Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1972

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (454 babies) and Michael for boys (708). Social Security records list 28,046 babies born in Arkansas in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1972

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: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Angelia: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelia: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lana: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shanna: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ashley: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Misty: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ruby: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christy: 116 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amanda: 108 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Scotty: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Stacy: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jimmy: 110 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 126 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 114 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tommy: 64 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lonnie: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jackie: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Timmy: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	454	↑2	1
2	Angela	401	↓1	6
3	Kimberly	381	↓1	4
4	Melissa	293	–	7
5	Stephanie	247	↑3	8
6	Michelle	217	↑1	2
7	Tammy	214	↓1	11
8	Lisa	205	↓3	3
9	Amy	199	↑1	5
10	Mary	183	↑1	13
11	Shannon	164	↓2	22
12	Rebecca	159	↑4	14
13	Tonya	151	↑2	37
14	Tina	147	–	18
15	Cynthia	135	↑7	25
16	Laura	135	↑7	17
17	Tracy	134	↓5	19
18	Stacy	127	↓1	33
19	Karen	117	↓6	21
20	Christy	116	↑23	74
21	Kelly	109	↑13	23
22	Amanda	108	↑8	76
23	Teresa	106	↓2	39
24	Lori	104	↑2	28
25	Heather	102	↑16	9
26	Patricia	98	↑9	27
27	Rhonda	98	↓8	60
28	Julie	97	↑1	12
29	Pamela	93	↓11	34
30	Susan	93	↓5	24
31	Donna	92	↓11	45
32	Elizabeth	89	↓8	15
33	Crystal	84	new	59
34	April	82	new	48
35	Sandra	81	↓8	31
36	Sharon	79	↓5	50
37	Sherry	79	↓4	70
38	Dana	78	↓10	52
39	Carla	77	↓1	>100
40	Leslie	75	↑9	75
41	Christina	73	↑6	26
42	Wendy	72	↓2	29
43	Robin	70	new	55
44	Deborah	69	↓5	43
45	Misty	69	new	>100
46	Paula	69	↓10	72
47	Linda	68	↓15	51
48	Andrea	66	↓11	30
49	Shelly	65	↑1	94
50	Tara	65	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	708	–	1
2	James	625	–	3
3	Christopher	506	↑1	2
4	David	433	↑1	4
5	John	412	↓2	5
6	William	363	↑1	9
7	Brian	355	↑1	8
8	Robert	353	↓2	6
9	Jason	320	↑2	7
10	Kevin	256	–	13
11	Charles	248	↓2	23
12	Steven	220	↑1	19
13	Mark	208	↓1	18
14	Timothy	205	↑6	21
15	Eric	174	↑8	16
16	Richard	171	↓2	14
17	Jeffrey	162	↑4	17
18	Gregory	161	↓2	26
19	Kenneth	155	–	27
20	Thomas	155	↓2	20
21	Anthony	152	↓4	22
22	Jerry	150	↑6	53
23	Larry	146	↑1	47
24	Gary	140	↑2	41
25	Joseph	140	↓3	12
26	Scott	139	↓11	11
27	Matthew	130	↑4	10
28	Billy	126	↓3	81
29	Rodney	120	↑15	65
30	Keith	118	↑5	38
31	Jeffery	116	↓2	58
32	Bobby	114	↑2	90
33	Daniel	114	↑7	15
34	Paul	113	↓7	24
35	Jimmy	110	↓5	97
36	Shawn	109	↓3	28
37	Terry	108	↑1	62
38	Donald	103	↑4	36
39	Stephen	103	↓7	29
40	Chad	101	↓3	25
41	Johnny	99	↓2	74
42	Bryan	92	↑5	45
43	Ronald	92	↓2	32
44	Danny	81	↑2	87
45	Jonathan	78	new	37
46	Randy	77	new	70
47	Tracy	77	new	>100
48	Tony	72	↓12	68
49	Marcus	70	↓4	71
50	Brandon	69	new	63

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