Popular baby names in Arkansas

In 2025, Arkansas's top baby names were Charlotte for girls and Liam for boys. Below: this year's top 20, the names Arkansas likes far more than the rest of the country, the number-one names decade by decade, and every year's list back to 1910.

Top 20 names in Arkansas, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Charlotte	148	2
2	Amelia	122	4
3	Olivia	119	1
4	Isabella	103	7
5	Eleanor	95	12
6	Evelyn	87	8
7	Emma	83	3
8	Harper	83	16
9	Willow	79	44
10	Sophia	78	5
11	Hazel	74	21
12	Ellie	72	24
13	Ava	69	11
14	Elizabeth	67	17
15	Violet	66	13
16	Lily	64	18
17	Ivy	62	39
18	Nova	62	46
19	Ailany	59	14
20	Avery	59	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Liam	167	1
2	Hudson	147	17
3	Oliver	143	3
4	Elijah	138	7
5	Noah	134	2
6	James	131	6
7	Henry	128	5
8	William	125	9
9	Waylon	122	56
10	Theodore	106	4
11	John	100	23
12	Samuel	99	18
13	Asher	94	28
14	Cooper	94	27
15	Benjamin	89	11
16	Levi	84	12
17	Wyatt	84	38
18	Carter	80	45
19	Jackson	79	36
20	Silas	77	71

Full 2025 top 50 and standout names

Names Arkansas likes more than the rest of the country

Arkansas favorites

Among the state's 100 most-given names in 2021–2025 and at least twice as common there as in the rest of the US.

Stetson (boys): #40 in Arkansas, 4.4× the rest-of-US rate
Blakely (girls): #33 in Arkansas, 4× the rest-of-US rate
Oaklynn (girls): #35 in Arkansas, 3.9× the rest-of-US rate
Aspen (girls): #78 in Arkansas, 3.7× the rest-of-US rate
Oakley (girls): #48 in Arkansas, 3.6× the rest-of-US rate
Magnolia (girls): #36 in Arkansas, 3.4× the rest-of-US rate
Sutton (girls): #80 in Arkansas, 3.3× the rest-of-US rate
Everleigh (girls): #38 in Arkansas, 3.2× the rest-of-US rate
Saylor (girls): #99 in Arkansas, 3.1× the rest-of-US rate
Wrenley (girls): #91 in Arkansas, 3.1× the rest-of-US rate
Barrett (boys): #79 in Arkansas, 3× the rest-of-US rate
Paisley (girls): #14 in Arkansas, 2.8× the rest-of-US rate

Signature names, rare elsewhere

Given to at least 50 babies in the state in 2021–2025, at least three times as common there as in the rest of the US, and rare nationally (under 200 babies per million).

Hadlee (girls): 53 babies in 2021–2025, 5.3× the rest-of-US rate
Emberlynn (girls): 50 babies in 2021–2025, 5.2× the rest-of-US rate
Gatlin (boys): 50 babies in 2021–2025, 4.8× the rest-of-US rate

Number-one baby names in Arkansas by decade

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte	Liam
2020	Olivia	Liam
2010	Emma	William
2000	Hannah	Jacob
1990	Jessica	Christopher
1980	Amanda	Michael
1970	Kimberly	James
1960	Mary	James
1950	Linda	James
1940	Mary	James
1930	Mary	James
1920	Mary	James
1910	Mary	James

Top 20 names in Arkansas, 2025

Names Arkansas likes more than the rest of the country

Arkansas favorites

Signature names, rare elsewhere

Number-one baby names in Arkansas by decade

Arkansas baby names by year