Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1975

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (524 babies) and Michael for boys (662). Social Security records list 27,525 babies born in Arkansas in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1975

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

Girls

Ashley: 78 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelia: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Chasity: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Misty: 173 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misti: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katina: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Penny: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Jackie: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Belinda: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beverly: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jimmy: 107 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sammy: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 128 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jackie: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rickey: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bobby: 112 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Freddie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Jody: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cedric: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	524	–	1
2	Angela	354	–	5
3	Amy	334	↑1	2
4	Amanda	268	↑6	14
5	Kimberly	257	↓2	7
6	Melissa	256	–	4
7	Heather	212	–	3
8	Stephanie	211	↓3	9
9	Misty	173	↑12	47
10	Michelle	166	↓2	6
11	Rebecca	163	↓2	11
12	Mary	149	↓1	19
13	Lisa	147	↑1	8
14	Crystal	142	↑26	43
15	Tammy	133	–	31
16	Tonya	132	↓4	45
17	Christy	125	↓4	53
18	April	121	↑2	25
19	Shannon	121	↓2	21
20	Christina	119	↑9	12
21	Sarah	117	↑7	17
22	Tracy	109	↓6	24
23	Elizabeth	107	↑3	15
24	Tina	105	↓6	35
25	Stacy	103	↓1	34
26	Brandy	102	↑18	57
27	Carrie	99	↑22	29
28	Cynthia	96	↓1	40
29	Julie	96	↑1	18
30	Susan	90	↑3	32
31	Amber	87	new	59
32	Wendy	85	↑4	33
33	Laura	83	↓11	20
34	Kelly	81	↓3	16
35	Karen	80	↓3	27
36	Ashley	78	new	>100
37	Lori	78	↓2	39
38	Melanie	75	↑5	52
39	Andrea	74	↓14	28
40	Teresa	74	↓21	61
41	Leslie	66	↑9	71
42	Monica	66	new	49
43	Christie	64	↓2	96
44	Pamela	64	↓7	70
45	Dana	62	↓3	62
46	Patricia	61	↓12	36
47	Jessica	60	new	13
48	Rhonda	60	↓25	93
49	Holly	59	↓1	55
50	Sharon	59	↓4	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	662	–	1
2	James	596	↑2	4
3	Jason	570	–	2
4	Christopher	568	↓2	3
5	John	369	–	7
6	David	356	–	5
7	Robert	346	–	6
8	William	313	↑1	10
9	Brian	244	↓1	8
10	Kevin	240	–	15
11	Charles	223	–	25
12	Jeremy	219	↑1	24
13	Anthony	194	↑4	21
14	Steven	186	↓2	18
15	Matthew	171	↑3	9
16	Richard	165	–	16
17	Chad	157	↑8	27
18	Eric	157	↓3	13
19	Daniel	156	↑7	11
20	Timothy	148	↓1	22
21	Joseph	146	↓1	12
22	Mark	144	↓8	19
23	Thomas	133	↓1	20
24	Jeffrey	132	↓3	14
25	Jonathan	131	↑6	30
26	Billy	128	↑2	84
27	Kenneth	126	↓4	35
28	Brandon	123	↑11	44
29	Justin	120	↑15	37
30	Scott	117	↓1	17
31	Bobby	112	↑2	93
32	Joshua	111	↑15	26
33	Marcus	110	↑5	68
34	Larry	108	↓2	56
35	Jimmy	107	↑6	>100
36	Shawn	106	↓9	31
37	Stephen	103	–	34
38	Terry	98	↑2	67
39	Gregory	95	↓15	33
40	Bradley	93	new	52
41	Aaron	91	↑4	32
42	Jerry	89	↓12	65
43	Gary	88	↓9	50
44	Paul	86	↓9	29
45	Bryan	84	↓9	47
46	Patrick	83	new	39
47	Rodney	83	↑2	76
48	Keith	82	–	49
49	Benjamin	81	new	36
50	Phillip	80	new	72

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