Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1992

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1992 were Jessica for girls (382 babies) and Christopher for boys (375). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,183 babies born in Arkansas in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1992

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: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jodi: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Misty: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ashton: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Whitney: 102 babies, 4× the national rate
Callie: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Summer: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Haley: 137 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cortney: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christy: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Heath: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Clint: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shannon: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hayden: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Billy: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colton: 73 babies, 4× the national rate
Hunter: 66 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colby: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kendall: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Jessica	382	↑1	2
2	Ashley	375	↓1	1
3	Brittany	284	–	4
4	Sarah	227	–	5
5	Emily	195	↑6	7
6	Taylor	176	↑19	17
7	Kayla	173	↓2	13
8	Amanda	171	↓2	3
9	Amber	169	↓1	19
10	Samantha	160	↓1	6
11	Chelsea	152	↑11	15
12	Megan	152	↓2	10
13	Hannah	150	↑6	26
14	Lauren	149	↓7	12
15	Shelby	146	↑3	34
16	Rachel	145	↑4	16
17	Courtney	138	↓4	21
18	Haley	137	↑9	56
19	Heather	132	↓4	31
20	Kelsey	131	↑8	23
21	Tiffany	130	↓9	32
22	Morgan	117	↑10	41
23	Jasmine	115	–	28
24	Jennifer	115	↓8	11
25	Elizabeth	114	↓11	9
26	Whitney	102	↓5	85
27	Stephanie	101	↓10	8
28	Jordan	94	↑7	63
29	Mary	89	↓5	36
30	Brittney	85	↑3	68
31	Katherine	85	↑9	27
32	Victoria	83	↓1	22
33	Danielle	78	new	18
34	Kimberly	77	↓8	35
35	Rebecca	76	↓1	20
36	Allison	74	↑12	48
37	Lindsey	74	↓8	57
38	Kristen	70	–	53
39	Sara	68	↓9	37
40	Anna	66	↓1	49
41	Amy	65	↓4	51
42	Andrea	62	↑2	39
43	Caitlin	62	new	62
44	Erica	60	↑1	44
45	Brianna	57	new	43
46	Nicole	56	new	14
47	Brooke	54	↓6	59
48	Katelyn	54	new	65
49	Christina	53	↓7	33
50	Holly	53	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Christopher	375	–	2
2	Joshua	362	–	4
3	Michael	351	–	1
4	Tyler	350	↑4	8
5	James	345	↓1	9
6	Cody	307	↓1	24
7	Matthew	287	↓1	3
8	Zachary	284	↑4	16
9	Jacob	274	↑1	15
10	William	273	↓1	20
11	Brandon	266	–	6
12	Justin	259	↓5	18
13	John	215	–	14
14	Robert	204	↑1	17
15	David	196	↑3	10
16	Andrew	186	–	5
17	Joseph	186	↓3	11
18	Jonathan	169	↓1	21
19	Dylan	160	↑28	28
20	Nicholas	153	↑3	12
21	Aaron	152	–	30
22	Daniel	152	↓2	7
23	Ryan	150	↓4	13
24	Jordan	143	↓2	32
25	Austin	131	↑6	38
26	Steven	128	↑4	29
27	Kyle	125	↑1	22
28	Anthony	122	↓2	19
29	Charles	119	↓4	43
30	Dustin	118	↓6	58
31	Timothy	113	↓2	34
32	Jeremy	106	↓5	47
33	Thomas	101	–	27
34	Blake	100	–	84
35	Benjamin	98	↑9	33
36	Taylor	96	↑7	52
37	Kevin	90	↓1	25
38	Eric	85	↓1	26
39	Stephen	81	↓1	45
40	Adam	80	new	36
41	Dakota	79	new	>100
42	Caleb	78	–	74
43	Ethan	78	↓4	76
44	Patrick	78	↑1	39
45	Samuel	78	↓10	40
46	Cameron	77	new	53
47	Nathan	77	↓15	44
48	Alexander	75	new	23
49	Jesse	75	↓9	50
50	Richard	75	↓2	41

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