Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1986

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1986 were Ashley for girls (553 babies) and Christopher for boys (530). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,176 babies born in Arkansas in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1986

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

Girls

Callie: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Misty: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ashton: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miranda: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Summer: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nikki: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Haley: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Whitney: 210 babies, 3× the national rate
Britney: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Latasha: 26 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 19 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Rickey: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Billy: 58 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heath: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Courtney: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Bobby: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dexter: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clifton: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	553	–	2
2	Jessica	506	–	1
3	Amanda	413	–	3
4	Jennifer	311	–	4
5	Sarah	292	–	5
6	Brittany	269	↑2	8
7	Amber	253	↓1	13
8	Heather	229	↓1	9
9	Whitney	210	↑22	32
10	Stephanie	190	↓1	6
11	Tiffany	179	–	17
12	Kimberly	161	↓2	18
13	Rachel	158	–	15
14	Megan	154	↑1	11
15	Samantha	149	↑9	21
16	Crystal	141	↓2	25
17	Lauren	136	↑2	14
18	Elizabeth	127	↓6	10
19	Amy	126	↑1	22
20	Laura	124	↓4	20
21	April	119	↑2	53
22	Lindsey	119	↓5	39
23	Mary	119	↓5	37
24	Erica	117	↑12	31
25	Courtney	115	↑10	35
26	Emily	111	↑3	24
27	Rebecca	109	↓5	26
28	Jamie	104	↓3	34
29	Brittney	97	↑9	65
30	Sara	97	↓3	27
31	Melissa	96	↓10	12
32	Christina	92	↓6	19
33	Angela	86	↓5	33
34	Krystal	76	↑9	61
35	Holly	75	↓2	63
36	Andrea	71	↓6	36
37	Danielle	70	↑10	16
38	Brandy	69	↓1	84
39	Kristen	69	↑2	41
40	Nicole	69	↓6	7
41	Kayla	66	new	64
42	Katherine	63	new	28
43	Shannon	62	new	44
44	Alicia	61	↑2	45
45	Casey	61	new	80
46	Katie	61	new	38
47	Anna	59	↑1	51
48	Michelle	58	↓8	23
49	Tara	58	↑1	56
50	Kristin	57	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	530	–	2
2	Joshua	464	–	4
3	Michael	453	–	1
4	Matthew	384	↑2	3
5	James	378	↓1	7
6	Brandon	343	↓1	13
7	Justin	332	–	14
8	John	305	–	10
9	William	295	↑2	15
10	Robert	278	–	9
11	Jonathan	265	↑1	16
12	David	258	↓3	5
13	Jeremy	245	↑3	28
14	Daniel	237	–	6
15	Andrew	216	↑4	8
16	Joseph	201	↓1	12
17	Dustin	191	↑4	42
18	Jason	180	↓5	18
19	Steven	173	↓1	25
20	Ryan	170	↑12	11
21	Zachary	169	↑4	38
22	Charles	165	↓5	34
23	Kevin	164	↓1	21
24	Timothy	161	↑10	27
25	Cody	159	↑4	56
26	Jacob	156	↑9	31
27	Eric	150	↓1	22
28	Kyle	145	↑5	23
29	Nicholas	145	↓6	17
30	Brian	138	↓10	20
31	Adam	137	↓7	24
32	Aaron	131	↓5	33
33	Anthony	126	↓5	19
34	Thomas	121	↓4	26
35	Bradley	120	↑1	54
36	Stephen	112	↑1	36
37	Richard	111	↑1	29
38	Nathan	110	↓7	43
39	Jesse	103	↑9	48
40	Benjamin	99	↑1	30
41	Mark	92	↑4	35
42	Kenneth	90	–	50
43	Marcus	85	↓3	63
44	Jeffrey	83	↓5	32
45	Tyler	83	↓1	40
46	Corey	79	new	62
47	Chad	75	new	59
48	Patrick	75	↓1	39
49	Bryan	74	↓6	47
50	Derek	71	new	57

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