Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1968

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1968 were Lisa for girls (411 babies) and James for boys (678). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,925 babies born in Arkansas in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1968

Names given at least 15 times in Arkansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Felecia: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Gayla: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ashley: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ladonna: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelia: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terrie: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Glenda: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelia: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mona: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobbie: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dewayne: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jackie: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kendall: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 147 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 146 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Freddie: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Otis: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bobby: 125 babies, 4× the national rate
Scotty: 20 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	411	–	1
2	Tammy	339	↑2	8
3	Kimberly	316	↓1	3
4	Angela	291	↓1	7
5	Melissa	288	↑2	5
6	Mary	210	↓1	6
7	Tina	198	↑2	18
8	Karen	192	↓2	9
9	Donna	182	↑1	24
10	Teresa	179	↑1	30
11	Michelle	171	↑6	2
12	Pamela	170	↓4	20
13	Stephanie	169	↑9	23
14	Rhonda	152	↑1	42
15	Cynthia	147	↑1	19
16	Tracy	146	↑9	25
17	Patricia	145	↓3	15
18	Sandra	141	↓5	26
19	Jennifer	136	↑8	4
20	Kelly	132	↑14	12
21	Sharon	130	↓9	32
22	Linda	120	↓1	28
23	Laura	119	↑3	11
24	Sherry	115	↓5	52
25	Tonya	109	↑10	60
26	Sheila	108	↑5	59
27	Susan	103	↓7	10
28	Brenda	96	↓10	34
29	Deborah	95	↑1	27
30	Barbara	94	↓7	36
31	Elizabeth	93	↓3	17
32	Lori	93	↑8	22
33	Paula	92	↓4	45
34	Shannon	92	new	53
35	Amy	91	↑8	13
36	Carla	91	↓3	91
37	Carol	86	↑4	49
38	Dana	81	↑4	70
39	Julie	80	new	16
40	Debra	78	↓8	38
41	Rebecca	78	↓17	33
42	Stacy	76	↑2	64
43	Terri	76	new	83
44	Regina	74	↓5	81
45	Cheryl	71	↓8	37
46	Jacqueline	68	↑2	50
47	Nancy	68	↓9	39
48	Carolyn	66	↓12	61
49	Robin	66	new	43
50	Sonya	65	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	678	–	4
2	Michael	625	–	1
3	John	497	↑1	3
4	David	485	↓1	2
5	Robert	468	–	5
6	Charles	304	↑2	20
7	William	296	↓1	6
8	Mark	276	↓1	7
9	Kevin	250	↑2	17
10	Timothy	241	↓1	13
11	Steven	220	↑2	15
12	Richard	216	–	8
13	Anthony	200	↑6	21
14	Brian	195	↑3	10
15	Jeffrey	195	↑1	11
16	Kenneth	193	↓6	23
17	Christopher	191	↑3	9
18	Jerry	182	↓3	44
19	Gary	172	↑8	32
20	Terry	171	↓6	48
21	Gregory	170	↓3	26
22	Ronald	157	↑4	25
23	Paul	152	↑1	19
24	Larry	150	↓2	38
25	Jimmy	147	↓4	77
26	Billy	146	↓3	76
27	Thomas	144	↓2	12
28	Donald	130	↑3	29
29	Jeffery	128	↑9	46
30	Bobby	125	↑2	81
31	Scott	119	↑9	14
32	Tony	116	↓2	52
33	Johnny	115	↑4	69
34	Keith	114	↓5	35
35	Stephen	110	↓1	27
36	Ricky	106	↑5	70
37	Rodney	106	↓9	42
38	Patrick	104	↑12	30
39	Eric	102	↓4	22
40	Joseph	96	↓7	16
41	Randy	90	↓5	54
42	Bryan	87	↑2	51
43	Daniel	82	↓1	18
44	Douglas	78	↑2	33
45	Edward	76	↓2	31
46	Willie	74	new	96
47	Todd	73	↑2	28
48	Ronnie	72	↓1	>100
49	Darrell	71	new	86
50	Tommy	71	new	>100

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