Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1984

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (481 babies) and Christopher for boys (586). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,957 babies born in Arkansas in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1984

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

Girls

Audra: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitney: 70 babies, 4× the national rate
Nikki: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brittney: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misty: 75 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brandy: 107 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marquita: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Summer: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Jana: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Chasity: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Heath: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rickey: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Billy: 64 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tommy: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Courtney: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jimmy: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Landon: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clint: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	481	–	1
2	Ashley	457	↑1	3
3	Jessica	424	↑1	2
4	Amanda	404	↓2	4
5	Amber	300	–	18
6	Sarah	279	–	5
7	Stephanie	214	↑5	6
8	Heather	209	↑1	9
9	Tiffany	204	↓2	14
10	Crystal	198	↓2	12
11	Kimberly	182	↑2	22
12	Rachel	171	↑3	15
13	Amy	162	↓3	13
14	Melissa	144	↓3	8
15	Elizabeth	132	↓1	10
16	April	128	↑4	42
17	Megan	128	↑16	11
18	Mary	121	–	33
19	Rebecca	117	↓2	23
20	Lindsey	115	↑1	35
21	Laura	112	↑2	19
22	Andrea	111	–	28
23	Brittany	111	↑14	41
24	Brandy	107	–	64
25	Jamie	103	↓6	31
26	Emily	102	↑10	24
27	Lauren	101	↑5	21
28	Angela	97	↓12	26
29	Samantha	97	↑11	39
30	Courtney	96	↑14	46
31	Christina	93	↓4	20
32	Brandi	88	↓7	61
33	Erica	88	↑6	34
34	Latoya	88	new	60
35	Tara	80	↑14	49
36	Michelle	75	↓6	17
37	Misty	75	↓9	98
38	Nicole	75	↓4	7
39	Lisa	73	↑2	29
40	Sara	72	↓5	32
41	Alicia	71	↓12	40
42	Holly	71	↓11	53
43	Candice	70	↑2	86
44	Whitney	70	new	>100
45	Erin	69	↓19	25
46	Kristen	68	new	38
47	Krystal	68	new	74
48	Danielle	65	new	16
49	Stacy	62	↑1	67
50	Katherine	59	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	586	–	2
2	Joshua	505	–	4
3	Michael	492	–	1
4	James	484	↑1	7
5	Matthew	424	↓1	3
6	Justin	398	↑1	13
7	John	342	↑3	8
8	Brandon	323	↓2	15
9	Jonathan	288	↑3	19
10	David	278	↓1	5
11	Robert	278	–	9
12	William	273	↑1	16
13	Jason	272	↓5	11
14	Joseph	233	↑2	10
15	Daniel	224	–	6
16	Jeremy	209	↓2	31
17	Brian	178	–	17
18	Charles	177	↑3	33
19	Eric	175	–	22
20	Steven	174	↓2	23
21	Dustin	164	↑1	41
22	Anthony	162	↑4	21
23	Aaron	159	–	29
24	Andrew	159	↑4	14
25	Adam	158	↓5	18
26	Nicholas	144	↑5	20
27	Kevin	143	↓3	24
28	Timothy	143	↓1	26
29	Thomas	138	–	25
30	Ryan	134	↓5	12
31	Richard	128	↓1	27
32	Stephen	128	↑9	35
33	Jacob	123	↑5	37
34	Cody	118	new	62
35	Nathan	118	↑8	38
36	Zachary	115	↑14	45
37	Mark	114	↑2	32
38	Jeffrey	111	↓5	28
39	Bradley	108	↓3	53
40	Kyle	95	↓5	34
41	Marcus	93	↓9	57
42	Travis	89	↓2	42
43	Chad	88	↓9	51
44	Benjamin	87	↓7	30
45	Gregory	87	↑3	44
46	Patrick	83	–	36
47	Kenneth	79	↓5	46
48	Paul	78	↑1	40
49	Bryan	76	↓2	48
50	Derrick	75	new	79

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