Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1993

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1993 were Ashley for girls (353 babies) and Christopher for boys (354). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,873 babies born in Arkansas in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1993

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

Girls

Brooklyn: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lacy: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Payton: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Christian: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chasity: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashton: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Britney: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Misty: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bailey: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Callie: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Payton: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Weston: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Colten: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Billy: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jeffery: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kendall: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hunter: 95 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colby: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Hayden: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobby: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	353	↑1	2
2	Jessica	318	↓1	1
3	Sarah	230	↑1	3
4	Brittany	228	↓1	6
5	Taylor	202	↑1	7
6	Emily	200	↓1	5
7	Amber	184	↑2	17
8	Hannah	179	↑5	21
9	Kayla	178	↓2	16
10	Lauren	161	↑4	12
11	Samantha	159	↓1	4
12	Haley	150	↑6	42
13	Courtney	147	↑4	20
14	Megan	147	↓2	11
15	Elizabeth	144	↑10	9
16	Rachel	134	–	14
17	Shelby	125	↓2	37
18	Amanda	120	↓10	8
19	Morgan	120	↑3	34
20	Jasmine	118	↑3	23
21	Kelsey	118	↓1	24
22	Heather	117	↓3	38
23	Victoria	105	↑9	19
24	Tiffany	104	↓3	33
25	Jennifer	100	↓1	15
26	Lindsey	98	↑11	56
27	Mary	92	↑2	36
28	Stephanie	92	↓1	10
29	Whitney	92	↓3	82
30	Allison	87	↑6	41
31	Chelsea	87	↓20	25
32	Madison	84	new	78
33	Rebecca	81	↑2	22
34	Danielle	76	↓1	18
35	Jordan	74	↓7	58
36	Alexis	71	new	27
37	Katie	71	new	63
38	Brianna	70	↑7	32
39	Brooke	70	↑8	52
40	Kristen	69	↓2	61
41	Kaitlyn	68	new	46
42	Brittney	67	↓12	77
43	Katherine	65	↓12	29
44	Anna	64	↓4	47
45	Katelyn	64	↑3	54
46	Erica	61	↓2	49
47	Nicole	60	↓1	13
48	Alexandria	59	new	69
49	Alyssa	59	new	26
50	Kimberly	59	↓16	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Christopher	354	–	2
2	Michael	344	↑1	1
3	Joshua	335	↓1	4
4	Tyler	325	–	5
5	James	313	–	14
6	Cody	307	–	24
7	Zachary	296	↑1	15
8	Jacob	281	↑1	9
9	William	256	↑1	18
10	Matthew	254	↓3	3
11	Justin	236	↑1	20
12	Brandon	231	↓1	6
13	John	219	–	16
14	Robert	216	–	17
15	Austin	214	↑10	26
16	Joseph	193	↑1	12
17	David	179	↓2	11
18	Andrew	166	↓2	10
19	Jonathan	166	↓1	22
20	Nicholas	158	–	8
21	Dylan	156	↓2	33
22	Jordan	151	↑2	28
23	Daniel	149	↓1	7
24	Ryan	149	↓1	13
25	Kyle	144	↑2	23
26	Aaron	140	↓5	30
27	Dustin	136	↑3	59
28	Charles	133	↑1	44
29	Taylor	112	↑7	51
30	Timothy	104	↑1	38
31	Nathan	103	↑16	41
32	Thomas	101	↑1	27
33	Hunter	95	new	97
34	Blake	94	–	83
35	Steven	94	↓9	31
36	Anthony	93	↓8	19
37	Jeremy	91	↓5	46
38	Stephen	90	↑1	47
39	Alexander	89	↑9	21
40	Samuel	89	↑5	37
41	Caleb	87	↑1	66
42	Dakota	86	↓1	85
43	Benjamin	84	↓8	32
44	Patrick	83	–	43
45	Jesse	81	↑4	48
46	Adam	76	↓6	39
47	Kevin	76	↓10	25
48	Richard	76	↑2	40
49	Brian	75	new	34
50	Logan	75	new	76

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