjamin	84
42	Jason	80
42	Thomas	80
44	Anthony	79
45	Kevin	78
46	Colton	77
47	Cameron	76
48	Devin	73
48	Steven	73
48	Taylor	73
51	Dustin	71
52	Eric	70
53	Blake	69
54	Jeremy	68
55	Trevor	65
56	Alex	62
57	Seth	60
58	Chase	59
58	Mason	59
60	Cole	58
60	Garrett	58
60	Stephen	58
63	Kenneth	57
64	Jared	55
65	Clayton	54
65	Patrick	54
65	Richard	54
68	Hayden	53
69	Jackson	52
69	Tristan	52
71	Bradley	51
71	Brian	51
71	Mark	51
74	Evan	48
74	Landon	48
76	Luke	47
77	Dillon	46
77	Jesse	46
77	Sean	46
80	Marcus	45
81	Adam	44
82	Gregory	42
82	Kaleb	42
82	Spencer	42
85	Grant	41
85	Parker	41
87	Johnathan	40
88	Connor	39
88	Malik	39
88	Peyton	39
88	Wesley	39
92	Nathaniel	38
92	Travis	38
94	Darius	37
94	Elijah	37
94	Levi	37
94	Trenton	37
98	Jerry	36
99	Bryan	35
100	Chandler	34
100	Jose	34