Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1989

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1989 were Ashley for girls (473 babies) and Christopher for boys (500). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,832 babies born in Arkansas in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1989

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

Girls

Cecily: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nikki: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Whitley: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ashton: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chasity: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Misty: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charity: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Callie: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Whitney: 144 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Haley: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Billy: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hunter: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Trey: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Courtney: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chance: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brock: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colton: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobby: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	473	↑1	2
2	Jessica	470	↓1	1
3	Brittany	457	↑1	3
4	Amanda	266	↓1	4
5	Sarah	248	–	5
6	Amber	240	↑1	14
7	Tiffany	237	↑1	16
8	Samantha	215	↑4	6
9	Lauren	206	↑5	9
10	Heather	204	↓1	15
11	Megan	198	–	11
12	Kayla	188	↑1	20
13	Jennifer	172	↓3	7
14	Rachel	172	↑3	18
15	Elizabeth	156	↑1	10
16	Courtney	153	↑2	21
17	Stephanie	153	↓2	8
18	Emily	148	↑2	13
19	Whitney	144	↓13	57
20	Hannah	127	↑14	42
21	Kimberly	127	↑1	28
22	Brittney	121	↓3	41
23	Jasmine	118	↑15	30
24	Mary	112	↓3	38
25	Lindsey	97	–	48
26	Chelsea	93	↑1	27
27	Amy	91	↑2	35
28	Kristen	91	↑16	36
29	Laura	88	↑6	25
30	Rebecca	86	↑9	24
31	Crystal	85	↓8	32
32	Jamie	83	↑8	52
33	Christina	81	↓9	23
34	Katie	81	↑9	45
35	Kelsey	81	new	31
36	Andrea	78	↓5	39
37	Nicole	76	–	12
38	Erica	75	↓6	34
39	Danielle	74	↓3	17
40	Sara	74	↓14	29
41	Katherine	73	new	26
42	Jordan	71	new	72
43	Morgan	66	new	69
44	Anna	65	↓2	51
45	Melissa	64	↓17	19
46	Allison	61	↑1	46
47	Victoria	61	new	44
48	Holly	58	↓15	79
49	Kendra	56	↓4	99
50	Michelle	56	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	500	–	2
2	Joshua	456	–	4
3	Justin	452	–	8
4	Michael	406	–	1
5	James	382	–	9
6	Matthew	355	–	3
7	Brandon	318	–	18
8	William	287	↑1	15
9	David	266	↑2	5
10	John	262	↓2	12
11	Cody	241	↑3	45
12	Jonathan	227	↑1	17
13	Robert	225	↓3	10
14	Zachary	215	↑4	25
15	Jacob	212	↑1	26
16	Jeremy	206	↑1	34
17	Andrew	202	↓5	7
18	Daniel	198	↑1	6
19	Tyler	192	↑3	30
20	Aaron	178	–	31
21	Nicholas	176	↑4	14
22	Ryan	174	↑1	13
23	Joseph	173	↓8	11
24	Dustin	168	–	48
25	Steven	159	↑3	22
26	Kyle	158	↑3	20
27	Charles	143	–	36
28	Timothy	137	↓7	28
29	Anthony	136	↓3	16
30	Thomas	136	↑1	23
31	Adam	134	↑1	27
32	Jordan	126	↑13	44
33	Eric	124	–	21
34	Travis	121	↑6	41
35	Benjamin	119	↓1	29
36	Nathan	115	↑1	43
37	Jason	107	↓7	35
38	Kevin	107	↓3	19
39	Stephen	98	↓1	40
40	Brian	94	↓4	24
41	Jesse	93	↑6	50
42	Derek	92	↑1	54
43	Patrick	92	↑3	38
44	Richard	91	↓5	33
45	Bradley	90	↓3	58
46	Austin	84	new	59
47	Blake	83	new	97
48	Corey	83	new	55
49	Caleb	82	new	91
50	Jeffrey	79	↓2	37

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