Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1974

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (564 babies) and Michael for boys (719). Social Security records list 28,354 babies born in Arkansas in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1974

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: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cristy: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Darla: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jeannie: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashley: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Deana: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelly: 78 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christie: 75 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Latonya: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Garry: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tommy: 61 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stacy: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 126 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bobby: 106 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 97 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifton: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marty: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jackie: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	564	–	1
2	Angela	384	–	5
3	Kimberly	314	–	6
4	Amy	278	↑1	2
5	Stephanie	242	↓1	9
6	Melissa	240	–	7
7	Heather	183	↑5	4
8	Michelle	179	↓1	3
9	Rebecca	179	–	10
10	Amanda	169	↑4	34
11	Mary	165	↑2	13
12	Tonya	156	↓2	37
13	Christy	139	↑2	57
14	Lisa	131	↓6	8
15	Tammy	127	↓4	24
16	Tracy	124	↑1	23
17	Shannon	120	↑1	18
18	Tina	111	↓2	25
19	Teresa	99	–	52
20	April	98	↑4	28
21	Misty	98	↑2	66
22	Laura	96	↑3	21
23	Rhonda	95	↑11	86
24	Stacy	93	↓3	38
25	Andrea	92	↑15	35
26	Elizabeth	92	–	12
27	Cynthia	91	↓7	33
28	Sarah	90	↑18	20
29	Christina	89	↑2	16
30	Julie	89	↓8	14
31	Kelly	89	↓4	15
32	Karen	88	↑1	26
33	Susan	88	↑3	27
34	Patricia	86	↑5	29
35	Lori	84	↑6	30
36	Wendy	82	new	32
37	Pamela	79	↓9	54
38	Tanya	79	new	46
39	Shelly	78	new	>100
40	Crystal	76	↓5	49
41	Christie	75	new	>100
42	Dana	75	↑6	55
43	Melanie	73	↓6	51
44	Brandy	71	↑1	80
45	Robin	69	↑5	63
46	Sharon	68	↓14	70
47	Carla	67	↓5	>100
48	Holly	66	↓5	56
49	Carrie	64	new	42
50	Leslie	64	↓3	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	719	–	1
2	Christopher	624	↑1	3
3	Jason	580	↑1	2
4	James	575	↓2	5
5	John	407	↑1	6
6	David	379	↓1	4
7	Robert	352	↑1	7
8	Brian	316	↓1	8
9	William	291	–	10
10	Kevin	274	–	14
11	Charles	226	–	23
12	Steven	203	–	19
13	Jeremy	180	↑24	24
14	Mark	179	↑1	16
15	Eric	178	↓1	13
16	Richard	176	↑5	17
17	Anthony	174	↓1	21
18	Matthew	173	↓1	9
19	Timothy	166	↓6	22
20	Joseph	164	↓2	12
21	Jeffrey	153	↓1	15
22	Thomas	146	–	20
23	Kenneth	145	↓4	34
24	Gregory	138	↓1	31
25	Chad	132	↑9	26
26	Daniel	131	↓2	11
27	Shawn	131	↓1	30
28	Billy	126	↑3	78
29	Scott	125	–	18
30	Jerry	123	↓2	61
31	Jonathan	120	↑7	33
32	Larry	120	↓7	55
33	Bobby	106	↑3	92
34	Gary	106	↓7	48
35	Paul	106	↑7	27
36	Bryan	104	↓4	45
37	Stephen	103	↓2	35
38	Marcus	101	↑7	73
39	Brandon	100	↑10	51
40	Terry	98	↑3	69
41	Jimmy	97	↓11	99
42	Jeffery	94	↓3	66
43	Donald	92	↓3	41
44	Justin	89	new	43
45	Aaron	88	new	32
46	Danny	88	↓5	91
47	Joshua	88	new	29
48	Keith	85	↓15	44
49	Rodney	83	↓2	72
50	Johnny	82	↓6	83

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