Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1969

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1969 were Lisa for girls (355 babies) and Michael for boys (682). Social Security records list 28,776 babies born in Arkansas in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1969

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

Girls

Gayla: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Ladonna: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Shelia: 63 babies, 6× the national rate
Angelia: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Amanda: 78 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Phyllis: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marsha: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ruby: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ashley: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lana: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 34 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Scotty: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Freddie: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Earnest: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Timmy: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 142 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donnie: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jessie: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Billy: 138 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tommy: 82 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	355	–	1
2	Angela	343	↑2	7
3	Kimberly	306	–	4
4	Melissa	274	↑1	5
5	Tammy	272	↓3	9
6	Michelle	200	↑5	2
7	Jennifer	197	↑12	3
8	Mary	195	↓2	8
9	Tina	192	↓2	22
10	Karen	187	↓2	13
11	Teresa	183	↓1	32
12	Rhonda	163	↑2	44
13	Donna	159	↓4	26
14	Shannon	157	↑20	31
15	Laura	153	↑8	10
16	Pamela	152	↓4	24
17	Patricia	152	–	18
18	Stephanie	146	↓5	19
19	Tracy	142	↓3	17
20	Amy	136	↑15	6
21	Cynthia	135	↓6	23
22	Sharon	134	↓1	36
23	Rebecca	129	↑18	28
24	Sandra	127	↓6	25
25	Brenda	120	↑3	38
26	Susan	120	↑1	11
27	Elizabeth	114	↑4	16
28	Tonya	114	↓3	54
29	Sherry	112	↓5	55
30	Kelly	111	↓10	15
31	Linda	111	↓9	33
32	Deborah	96	↓3	27
33	Lori	93	↓1	20
34	Dana	92	↑4	60
35	Stacy	90	↑7	53
36	Sheila	87	↓10	68
37	Barbara	86	↓7	39
38	Paula	86	↓5	50
39	Cheryl	80	↑6	41
40	Regina	80	↑4	86
41	Robin	80	↑8	46
42	Amanda	78	new	>100
43	Carla	77	↓7	90
44	Debra	75	↓4	43
45	Carol	74	↓8	56
46	Julie	74	↓7	12
47	Cindy	70	new	74
48	Carolyn	67	–	71
49	Kathy	65	new	77
50	Monica	65	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	682	↑1	1
2	James	674	↓1	3
3	John	479	–	4
4	David	472	–	2
5	Robert	468	–	5
6	William	345	↑1	6
7	Charles	288	↓1	19
8	Mark	268	–	8
9	Christopher	264	↑8	7
10	Kevin	235	↓1	16
11	Steven	213	–	14
12	Brian	210	↑2	9
13	Timothy	205	↓3	17
14	Richard	203	↓2	10
15	Jeffrey	188	–	11
16	Anthony	186	↓3	20
17	Kenneth	178	↓1	23
18	Gary	174	↑1	35
19	Gregory	174	↑2	26
20	Thomas	172	↑7	13
21	Larry	161	↑3	40
22	Jerry	159	↓4	45
23	Terry	154	↓3	52
24	Stephen	146	↑11	27
25	Jimmy	142	–	79
26	Rodney	139	↑11	49
27	Billy	138	↓1	77
28	Donald	137	–	30
29	Paul	137	↓6	22
30	Eric	129	↑9	21
31	Bobby	127	↓1	82
32	Joseph	125	↑8	15
33	Jeffery	123	↓4	48
34	Tony	122	↓2	54
35	Scott	118	↓4	12
36	Jason	117	new	25
37	Ronald	116	↓15	29
38	Johnny	110	↓5	67
39	Danny	100	new	73
40	Bryan	96	↑2	51
41	Keith	92	↓7	36
42	Randy	83	↓1	55
43	Ricky	82	↓7	90
44	Tommy	82	↑6	>100
45	Patrick	81	↓7	31
46	Daniel	80	↓3	18
47	Joe	76	new	83
48	Russell	76	new	57
49	Phillip	75	new	74
50	Bradley	73	new	53

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