Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1990

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1990 were Jessica for girls (453 babies) and Christopher for boys (505). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,115 babies born in Arkansas in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1990

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

Girls

Whitley: 28 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Maegan: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Summer: 37 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tabatha: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latasha: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Misty: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Whitney: 144 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ashton: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Haley: 74 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Coty: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colby: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clayton: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hunter: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Weston: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Trenton: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chance: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tevin: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	453	↑1	1
2	Ashley	443	↓1	2
3	Brittany	440	–	3
4	Amanda	248	–	4
5	Sarah	225	–	6
6	Megan	208	↑5	11
7	Kayla	198	↑5	14
8	Courtney	194	↑8	17
9	Heather	190	↑1	19
10	Lauren	190	↓1	10
11	Amber	189	↓5	15
12	Samantha	173	↓4	5
13	Tiffany	164	↓6	23
14	Jennifer	153	↓1	8
15	Stephanie	150	↑2	7
16	Whitney	144	↑3	60
17	Rachel	141	↓3	16
18	Emily	135	–	12
19	Hannah	134	↑1	30
20	Jasmine	132	↑3	28
21	Brittney	123	↑1	44
22	Elizabeth	122	↓7	9
23	Chelsea	112	↑3	24
24	Kimberly	104	↓3	31
25	Lindsey	101	–	51
26	Jordan	100	↑16	59
27	Kelsey	99	↑8	32
28	Rebecca	99	↑2	21
29	Mary	95	↓5	35
30	Morgan	94	↑13	58
31	Katherine	87	↑10	26
32	Kristen	86	↓4	42
33	Erica	84	↑5	36
34	Jamie	84	↓2	55
35	Laura	79	↓6	29
36	Taylor	78	new	46
37	Amy	76	↓10	38
38	Christina	75	↓5	25
39	Crystal	75	↓8	39
40	Andrea	74	↓4	40
41	Haley	74	new	>100
42	Danielle	73	↓3	18
43	Michelle	73	↑7	22
44	Sara	71	↓4	34
45	April	70	new	73
46	Anna	69	↓2	45
47	Victoria	68	–	33
48	Katie	65	↓14	53
49	Brandi	63	new	>100
50	Nicole	62	↓13	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	505	–	2
2	Michael	424	↑2	1
3	Joshua	418	↓1	4
4	Justin	386	↓1	9
5	James	374	–	8
6	Matthew	313	–	3
7	William	291	↑1	16
8	Cody	289	↑3	31
9	Zachary	280	↑5	22
10	Jacob	255	↑5	20
11	John	247	↓1	12
12	Brandon	238	↓5	19
13	David	229	↓4	6
14	Tyler	224	↑5	21
15	Jonathan	221	↓3	17
16	Robert	218	↓3	13
17	Andrew	201	–	7
18	Joseph	185	↑5	10
19	Dustin	179	↑5	50
20	Aaron	174	–	34
21	Jordan	173	↑11	29
22	Ryan	172	–	11
23	Daniel	164	↓5	5
24	Jeremy	163	↓8	40
25	Nicholas	160	↓4	14
26	Anthony	148	↑3	15
27	Kyle	146	↓1	18
28	Timothy	144	–	30
29	Steven	134	↓4	25
30	Charles	131	↓3	38
31	Thomas	129	↓1	26
32	Kevin	122	↑6	23
33	Eric	115	–	24
34	Nathan	109	↑2	44
35	Stephen	109	↑4	39
36	Benjamin	101	↓1	33
37	Travis	101	↓3	42
38	Richard	97	↑6	35
39	Ethan	96	new	58
40	Jesse	94	↑1	48
41	Derek	93	↑1	54
42	Kenneth	92	new	52
43	Adam	91	↓12	32
44	Blake	91	↑3	91
45	Brian	89	↓5	27
46	Caleb	87	↑3	88
47	Bradley	83	↓2	65
48	Corey	80	–	56
49	Patrick	80	↓6	36
50	Austin	79	↓4	55

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