Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1980

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1980 were Amanda for girls (603 babies) and Michael for boys (597). Amanda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,735 babies born in Arkansas in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1980

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: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maranda: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ashley: 203 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandy: 174 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 143 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terri: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tabatha: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terra: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tonya: 69 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Donnie: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cedric: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Charlie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jimmy: 76 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 102 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Courtney: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Scotty: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roderick: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Amanda	603	–	2
2	Jennifer	580	–	1
3	Melissa	274	–	4
4	Sarah	264	↑4	5
5	Kimberly	261	↑1	11
6	Crystal	241	↑1	18
7	Angela	230	↓2	12
8	Jessica	230	↑4	3
9	Heather	229	↑4	6
10	Amy	223	↓6	8
11	Amber	215	↓2	22
12	Stephanie	215	↓1	13
13	Tiffany	211	↑9	14
14	Ashley	203	↑2	40
15	April	201	↓5	26
16	Brandy	174	↓2	42
17	Misty	143	↓2	49
18	Mary	140	↑3	25
19	Elizabeth	130	↑1	9
20	Laura	129	↑4	21
21	Rebecca	127	↓4	17
22	Andrea	114	↑5	28
23	Christina	110	–	15
24	Rachel	109	↑2	23
25	Jamie	107	↓7	24
26	Lisa	106	↓7	16
27	Michelle	97	↓2	10
28	Sara	95	↑17	27
29	Brandi	93	↑1	63
30	Leslie	89	↑3	61
31	Shannon	88	↓2	29
32	Courtney	81	new	48
33	Kelly	81	↓1	19
34	Nicole	78	new	7
35	Erin	75	new	20
36	Alicia	74	↑4	47
37	Carrie	71	↓1	46
38	Christy	71	↓7	83
39	Erica	70	↓4	34
40	Julie	69	↓12	32
41	Tonya	69	–	97
42	Stacy	68	–	53
43	Emily	66	↑1	31
44	Holly	62	new	52
45	Katrina	60	new	90
46	Natasha	60	new	89
47	Samantha	60	↓9	58
48	Monica	59	↓11	45
49	Susan	59	new	62
50	Kristin	58	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	597	–	1
2	Jason	568	↑2	3
3	Christopher	529	↓1	2
4	James	515	↓1	5
5	Joshua	504	↑1	7
6	John	395	↓1	8
7	Jeremy	352	–	18
8	Justin	345	↑6	13
9	David	330	↓1	4
10	William	284	↑1	14
11	Matthew	282	↓1	6
12	Robert	269	↓3	9
13	Brian	252	↑2	12
14	Jonathan	247	↑5	21
15	Joseph	243	↓3	10
16	Daniel	231	↑1	11
17	Charles	219	↓4	29
18	Brandon	216	↑6	31
19	Eric	203	↓3	16
20	Kevin	198	↓2	23
21	Timothy	187	–	20
22	Steven	159	↑1	28
23	Adam	153	↑4	22
24	Nicholas	151	↓4	17
25	Aaron	144	↑1	34
26	Richard	144	↓1	26
27	Dustin	139	↑15	44
28	Nathan	137	↑3	36
29	Thomas	129	↓1	25
30	Anthony	127	↓8	24
31	Ryan	127	↓1	15
32	Chad	126	↑4	39
33	Mark	116	–	30
34	Andrew	115	↑12	19
35	Kenneth	113	↑4	41
36	Jeffrey	112	↓7	27
37	Marcus	106	↑3	71
38	Billy	102	↓1	100
39	Stephen	102	↑2	40
40	Benjamin	98	↓6	32
41	Gary	93	new	63
42	Bradley	91	↓7	51
43	Shawn	88	new	47
44	Scott	86	↓6	33
45	Jacob	85	new	43
46	Travis	85	↓14	37
47	Gregory	83	↑1	42
48	Derek	82	new	50
49	Patrick	82	–	38
50	Bobby	80	↓6	>100

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