Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1981

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1981 were Amanda for girls (518 babies) and Joshua for boys (519). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,003 babies born in Arkansas in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1981

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

Girls

Kimberley: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ginger: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terri: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chasity: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ashley: 223 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sherry: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brandy: 165 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Misty: 115 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Whitney: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Charity: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rickey: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jackie: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Donnie: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Heath: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jimmy: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roderick: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Courtney: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobby: 78 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Amanda	518	–	3
2	Jennifer	508	–	1
3	Jessica	354	↑5	2
4	Crystal	268	↑2	16
5	Sarah	241	↓1	4
6	Amber	232	↑5	20
7	Ashley	223	↑7	34
8	Amy	205	↑2	6
9	Kimberly	202	↓4	13
10	Melissa	200	↓7	5
11	Tiffany	197	↑2	14
12	Angela	188	↓5	15
13	Stephanie	187	↓1	8
14	April	183	↑1	25
15	Heather	177	↓6	10
16	Brandy	165	–	41
17	Rebecca	159	↑4	12
18	Rachel	157	↑6	22
19	Mary	133	↓1	27
20	Elizabeth	131	↓1	9
21	Jamie	125	↑4	28
22	Andrea	119	–	24
23	Brandi	117	↑6	50
24	Laura	116	↓4	21
25	Lisa	116	↑1	18
26	Misty	115	↓9	61
27	Courtney	85	↑5	43
28	Leslie	85	↑2	56
29	Michelle	85	↓2	11
30	Erin	84	↑5	19
31	Christina	82	↓8	17
32	Erica	77	↑7	36
33	Sara	77	↓5	26
34	Julie	76	↑6	37
35	Shannon	76	↓4	32
36	Emily	73	↑7	29
37	Latoya	70	new	69
38	Samantha	70	↑9	51
39	Kelly	69	↓6	23
40	Carrie	66	↓3	55
41	Tara	66	new	45
42	Holly	64	↑2	63
43	Lindsey	58	new	58
44	Natalie	58	new	60
45	Natasha	58	↑1	85
46	Katherine	57	new	39
47	Alicia	56	↓11	46
48	Christy	56	↓10	99
49	Patricia	56	new	53
50	Brooke	55	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Joshua	519	↑4	6
2	Michael	512	↓1	1
3	James	500	↑1	7
4	Christopher	478	↓1	2
5	Jason	431	↓3	4
6	John	392	–	8
7	Matthew	352	↑4	3
8	David	331	↑1	5
9	Brandon	328	↑9	19
10	Justin	317	↓2	12
11	Robert	312	↑1	9
12	Jeremy	303	↓5	22
13	William	287	↓3	15
14	Jonathan	266	–	16
15	Joseph	245	–	11
16	Brian	205	↓3	14
17	Daniel	193	↓1	10
18	Charles	174	↓1	31
19	Kevin	171	↑1	25
20	Steven	167	↑2	28
21	Timothy	163	–	24
22	Eric	158	↓3	17
23	Nicholas	156	↑1	21
24	Aaron	154	↑1	30
25	Adam	151	↓2	20
26	Dustin	148	↑1	42
27	Richard	136	↓1	27
28	Anthony	134	↑2	23
29	Ryan	133	↑2	13
30	Thomas	131	↓1	26
31	Benjamin	114	↑9	32
32	Nathan	113	↓4	36
33	Stephen	109	↑6	39
34	Travis	109	↑12	40
35	Chad	107	↓3	47
36	Bradley	106	↑6	50
37	Andrew	101	↓3	18
38	Jacob	96	↑7	43
39	Marcus	96	↓2	67
40	Jeffrey	94	↓4	29
41	Mark	93	↓8	33
42	Patrick	89	↑7	38
43	Kenneth	81	↓8	41
44	Bobby	78	↑6	>100
45	Jesse	78	new	37
46	Billy	77	↓8	>100
47	Paul	77	new	35
48	Larry	75	new	73
49	Derrick	73	new	78
50	Gary	73	↓9	62

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