Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1994

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1994 were Ashley for girls (294 babies) and Michael for boys (320). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 25,280 babies born in Arkansas in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1994

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: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashton: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Skylar: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Whitney: 84 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bailey: 56 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassie: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Callie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacey: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Faith: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Haley: 143 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Payton: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harley: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Quinton: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Ronnie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Drake: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lane: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hunter: 145 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trenton: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rodney: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	294	–	2
2	Jessica	279	–	1
3	Brittany	237	↑1	7
4	Sarah	221	↓1	5
5	Taylor	211	–	6
6	Emily	203	–	3
7	Hannah	200	↑1	16
8	Kayla	171	↑1	12
9	Samantha	169	↑2	4
10	Megan	165	↑4	10
11	Morgan	156	↑8	25
12	Lauren	145	↓2	14
13	Haley	143	↓1	36
14	Amber	141	↓7	21
15	Elizabeth	133	–	9
16	Courtney	131	↓3	22
17	Rachel	121	↓1	13
18	Jordan	116	↑17	52
19	Shelby	112	↓2	40
20	Amanda	109	↓2	8
21	Tiffany	105	↑3	35
22	Heather	99	–	44
23	Kelsey	97	↓2	29
24	Mary	95	↑3	37
25	Jasmine	94	↓5	23
26	Alexis	90	↑10	18
27	Victoria	90	↓4	19
28	Brianna	88	↑10	27
29	Anna	86	↑15	41
30	Whitney	84	↓1	91
31	Madison	82	↑1	51
32	Allison	77	↓2	34
33	Kristen	75	↑7	55
34	Stephanie	75	↓6	15
35	Sara	74	new	43
36	Rebecca	73	↓3	24
37	Danielle	72	↓3	20
38	Miranda	68	new	61
39	Caitlin	64	new	78
40	Jennifer	63	↓15	17
41	Katelyn	63	↑4	58
42	Lindsey	63	↓16	69
43	Katie	62	↓6	70
44	Chelsea	61	↓13	38
45	Kaitlyn	61	↓4	48
46	Katherine	61	↓3	30
47	Kimberly	61	↑3	32
48	Sydney	61	new	76
49	Brittney	59	↓7	89
50	Laura	57	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	320	↑1	1
2	Christopher	313	↓1	2
3	Tyler	308	↑1	5
4	Austin	307	↑11	17
5	Jacob	284	↑3	7
6	James	279	↓1	14
7	Zachary	269	–	12
8	Brandon	265	↑4	6
9	Joshua	265	↓6	4
10	William	258	↓1	19
11	Matthew	252	↓1	3
12	John	246	↑1	15
13	Justin	231	↓2	20
14	Cody	229	↓8	25
15	Robert	186	↓1	21
16	Joseph	172	–	11
17	David	164	–	13
18	Daniel	154	↑5	8
19	Andrew	153	↓1	10
20	Nicholas	148	–	9
21	Hunter	145	↑12	67
22	Aaron	144	↑4	28
23	Dylan	143	↓2	32
24	Jordan	143	↓2	29
25	Jonathan	137	↓6	23
26	Ryan	137	↓2	16
27	Dustin	124	–	56
28	Kyle	123	↓3	24
29	Charles	108	↓1	43
30	Timothy	101	–	39
31	Dakota	100	↑11	69
32	Steven	100	↑3	34
33	Alexander	99	↑6	22
34	Anthony	95	↑2	18
35	Blake	90	↓1	81
36	Caleb	90	↑5	60
37	Kevin	90	↑10	26
38	Samuel	88	↑2	33
39	Thomas	88	↓7	27
40	Benjamin	87	↑3	31
41	Nathan	87	↓10	40
42	Taylor	85	↓13	54
43	Eric	83	new	30
44	Jesse	83	↑1	45
45	Dalton	82	new	85
46	Logan	80	↑4	70
47	Cameron	79	new	52
48	Devin	77	new	61
49	Corey	75	new	73
50	Jeremy	73	↓13	47

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