Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1987

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1987 were Ashley for girls (565 babies) and Christopher for boys (504). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,215 babies born in Arkansas in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1987

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

Girls

Chasity: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Charity: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Callie: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Haley: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miranda: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Misty: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tasha: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jordan: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Summer: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Meagan: 42 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Chance: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Billy: 56 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hunter: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bobby: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Courtney: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Blake: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dexter: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	565	–	2
2	Jessica	546	–	1
3	Amanda	359	–	3
4	Jennifer	275	–	4
5	Sarah	274	–	5
6	Brittany	267	–	7
7	Amber	259	–	15
8	Heather	204	–	9
9	Samantha	184	↑6	11
10	Whitney	183	↓1	32
11	Megan	181	↑3	12
12	Tiffany	176	↓1	18
13	Stephanie	174	↓3	6
14	Kimberly	154	↓2	23
15	Rachel	150	↓2	17
16	Lauren	137	↑1	16
17	Kayla	134	↑24	27
18	Elizabeth	132	–	10
19	Crystal	131	↓3	26
20	Emily	121	↑6	19
21	Courtney	120	↑4	33
22	Amy	116	↓3	24
23	Lindsey	112	↓1	41
24	Melissa	107	↑7	13
25	Laura	102	↓5	22
26	Brittney	98	↑3	61
27	Christina	97	↑5	20
28	Mary	97	↓5	37
29	Rebecca	97	↓2	25
30	April	88	↓9	58
31	Sara	87	↓1	29
32	Jamie	83	↓4	39
33	Angela	76	–	35
34	Chelsea	72	new	47
35	Danielle	72	↑2	14
36	Erica	72	↓12	31
37	Hannah	72	new	66
38	Andrea	69	↓2	36
39	Katie	68	↑7	38
40	Nicole	64	–	8
41	Casey	63	↑4	81
42	Alicia	62	↑2	46
43	Brandi	60	new	88
44	Katherine	60	↓2	28
45	Kendra	59	new	77
46	Kristen	59	↓7	42
47	Michelle	57	↑1	21
48	Natalie	56	new	56
49	Victoria	55	new	50
50	Anna	54	↓3	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	504	–	2
2	Joshua	446	–	4
3	Michael	428	–	1
4	James	423	↑1	8
5	Matthew	394	↓1	3
6	Justin	393	↑1	9
7	Brandon	309	↓1	14
8	John	286	–	11
9	Jeremy	271	↑4	29
10	William	267	↓1	15
11	Jonathan	265	–	18
12	Robert	262	↓2	10
13	David	255	↓1	5
14	Andrew	242	↑1	6
15	Daniel	211	↓1	7
16	Ryan	210	↑4	13
17	Cody	202	↑8	49
18	Joseph	201	↓2	12
19	Timothy	181	↑5	26
20	Dustin	179	↓3	44
21	Zachary	169	–	33
22	Charles	158	–	35
23	Thomas	156	↑11	24
24	Jacob	149	↑2	31
25	Steven	148	↓6	25
26	Aaron	141	↑6	34
27	Anthony	141	↑6	17
28	Kevin	141	↓5	19
29	Nicholas	141	–	16
30	Brian	137	–	20
31	Jason	135	↓13	23
32	Eric	134	↓5	21
33	Bradley	133	↑2	56
34	Tyler	124	↑11	39
35	Adam	122	↓4	27
36	Kyle	117	↓8	22
37	Nathan	110	↑1	45
38	Stephen	109	↓2	38
39	Jeffrey	108	↑5	32
40	Jordan	96	new	52
41	Samuel	91	new	50
42	Travis	91	new	42
43	Bryan	89	↑6	51
44	Derek	88	↑6	54
45	Richard	88	↓8	30
46	Benjamin	80	↓6	28
47	Patrick	79	↑1	41
48	Jesse	78	↓9	55
49	Marcus	77	↓6	67
50	Gregory	75	new	47

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