Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1978

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (517 babies) and Jason for boys (593). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,318 babies born in Arkansas in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1978

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

Girls

Angelia: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ashley: 135 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Misty: 187 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Candy: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miranda: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chrystal: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lora: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brandy: 153 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bobbie: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 28 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Marty: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Billy: 102 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tommy: 49 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kendrick: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rickey: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jackie: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Courtney: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donnie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	517	–	1
2	Amanda	422	–	6
3	Amy	262	↑1	4
4	Angela	262	↓1	7
5	Melissa	238	↑2	2
6	Crystal	217	↑4	18
7	Heather	216	↓1	5
8	Sarah	195	↑13	8
9	Stephanie	194	↓1	16
10	Kimberly	190	↓5	13
11	Misty	187	↓2	43
12	Jessica	168	↓1	3
13	April	165	↑3	27
14	Brandy	153	–	37
15	Amber	152	↑7	30
16	Jamie	145	↓4	20
17	Christina	142	↑6	15
18	Ashley	135	↑8	87
19	Lisa	135	–	11
20	Mary	132	↓7	24
21	Kelly	126	↓6	12
22	Laura	120	↓5	19
23	Elizabeth	117	↑2	14
24	Andrea	110	↓6	23
25	Rebecca	107	↓5	17
26	Michelle	105	↑3	9
27	Christy	100	↑1	59
28	Tina	97	↑20	45
29	Stacy	96	↑3	44
30	Kristy	95	↑15	51
31	Shannon	91	↓7	22
32	Brandi	88	↑3	61
33	Tonya	85	↓2	77
34	Carrie	81	↓7	35
35	Tiffany	81	↑3	32
36	Leslie	80	↓2	63
37	Rachel	78	↓4	25
38	Tara	73	↑5	40
39	Sara	72	↑1	28
40	Cynthia	68	new	50
41	Tracy	68	↑1	47
42	Erin	67	↑2	21
43	Julie	67	↓13	26
44	Erica	66	new	34
45	Karen	63	new	39
46	Lori	63	–	60
47	Dana	60	↓6	71
48	Wendy	60	new	56
49	Holly	58	↓10	55
50	Alicia	57	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jason	593	–	2
2	Michael	566	↑1	1
3	Christopher	551	↓1	3
4	James	538	–	5
5	John	394	↑2	7
6	David	362	↓1	4
7	Jeremy	329	↓1	18
8	Joshua	298	↑4	12
9	Robert	290	↓1	8
10	William	277	↑1	13
11	Matthew	260	↑3	6
12	Brian	239	↓2	9
13	Eric	212	↑8	16
14	Kevin	205	↓5	15
15	Charles	200	↓2	27
16	Joseph	184	↑1	10
17	Steven	180	↑5	24
18	Justin	177	↑1	28
19	Jonathan	163	↑6	31
20	Timothy	163	↓5	17
21	Richard	158	↓1	21
22	Brandon	151	↑1	40
23	Daniel	149	↓7	11
24	Anthony	127	↓6	20
25	Mark	127	↓1	26
26	Aaron	120	↑4	32
27	Nicholas	115	new	25
28	Thomas	114	↓2	23
29	Jeffrey	113	↓2	19
30	Kenneth	110	↑2	41
31	Adam	106	new	29
32	Bradley	103	↑1	53
33	Nathan	103	↑7	36
34	Billy	102	↑5	99
35	Marcus	96	↑11	70
36	Stephen	95	↓2	37
37	Ryan	92	–	14
38	Gary	87	↑12	60
39	Larry	87	↓8	64
40	Corey	86	↑1	61
41	Shawn	86	↓3	39
42	Wesley	86	↑2	83
43	Chad	85	↓15	35
44	Andrew	84	↓1	22
45	Paul	84	new	33
46	Benjamin	83	↓1	34
47	Gregory	81	↓11	38
48	Jerry	77	↓6	82
49	Bobby	76	↓2	>100
50	Dustin	76	new	68

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