Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1985

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1985 were Ashley for girls (490 babies) and Christopher for boys (553). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,962 babies born in Arkansas in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1985

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

Girls

Misty: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brandie: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Britney: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jana: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rhonda: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Whitney: 94 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brittney: 78 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Miranda: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lacy: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Charity: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Heath: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Billy: 72 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shannon: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Courtney: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tommy: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roderick: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jessie: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jarrod: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	490	↑1	2
2	Jessica	452	↑1	1
3	Amanda	409	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	382	↓3	3
5	Sarah	261	↑1	5
6	Amber	259	↓1	16
7	Heather	249	↑1	8
8	Brittany	224	↑15	17
9	Stephanie	203	↓2	6
10	Kimberly	199	↑1	19
11	Tiffany	174	↓2	23
12	Elizabeth	165	↑3	9
13	Rachel	160	↓1	13
14	Crystal	150	↓4	21
15	Megan	147	↑2	10
16	Laura	135	↑5	14
17	Lindsey	135	↑3	37
18	Mary	131	–	35
19	Lauren	129	↑8	15
20	Amy	125	↓7	20
21	Melissa	117	↓7	11
22	Rebecca	117	↓3	25
23	April	116	↓7	47
24	Samantha	110	↑5	29
25	Jamie	109	–	27
26	Christina	104	↑5	12
27	Sara	101	↑13	30
28	Angela	100	–	31
29	Emily	99	↓3	24
30	Andrea	94	↓8	33
31	Whitney	94	↑13	73
32	Brandi	92	–	69
33	Holly	90	↑9	56
34	Nicole	88	↑4	7
35	Courtney	80	↓5	43
36	Erica	80	↓3	34
37	Brandy	78	↓13	70
38	Brittney	78	new	84
39	Erin	78	↑6	26
40	Michelle	75	↓4	22
41	Kristen	74	↑5	38
42	Latoya	72	↓8	81
43	Krystal	68	↑4	53
44	Kelly	67	new	28
45	Misty	67	↓8	>100
46	Alicia	66	↓5	45
47	Danielle	62	↑1	18
48	Anna	61	new	54
49	Lisa	61	↓10	36
50	Tara	60	↓15	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	553	–	2
2	Joshua	498	–	4
3	Michael	482	–	1
4	James	449	–	7
5	Brandon	414	↑3	13
6	Matthew	411	↓1	3
7	Justin	338	↓1	15
8	John	318	↓1	9
9	David	301	↑1	6
10	Robert	282	↑1	8
11	William	279	↑1	16
12	Jonathan	265	↓3	17
13	Jason	248	–	14
14	Daniel	240	↑1	5
15	Joseph	219	↓1	10
16	Jeremy	208	–	30
17	Charles	186	↑1	34
18	Steven	183	↑2	24
19	Andrew	181	↑5	11
20	Brian	174	↓3	18
21	Dustin	163	–	41
22	Kevin	161	↑5	23
23	Nicholas	159	↑3	19
24	Adam	154	↑1	22
25	Zachary	146	↑11	39
26	Eric	144	↓7	21
27	Aaron	143	↓4	33
28	Anthony	143	↓6	20
29	Cody	139	↑5	52
30	Thomas	133	↓1	25
31	Nathan	132	↑4	40
32	Ryan	131	↓2	12
33	Kyle	128	↑7	27
34	Timothy	124	↓6	26
35	Jacob	123	↓2	35
36	Bradley	119	↑3	53
37	Stephen	111	↓5	36
38	Richard	109	↓7	28
39	Jeffrey	103	↓1	29
40	Marcus	102	↑1	61
41	Benjamin	99	↑3	31
42	Kenneth	98	↑5	47
43	Bryan	94	↑6	48
44	Tyler	93	new	43
45	Mark	90	↓8	32
46	Shawn	90	new	55
47	Patrick	83	↓1	37
48	Jesse	79	new	51
49	Samuel	79	new	54
50	Travis	75	↓8	46

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