Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1970

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (362 babies) and James for boys (713). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,667 babies born in Arkansas in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1970

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

Girls

Shelia: 57 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ashley: 36 babies, 5× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Christi: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shanna: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Misty: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelia: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lana: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marla: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Earnest: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Scotty: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 144 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marty: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenny: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bobby: 127 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 140 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sammy: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnie: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	362	↑2	3
2	Angela	361	–	6
3	Lisa	333	↓2	2
4	Melissa	278	–	7
5	Tammy	236	–	8
6	Jennifer	235	↑1	1
7	Mary	228	↑1	9
8	Shannon	217	↑6	22
9	Stephanie	188	↑9	17
10	Tina	179	↓1	21
11	Cynthia	171	↑10	25
12	Michelle	171	↓6	4
13	Tracy	168	↑6	10
14	Amy	165	↑6	5
15	Karen	164	↓5	12
16	Tonya	157	↑12	49
17	Pamela	147	↓1	26
18	Teresa	144	↓7	34
19	Rebecca	140	↑4	29
20	Sharon	135	↑2	37
21	Laura	129	↓6	13
22	Donna	124	↓9	32
23	Elizabeth	122	↑4	18
24	Rhonda	116	↓12	46
25	Kelly	115	↑5	20
26	Susan	113	–	15
27	Carla	106	↑16	94
28	Julie	103	↑18	11
29	Stacy	103	↑6	42
30	Sheila	100	↑6	75
31	Sandra	97	↓7	27
32	Patricia	96	↓15	24
33	Sherry	95	↓4	60
34	Lori	90	↓1	23
35	Brenda	86	↓10	40
36	Paula	84	↑2	57
37	Dana	81	↓3	54
38	Robin	81	↑3	51
39	Deborah	79	↓7	33
40	Leslie	77	new	64
41	Regina	77	↓1	86
42	Barbara	76	↓5	41
43	Linda	76	↓12	38
44	Christy	72	new	>100
45	Stacey	71	new	48
46	Cindy	70	↑1	72
47	Amanda	69	↓5	>100
48	Shelly	67	new	>100
49	Tanya	66	new	76
50	Cheryl	65	↓11	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	James	713	↑1	2
2	Michael	712	↓1	1
3	David	507	↑1	3
4	John	501	↓1	4
5	Robert	436	–	5
6	William	358	–	7
7	Kevin	326	↑3	14
8	Christopher	317	↑1	6
9	Charles	310	↓2	21
10	Mark	292	↓2	9
11	Steven	265	–	15
12	Anthony	212	↑4	22
13	Brian	211	↓1	8
14	Jason	207	↑22	13
15	Timothy	203	↓2	20
16	Gregory	197	↑3	26
17	Richard	195	↓3	10
18	Jeffrey	192	↓3	11
19	Kenneth	185	↓2	25
20	Jerry	176	↑2	45
21	Eric	175	↑9	18
22	Larry	170	↓1	43
23	Thomas	168	↓3	17
24	Gary	167	↓6	35
25	Paul	160	↑4	23
26	Scott	154	↑9	12
27	Jeffery	153	↑6	50
28	Stephen	146	↓4	27
29	Jimmy	144	↓4	86
30	Billy	140	↓3	78
31	Joseph	132	↑1	16
32	Bobby	127	↓1	87
33	Donald	120	↓5	30
34	Johnny	120	↑4	65
35	Terry	118	↓12	54
36	Ronald	116	↑1	29
37	Keith	114	↑4	38
38	Rodney	109	↓12	55
39	Marcus	106	new	71
40	Daniel	101	↑6	19
41	Tony	99	↓7	57
42	Shawn	95	new	34
43	Matthew	92	new	24
44	Phillip	92	↑5	73
45	Patrick	87	–	33
46	Todd	87	new	28
47	Dennis	86	new	46
48	Bryan	84	↓8	53
49	Randy	84	↓7	59
50	Chris	78	new	63

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