Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1977

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (577 babies) and Jason for boys (666). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,416 babies born in Arkansas in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1977

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

Girls

Cristy: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Misti: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Angelia: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ashley: 107 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Krystal: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lakesha: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Latonya: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marla: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Misty: 178 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brandy: 142 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rickey: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tommy: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donny: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roderick: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marty: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 81 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendrick: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 92 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	577	–	1
2	Amanda	394	–	9
3	Angela	309	↑1	6
4	Amy	293	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	259	↑1	8
6	Heather	241	↑1	5
7	Melissa	221	↓2	2
8	Stephanie	204	–	14
9	Misty	178	↑1	40
10	Crystal	176	↑5	25
11	Jessica	170	↑9	4
12	Jamie	163	↓3	18
13	Mary	144	↑8	21
14	Brandy	142	–	51
15	Kelly	139	↑23	10
16	April	136	↑3	29
17	Laura	135	↑6	20
18	Andrea	131	↑15	24
19	Lisa	131	↓7	12
20	Rebecca	131	↓9	17
21	Sarah	129	↓3	11
22	Amber	124	↑5	33
23	Christina	124	↓7	16
24	Shannon	122	↓11	19
25	Elizabeth	110	↑1	13
26	Ashley	107	↑10	>100
27	Carrie	101	↑4	28
28	Christy	100	↓11	59
29	Michelle	95	↓7	7
30	Julie	91	↓6	22
31	Tonya	91	↓6	64
32	Stacy	89	↓2	42
33	Rachel	88	↑6	26
34	Leslie	85	↑9	65
35	Brandi	84	↑5	71
36	Tammy	81	↓8	55
37	Monica	79	↑4	39
38	Tiffany	73	↓9	34
39	Holly	72	new	52
40	Sara	72	↑7	27
41	Dana	71	↑9	62
42	Tracy	71	↓10	50
43	Tara	67	new	35
44	Erin	65	new	23
45	Kristy	65	new	68
46	Lori	65	↑3	57
47	Mandy	62	new	94
48	Tina	62	↓14	58
49	Susan	59	↓5	45
50	Patricia	58	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	666	–	2
2	Christopher	573	↑1	3
3	Michael	567	↓1	1
4	James	547	–	5
5	David	385	↑1	4
6	Jeremy	385	↑1	15
7	John	348	↓2	7
8	Robert	319	–	6
9	Kevin	277	↑1	13
10	Brian	269	↑2	8
11	William	265	↓2	12
12	Joshua	242	↑8	14
13	Charles	224	↓2	26
14	Matthew	219	↑1	9
15	Timothy	203	↑2	18
16	Daniel	201	↑3	11
17	Joseph	199	↓3	10
18	Anthony	179	↓2	21
19	Justin	166	↑5	30
20	Richard	166	↑2	20
21	Eric	163	↓8	17
22	Steven	156	↓4	23
23	Brandon	146	↑2	41
24	Mark	145	↓3	25
25	Jonathan	137	↑1	28
26	Thomas	132	↑2	22
27	Jeffrey	126	↑4	19
28	Chad	120	↑1	34
29	Bryan	117	↑4	42
30	Aaron	112	–	32
31	Larry	112	↑1	62
32	Kenneth	109	↑8	39
33	Bradley	108	↑10	49
34	Stephen	108	↑3	38
35	Scott	98	↓8	27
36	Gregory	95	↓1	35
37	Ryan	94	new	16
38	Shawn	93	↑10	37
39	Billy	92	↓16	91
40	Nathan	92	↑10	36
41	Corey	90	new	52
42	Jerry	89	↓6	75
43	Andrew	88	↑6	24
44	Wesley	87	new	66
45	Benjamin	83	new	29
46	Marcus	83	↓5	72
47	Bobby	81	↓8	>100
48	Patrick	80	↓4	40
49	Travis	77	↓15	44
50	Gary	75	new	58

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