Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1979

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1979 were Amanda for girls (589 babies) and Michael for boys (586). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 28,893 babies born in Arkansas in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1979

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

Girls

Shalonda: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Angelia: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashley: 158 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latonya: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Beverly: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Misty: 166 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lakesha: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brandy: 167 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Whitney: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Charlotte: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rickey: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cedric: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jimmy: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 103 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobby: 89 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ronnie: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jessie: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Derick: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heath: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Amanda	589	↑1	3
2	Jennifer	528	↓1	1
3	Melissa	275	↑2	2
4	Amy	244	↓1	5
5	Angela	244	↓1	8
6	Kimberly	238	↑4	12
7	Crystal	222	↓1	18
8	Sarah	215	–	6
9	Amber	212	↑6	22
10	April	198	↑3	23
11	Stephanie	193	↓2	15
12	Jessica	182	–	4
13	Heather	177	↓6	7
14	Brandy	167	–	39
15	Misty	166	↓4	42
16	Ashley	158	↑2	67
17	Rebecca	139	↑8	17
18	Jamie	134	↓2	19
19	Lisa	132	–	13
20	Elizabeth	131	↑3	11
21	Mary	120	↓1	24
22	Tiffany	118	↑13	28
23	Christina	114	↓6	14
24	Laura	111	↓2	20
25	Michelle	106	↑1	10
26	Rachel	103	↑11	27
27	Andrea	102	↓3	26
28	Julie	98	↑15	29
29	Shannon	94	↑2	25
30	Brandi	93	↑2	61
31	Christy	90	↓4	72
32	Kelly	88	↓11	16
33	Leslie	83	↑3	65
34	Tara	78	↑4	38
35	Erica	77	↑9	32
36	Carrie	76	↓2	41
37	Monica	73	new	40
38	Samantha	73	new	66
39	Kristy	72	↓9	56
40	Alicia	69	↑10	47
41	Tonya	68	↓8	86
42	Stacy	65	↓13	43
43	Teresa	63	new	87
44	Emily	62	new	34
45	Sara	62	↓6	30
46	Tina	62	↓18	58
47	Wendy	62	↑1	64
48	Cynthia	61	↓8	55
49	Patricia	61	new	44
50	Lori	60	↓4	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	586	↑1	1
2	Christopher	563	↑1	2
3	James	562	↑1	5
4	Jason	560	↓3	3
5	John	419	–	7
6	Joshua	417	↑2	9
7	Jeremy	408	–	16
8	David	366	↓2	4
9	Robert	313	–	8
10	Matthew	299	↑1	6
11	William	298	↓1	13
12	Joseph	232	↑4	11
13	Charles	226	↑2	28
14	Justin	215	↑4	22
15	Brian	209	↓3	10
16	Eric	199	↓3	17
17	Daniel	190	↑6	12
18	Kevin	182	↓4	19
19	Jonathan	175	–	31
20	Nicholas	171	↑7	15
21	Timothy	169	↓1	18
22	Anthony	168	↑2	21
23	Steven	165	↓6	27
24	Brandon	162	↓2	35
25	Richard	148	↓4	25
26	Aaron	142	–	32
27	Adam	135	↑4	23
28	Thomas	130	–	26
29	Jeffrey	123	–	24
30	Ryan	120	↑7	14
31	Nathan	119	↑2	37
32	Travis	119	new	36
33	Mark	116	↓8	30
34	Benjamin	105	↑12	33
35	Bradley	105	↓3	47
36	Chad	105	↑7	38
37	Billy	103	↓3	97
38	Scott	98	new	29
39	Kenneth	97	↓9	41
40	Marcus	96	↓5	76
41	Stephen	96	↓5	40
42	Dustin	95	↑8	62
43	Bryan	90	new	46
44	Bobby	89	↑5	>100
45	Jerry	87	↑3	85
46	Andrew	86	↓2	20
47	Larry	85	↓8	69
48	Gregory	84	↓1	42
49	Patrick	84	new	39
50	Jimmy	78	new	>100

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