Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1983

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (469 babies) and Christopher for boys (596). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,107 babies born in Arkansas in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1983

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

Girls

Maranda: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marquita: 80 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Misty: 98 babies, 4× the national rate
Brittney: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Audra: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitney: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelly: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fallon: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chasity: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Latonya: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 23 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Heath: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tommy: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Courtney: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 66 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bobby: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cedric: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Johnathon: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	469	–	1
2	Amanda	452	–	3
3	Ashley	425	↑1	4
4	Jessica	385	↓1	2
5	Amber	265	↑2	17
6	Sarah	264	↓1	5
7	Tiffany	254	↑1	14
8	Crystal	239	↓2	11
9	Heather	201	↑10	9
10	Amy	193	↓1	12
11	Melissa	179	↓1	6
12	Stephanie	176	–	8
13	Kimberly	172	↓2	15
14	Elizabeth	160	–	10
15	Rachel	145	↑1	20
16	Angela	144	↓1	22
17	Rebecca	141	–	19
18	Mary	130	↑3	32
19	Jamie	125	↑3	28
20	April	124	↓7	39
21	Lindsey	121	↑2	35
22	Andrea	120	↓2	30
23	Laura	119	↑2	23
24	Brandy	117	↓6	57
25	Brandi	104	↑9	56
26	Erin	100	↑12	18
27	Christina	98	–	16
28	Misty	98	↓2	87
29	Alicia	97	↑15	41
30	Michelle	97	↑3	13
31	Holly	90	new	48
32	Lauren	87	↑14	24
33	Megan	87	new	21
34	Nicole	85	↑7	7
35	Sara	85	↓11	31
36	Emily	83	↓5	25
37	Brittany	80	new	64
38	Marquita	80	new	>100
39	Erica	76	↓9	33
40	Samantha	76	↓4	40
41	Lisa	74	↓12	27
42	Kelly	71	↓7	26
43	Kayla	70	new	81
44	Courtney	69	↓16	44
45	Candice	63	↑2	84
46	Leslie	63	↓7	67
47	Julie	61	↓5	46
48	Natalie	61	↓5	52
49	Tara	60	↓12	51
50	Stacy	58	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	596	–	2
2	Joshua	499	–	5
3	Michael	489	–	1
4	Matthew	453	↑2	3
5	James	447	↓1	6
6	Brandon	369	↑6	17
7	Justin	351	–	12
8	Jason	341	↓3	7
9	David	334	–	4
10	John	332	↓2	9
11	Robert	305	–	10
12	Jonathan	282	↑2	19
13	William	278	↓3	16
14	Jeremy	246	↓1	30
15	Daniel	233	↑1	8
16	Joseph	233	↓1	11
17	Brian	206	–	14
18	Steven	180	↑1	23
19	Eric	175	↑8	20
20	Adam	171	↑2	18
21	Charles	170	↓3	33
22	Dustin	160	↑7	43
23	Aaron	152	↓3	29
24	Kevin	152	↑1	25
25	Ryan	149	↑5	13
26	Anthony	139	↓3	22
27	Timothy	135	↓6	26
28	Andrew	133	↑3	15
29	Thomas	130	↓3	24
30	Richard	127	↓2	27
31	Nicholas	121	↓7	21
32	Marcus	115	↑11	58
33	Jeffrey	111	↑3	28
34	Chad	105	↑13	49
35	Kyle	105	new	34
36	Bradley	100	↓2	52
37	Benjamin	98	↑3	32
38	Jacob	97	↓6	36
39	Mark	96	↑6	31
40	Travis	95	↓5	41
41	Stephen	91	↓2	35
42	Kenneth	90	↓5	45
43	Nathan	89	↓10	40
44	Derek	86	↑5	51
45	Jared	81	new	56
46	Patrick	81	–	37
47	Bryan	75	↓9	47
48	Gregory	74	↓7	42
49	Paul	74	new	39
50	Zachary	74	new	50

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