Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1988

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1988 were Jessica for girls (561 babies) and Christopher for boys (508). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,051 babies born in Arkansas in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1988

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

Girls

Summer: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Whitney: 234 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chasity: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Candace: 62 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Misty: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lacy: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Britney: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tonya: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cassie: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kasey: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Billy: 58 babies, 5× the national rate
Courtney: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clay: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Clint: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cedric: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tommy: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jessie: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bobby: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendrick: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	561	↑1	1
2	Ashley	489	↓1	2
3	Amanda	313	–	3
4	Brittany	304	↑2	6
5	Sarah	300	–	4
6	Whitney	234	↑4	39
7	Amber	228	–	15
8	Tiffany	224	↑4	13
9	Heather	210	↓1	14
10	Jennifer	197	↓6	5
11	Megan	193	–	12
12	Samantha	186	↓3	8
13	Kayla	174	↑4	20
14	Lauren	174	↑2	11
15	Stephanie	170	↓2	7
16	Elizabeth	142	↑2	10
17	Rachel	140	↓2	19
18	Courtney	137	↑3	24
19	Brittney	130	↑7	52
20	Emily	129	–	18
21	Mary	128	↑7	34
22	Kimberly	118	↓8	25
23	Crystal	103	↓4	28
24	Christina	98	↑3	22
25	Lindsey	95	↓2	48
26	Sara	94	↑5	30
27	Chelsea	87	↑7	33
28	Melissa	87	↓4	16
29	Amy	86	↓7	29
30	April	83	–	65
31	Andrea	80	↑7	35
32	Erica	80	↑4	31
33	Holly	79	new	72
34	Hannah	78	↑3	61
35	Laura	78	↓10	23
36	Danielle	75	↓1	17
37	Nicole	74	↑3	9
38	Jasmine	73	new	53
39	Rebecca	71	↓10	26
40	Jamie	67	↓8	45
41	Angela	66	↓8	38
42	Anna	65	↑8	54
43	Katie	64	↓4	40
44	Kristen	64	↑2	36
45	Kendra	63	–	80
46	Candace	62	new	>100
47	Allison	59	new	46
48	Tara	59	new	67
49	Alicia	57	↓7	50
50	Cassandra	57	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	508	–	2
2	Joshua	478	–	4
3	Justin	438	↑3	7
4	Michael	436	↓1	1
5	James	386	↓1	9
6	Matthew	368	↓1	3
7	Brandon	311	–	17
8	John	289	–	11
9	William	273	↑1	16
10	Robert	263	↑2	10
11	David	245	↑2	6
12	Andrew	238	↑2	5
13	Jonathan	222	↓2	15
14	Cody	212	↑3	43
15	Joseph	209	↑3	12
16	Jacob	207	↑8	28
17	Jeremy	191	↓8	35
18	Zachary	187	↑3	29
19	Daniel	174	↓4	8
20	Aaron	172	↑6	31
21	Timothy	163	↓2	25
22	Tyler	161	↑12	33
23	Ryan	160	↓7	13
24	Dustin	158	↓4	48
25	Nicholas	158	↑4	14
26	Anthony	151	↑1	18
27	Charles	145	↓5	37
28	Steven	142	↓3	24
29	Kyle	127	↑7	21
30	Jason	125	↑1	27
31	Thomas	125	↓8	23
32	Adam	122	↑3	26
33	Eric	122	↓1	19
34	Benjamin	121	↑12	30
35	Kevin	120	↓7	20
36	Brian	118	↓6	22
37	Nathan	115	–	44
38	Stephen	106	–	40
39	Richard	99	↑6	32
40	Travis	92	↑2	41
41	Kenneth	90	new	51
42	Bradley	88	↓9	57
43	Derek	86	↑1	53
44	Mark	86	new	39
45	Jordan	85	↓5	52
46	Patrick	83	↑1	42
47	Jesse	79	↑1	55
48	Jeffrey	77	↓9	36
49	Marcus	76	–	66
50	Samuel	76	↓9	45

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