Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1976

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (541 babies) and Jason for boys (642). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,234 babies born in Arkansas in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1976

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

Girls

Jerri: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lashonda: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Ashley: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Krystal: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chrystal: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeannie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Misty: 167 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Latonya: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Miranda: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brandy: 131 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rickey: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kenny: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Billy: 131 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fredrick: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jimmy: 95 babies, 4× the national rate
Stacy: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 94 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	541	–	1
2	Amanda	342	↑2	10
3	Amy	335	–	2
4	Angela	315	↓2	5
5	Melissa	258	↑1	3
6	Kimberly	241	↓1	7
7	Heather	232	–	4
8	Stephanie	190	–	11
9	Jamie	172	new	18
10	Misty	167	↓1	46
11	Rebecca	156	–	12
12	Lisa	151	↑1	9
13	Shannon	141	↑6	17
14	Brandy	131	↑12	55
15	Crystal	130	↓1	36
16	Christina	128	↑4	14
17	Christy	122	–	60
18	Sarah	122	↑3	15
19	April	121	↓1	30
20	Jessica	121	↑27	8
21	Mary	120	↓9	22
22	Michelle	116	↓12	6
23	Laura	115	↑10	20
24	Julie	102	↑5	21
25	Tonya	101	↓9	58
26	Elizabeth	95	↓3	16
27	Amber	93	↑4	49
28	Tammy	93	↓13	41
29	Tiffany	87	new	32
30	Stacy	86	↓5	38
31	Carrie	84	↓4	28
32	Tracy	84	↓10	37
33	Andrea	81	↑6	25
34	Tina	81	↓10	48
35	Wendy	78	↓3	39
36	Ashley	73	–	>100
37	Melanie	72	↑1	53
38	Kelly	70	↓4	19
39	Rachel	67	new	23
40	Brandi	66	new	79
41	Monica	65	↑1	45
42	Jaime	64	new	29
43	Leslie	64	↓2	65
44	Susan	64	↓14	40
45	Teresa	64	↓5	66
46	Pamela	63	↓2	84
47	Sara	63	new	27
48	Karen	61	↓13	31
49	Lori	61	↓12	47
50	Dana	60	↓5	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	642	↑2	2
2	Michael	613	↓1	1
3	Christopher	520	↑1	3
4	James	507	↓2	5
5	John	406	–	6
6	David	342	–	4
7	Jeremy	330	↑5	14
8	Robert	323	↓1	7
9	William	270	↓1	11
10	Kevin	235	–	15
11	Charles	222	–	26
12	Brian	221	↓3	8
13	Eric	216	↑5	13
14	Joseph	207	↑7	12
15	Matthew	206	–	9
16	Anthony	185	↓3	22
17	Timothy	179	↑3	21
18	Steven	174	↓4	20
19	Daniel	169	–	10
20	Joshua	155	↑12	18
21	Mark	136	↑1	25
22	Richard	134	↓6	19
23	Billy	131	↑3	85
24	Justin	131	↑5	33
25	Brandon	129	↑3	40
26	Jonathan	127	↓1	31
27	Scott	126	↑3	24
28	Thomas	126	↓5	23
29	Chad	124	↓12	29
30	Aaron	119	↑11	30
31	Jeffrey	116	↓7	17
32	Larry	112	↑2	60
33	Bryan	110	↑12	43
34	Travis	103	new	46
35	Gregory	100	↑4	35
36	Jerry	98	↑6	67
37	Stephen	96	–	37
38	Jimmy	95	↓3	>100
39	Bobby	94	↓8	96
40	Kenneth	94	↓13	38
41	Marcus	93	↓8	74
42	Paul	93	↑2	28
43	Bradley	85	↓3	51
44	Patrick	81	↑2	41
45	Adam	80	new	36
46	Phillip	80	↑4	69
47	Terry	80	↓9	75
48	Shawn	79	↓12	34
49	Andrew	77	new	27
50	Nathan	77	new	39

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