Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1971

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1971 were Angela for girls (402 babies) and Michael for boys (709). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,853 babies born in Arkansas in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1971

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

Girls

Ladonna: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shelia: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Glenda: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelia: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Ashley: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Candy: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christi: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marsha: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amanda: 105 babies, 3× the national rate
Jo: 23 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earnest: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kendall: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rickey: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 129 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Scotty: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Billy: 147 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenny: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Clifton: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Otis: 15 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Angela	402	↑1	6
2	Kimberly	391	↓1	4
3	Jennifer	365	↑3	1
4	Melissa	296	–	7
5	Lisa	267	↓2	3
6	Tammy	227	↓1	8
7	Michelle	219	↑5	2
8	Stephanie	193	↑1	11
9	Shannon	190	↓1	21
10	Amy	181	↑4	5
11	Mary	177	↓4	9
12	Tracy	174	↑1	13
13	Karen	171	↑2	15
14	Tina	160	↓4	20
15	Tonya	157	↑1	45
16	Rebecca	154	↑3	23
17	Stacy	143	↑12	32
18	Pamela	135	↓1	28
19	Rhonda	135	↑5	46
20	Donna	127	↑2	38
21	Teresa	127	↓3	34
22	Cynthia	125	↓11	24
23	Laura	123	↓2	16
24	Elizabeth	120	↓1	19
25	Susan	120	↑1	17
26	Lori	114	↑8	25
27	Sandra	113	↑4	31
28	Dana	108	↑9	44
29	Julie	108	↓1	10
30	Amanda	105	↑17	84
31	Sharon	105	↓11	40
32	Linda	101	↑11	42
33	Sherry	97	–	60
34	Kelly	90	↓9	22
35	Patricia	90	↓3	26
36	Paula	89	–	63
37	Andrea	88	new	35
38	Carla	87	↓11	>100
39	Deborah	86	–	33
40	Wendy	86	new	29
41	Heather	84	new	12
42	Barbara	83	–	47
43	Christy	81	↑1	89
44	Sheila	79	↓14	81
45	Brenda	77	↓10	43
46	Melanie	74	new	66
47	Christina	73	new	30
48	Carrie	70	new	55
49	Leslie	70	↓9	68
50	Shelly	70	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	709	↑1	1
2	James	682	↓1	2
3	John	477	↑1	4
4	Christopher	441	↑4	6
5	David	431	↓2	3
6	Robert	414	↓1	5
7	William	394	↓1	7
8	Brian	280	↑5	9
9	Charles	276	–	22
10	Kevin	276	↓3	14
11	Jason	266	↑3	8
12	Mark	248	↓2	13
13	Steven	242	↓2	16
14	Richard	215	↑3	11
15	Scott	195	↑11	10
16	Gregory	194	–	26
17	Anthony	186	↓5	23
18	Thomas	180	↑5	17
19	Kenneth	178	–	25
20	Timothy	175	↓5	21
21	Jeffrey	163	↓3	12
22	Joseph	162	↑9	15
23	Eric	160	↓2	18
24	Larry	156	↓2	44
25	Billy	147	↑5	75
26	Gary	145	↓2	38
27	Paul	139	↓2	24
28	Jerry	132	↓8	50
29	Jeffery	131	↓2	53
30	Jimmy	129	↓1	93
31	Matthew	128	↑12	19
32	Stephen	119	↓4	27
33	Shawn	118	↑9	28
34	Bobby	115	↓2	79
35	Keith	113	↑2	37
36	Tony	113	↑5	62
37	Chad	110	new	29
38	Terry	106	↓3	56
39	Johnny	103	↓5	74
40	Daniel	102	–	20
41	Ronald	102	↓5	31
42	Donald	100	↓9	34
43	Patrick	97	↑2	35
44	Rodney	96	↓6	59
45	Marcus	92	↓6	65
46	Danny	89	new	82
47	Bryan	82	↑1	48
48	Chris	78	↑2	68
49	George	77	new	42
50	Douglas	76	new	39

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