Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1991

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1991 were Ashley for girls (426 babies) and Christopher for boys (436). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,001 babies born in Arkansas in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1991

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: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashton: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Charity: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chasity: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Misty: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Whitney: 127 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cassie: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nikki: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Randi: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Haley: 104 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Hayden: 37 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Heath: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Billy: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hunter: 64 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kaleb: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelby: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Courtney: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Johnathon: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colby: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	426	↑1	1
2	Jessica	400	↓1	2
3	Brittany	327	–	3
4	Sarah	219	↑1	6
5	Kayla	203	↑2	12
6	Amanda	200	↓2	4
7	Lauren	194	↑3	13
8	Amber	189	↑3	16
9	Samantha	173	↑3	5
10	Megan	170	↓4	11
11	Emily	165	↑7	10
12	Tiffany	164	↑1	27
13	Courtney	163	↓5	19
14	Elizabeth	161	↑8	9
15	Heather	159	↓6	23
16	Jennifer	149	↓2	8
17	Stephanie	144	↓2	7
18	Shelby	137	new	33
19	Hannah	134	–	29
20	Rachel	134	↓3	14
21	Whitney	127	↓5	68
22	Chelsea	126	↑1	18
23	Jasmine	119	↓3	24
24	Mary	119	↑5	38
25	Taylor	107	↑11	32
26	Kimberly	105	↓2	34
27	Haley	104	↑14	79
28	Kelsey	103	↓1	26
29	Lindsey	96	↓4	52
30	Sara	93	↑14	37
31	Victoria	92	↑16	28
32	Morgan	89	↓2	49
33	Brittney	87	↓12	58
34	Rebecca	85	↓6	21
35	Jordan	80	↓9	62
36	Laura	75	↓1	35
37	Amy	71	–	43
38	Kristen	69	↓6	48
39	Anna	64	↑7	46
40	Katherine	63	↓9	25
41	Brooke	61	new	65
42	Christina	61	↓4	31
43	Crystal	61	↓4	41
44	Andrea	58	↓4	39
45	Erica	57	↓12	40
46	Jamie	56	↓12	60
47	Miranda	56	new	90
48	Allison	55	new	50
49	Katie	55	↓1	53
50	Olivia	53	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Christopher	436	–	2
2	Joshua	422	↑1	4
3	Michael	364	↓1	1
4	James	344	↑1	7
5	Cody	305	↑3	24
6	Matthew	304	–	3
7	Justin	300	↓3	14
8	Tyler	298	↑6	16
9	William	276	↓2	19
10	Jacob	275	–	17
11	Brandon	261	↑1	15
12	Zachary	258	↓3	22
13	John	242	↓2	10
14	Joseph	220	↑4	9
15	Robert	219	↑1	13
16	Andrew	212	↑1	5
17	Jonathan	192	↓2	20
18	David	188	↓5	8
19	Ryan	183	↑3	11
20	Daniel	176	↑3	6
21	Aaron	173	↓1	31
22	Jordan	163	↓1	29
23	Nicholas	162	↑2	12
24	Dustin	155	↓5	56
25	Charles	149	↑5	38
26	Anthony	144	–	18
27	Jeremy	140	↓3	43
28	Kyle	135	↓1	21
29	Timothy	130	↓1	32
30	Steven	116	↓1	27
31	Austin	114	↑19	50
32	Nathan	113	↑2	42
33	Thomas	110	↓2	28
34	Blake	101	↑10	86
35	Samuel	99	new	39
36	Kevin	96	↓4	23
37	Eric	94	↓4	25
38	Stephen	93	↓3	41
39	Ethan	91	–	65
40	Jesse	90	–	51
41	Bradley	87	↑6	67
42	Caleb	87	↑4	78
43	Taylor	87	new	52
44	Benjamin	85	↓8	33
45	Patrick	84	↑4	35
46	Travis	84	↓9	44
47	Dylan	83	new	46
48	Richard	83	↓10	34
49	Jason	82	new	49
50	Kenneth	80	↓8	54

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