Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1973

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (546 babies) and Michael for boys (719). Social Security records list 27,465 babies born in Arkansas in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1973

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: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Misti: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Christi: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashley: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelia: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tammie: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misty: 103 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christy: 119 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carla: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terri: 54 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Timmy: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rickey: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jackie: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Scotty: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Stacy: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 109 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Marty: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Blake: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 101 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ricky: 68 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	546	–	1
2	Angela	351	–	7
3	Kimberly	284	–	4
4	Stephanie	248	↑1	9
5	Amy	243	↑4	2
6	Melissa	235	↓2	6
7	Michelle	192	↓1	3
8	Lisa	189	–	5
9	Rebecca	183	↑3	10
10	Tonya	160	↑3	36
11	Tammy	145	↓4	15
12	Heather	139	↑13	8
13	Mary	139	↓3	14
14	Amanda	131	↑8	51
15	Christy	119	↑5	73
16	Tina	119	↓2	24
17	Tracy	119	–	20
18	Shannon	114	↓7	22
19	Teresa	112	↑4	45
20	Cynthia	110	↓5	26
21	Stacy	104	↓3	32
22	Julie	103	↑6	12
23	Misty	103	↑22	90
24	April	101	↑10	33
25	Laura	98	↓9	19
26	Elizabeth	93	↑6	13
27	Kelly	90	↓6	18
28	Pamela	89	↑1	47
29	Donna	85	↑2	55
30	Sandra	85	↑5	39
31	Christina	83	↑10	16
32	Sharon	83	↑4	57
33	Karen	82	↓14	23
34	Rhonda	82	↓7	70
35	Crystal	78	↓2	48
36	Susan	77	↓6	25
37	Melanie	76	new	43
38	Monica	76	new	40
39	Patricia	76	↓13	27
40	Andrea	73	↑8	30
41	Lori	73	↓17	28
42	Carla	71	↓3	>100
43	Holly	70	new	54
44	Melinda	70	new	72
45	Brandy	67	new	82
46	Sarah	67	new	35
47	Leslie	65	↓7	75
48	Dana	63	↓10	59
49	Sherry	62	↓12	76
50	Robin	61	↓7	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	719	–	1
2	James	576	–	4
3	Christopher	571	–	2
4	Jason	465	↑5	3
5	David	400	↓1	5
6	John	395	↓1	6
7	Brian	341	–	8
8	Robert	326	–	7
9	William	304	↓3	9
10	Kevin	254	–	14
11	Charles	229	–	23
12	Steven	205	–	20
13	Timothy	203	↑1	22
14	Eric	199	↑1	13
15	Mark	198	↓2	15
16	Anthony	176	↑5	21
17	Matthew	155	↑10	10
18	Joseph	154	↑7	12
19	Kenneth	154	–	28
20	Jeffrey	152	↓3	17
21	Richard	151	↓5	16
22	Thomas	151	↓2	19
23	Gregory	146	↓5	26
24	Daniel	145	↑9	11
25	Larry	127	↓2	50
26	Shawn	126	↑10	27
27	Gary	122	↓3	44
28	Jerry	121	↓6	57
29	Scott	115	↓3	18
30	Jimmy	109	↑5	95
31	Billy	106	↓3	76
32	Bryan	106	↑10	43
33	Keith	104	↓3	41
34	Chad	103	↑6	25
35	Stephen	102	↑4	32
36	Bobby	101	↓4	93
37	Jeremy	101	new	33
38	Jonathan	98	↑7	31
39	Jeffery	97	↓8	64
40	Donald	96	↓2	38
41	Danny	93	↑3	83
42	Paul	93	↓8	24
43	Terry	93	↓6	65
44	Johnny	91	↓3	82
45	Marcus	87	↑4	72
46	Phillip	85	new	71
47	Rodney	84	↓18	68
48	Ronald	79	↓5	40
49	Brandon	76	↑1	58
50	Tony	75	↓2	78

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