Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1982

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (528 babies) and Christopher for boys (585). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,130 babies born in Arkansas in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1982

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

Girls

Bridgett: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Brittney: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latonya: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Terra: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Misty: 105 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbie: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandy: 144 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Whitney: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Lacy: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Kayla: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Courtney: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Heath: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 89 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donnie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Bobby: 83 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 68 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tommy: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rickey: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryant: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	528	↑1	1
2	Amanda	461	↓1	3
3	Jessica	374	–	2
4	Ashley	318	↑3	17
5	Sarah	296	–	4
6	Crystal	273	↓2	9
7	Amber	255	↓1	18
8	Tiffany	231	↑3	13
9	Amy	201	↓1	10
10	Melissa	201	–	5
11	Kimberly	195	↓2	14
12	Stephanie	190	↑1	7
13	April	175	↑1	32
14	Elizabeth	160	↑6	8
15	Angela	151	↓3	16
16	Rachel	146	↑2	21
17	Rebecca	145	–	15
18	Brandy	144	↓2	50
19	Heather	143	↓4	12
20	Andrea	123	↑2	27
21	Mary	123	↓2	30
22	Jamie	113	↓1	29
23	Lindsey	113	↑20	40
24	Sara	110	↑9	28
25	Laura	108	↓1	22
26	Misty	105	–	74
27	Christina	104	↑4	19
28	Courtney	103	↓1	43
29	Lisa	98	↓4	23
30	Erica	97	↑2	35
31	Emily	92	↑5	24
32	Kristen	87	new	33
33	Michelle	87	↓4	11
34	Brandi	80	↓11	55
35	Kelly	79	↑4	25
36	Samantha	75	↑2	44
37	Tara	74	↑4	47
38	Erin	72	↓8	20
39	Leslie	72	↓11	60
40	Carrie	71	–	57
41	Nicole	71	new	6
42	Julie	70	↓8	41
43	Natalie	69	↑1	51
44	Alicia	68	↑3	53
45	Latoya	68	↓8	91
46	Lauren	64	new	26
47	Candice	63	new	78
48	Kristin	61	new	37
49	Shannon	58	↓14	38
50	Krystal	57	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	585	↑3	2
2	Joshua	508	↓1	7
3	Michael	493	↓1	1
4	James	465	↓1	6
5	Jason	422	–	4
6	Matthew	392	↑1	3
7	Justin	391	↑3	12
8	John	373	↓2	8
9	David	306	↓1	5
10	William	306	↑3	15
11	Robert	296	–	9
12	Brandon	289	↓3	18
13	Jeremy	282	↓1	28
14	Jonathan	269	–	16
15	Joseph	227	–	11
16	Daniel	200	↑1	10
17	Brian	197	↓1	14
18	Charles	193	–	31
19	Steven	168	↑1	26
20	Aaron	167	↑4	30
21	Timothy	156	–	24
22	Adam	155	↑3	19
23	Anthony	152	↑5	21
24	Nicholas	152	↓1	22
25	Kevin	150	↓6	25
26	Thomas	147	↑4	23
27	Eric	145	↓5	20
28	Richard	143	↓1	27
29	Dustin	138	↓3	42
30	Ryan	137	↓1	13
31	Andrew	119	↑6	17
32	Jacob	112	↑6	41
33	Nathan	109	↓1	36
34	Bradley	103	↑2	51
35	Travis	103	↓1	39
36	Jeffrey	102	↑4	29
37	Kenneth	102	↑6	45
38	Bryan	97	new	49
39	Stephen	94	↓6	38
40	Benjamin	93	↓9	33
41	Gregory	92	new	40
42	Billy	89	↑4	>100
43	Marcus	84	↓4	63
44	Bobby	83	–	>100
45	Mark	81	↓4	32
46	Patrick	81	↓4	37
47	Chad	80	↓12	48
48	Jesse	78	↓3	43
49	Derek	77	new	50
50	Larry	76	↓2	77

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