Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1996

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1996 were Hannah for girls (279 babies) and Jacob for boys (324). Hannah ranked #7 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,211 babies born in Arkansas in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1996

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

Girls

Micah: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Chasity: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ashton: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Allie: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brooklyn: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Payton: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Whitney: 59 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ashlyn: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lacey: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Haylee: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Jaylon: 25 babies, 11× the national rate
Kendrick: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Billy: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jessie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Weston: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colby: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chance: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hayden: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Terry: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bobby: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Hannah	279	↑2	7
2	Emily	247	↑2	1
3	Ashley	232	↓2	3
4	Jessica	217	↓2	2
5	Sarah	210	–	4
6	Taylor	205	↑3	6
7	Madison	187	↑4	15
8	Kayla	165	↓1	11
9	Brittany	163	↓3	14
10	Haley	157	↑2	30
11	Samantha	155	↑3	5
12	Courtney	150	↑3	21
13	Lauren	145	↓5	16
14	Alexis	138	↑8	8
15	Morgan	137	↓5	25
16	Shelby	134	↑2	35
17	Megan	128	↓4	12
18	Rachel	124	↓2	9
19	Elizabeth	112	–	10
20	Amber	107	↓3	27
21	Rebecca	106	↑18	24
22	Brianna	103	↓1	17
23	Anna	101	↓3	33
24	Destiny	98	↓1	56
25	Jasmine	96	↓1	28
26	Sydney	92	↑1	39
27	Victoria	87	↓1	18
28	Kaitlyn	86	↑2	40
29	Kelsey	85	↑4	36
30	Allison	80	↑2	38
31	Bailey	78	↑6	85
32	Jordan	78	↓3	49
33	Amanda	76	↓2	13
34	Cheyenne	73	new	68
35	Tiffany	70	↓7	52
36	Katelyn	69	↑10	64
37	Mary	69	↓12	44
38	Olivia	69	↑4	34
39	Kristen	66	↓1	70
40	Heather	65	↓4	71
41	Katie	65	new	81
42	Lindsey	64	↓7	86
43	Stephanie	64	↑1	20
44	Katherine	63	↑3	31
45	Sierra	63	new	62
46	Savannah	62	↑2	43
47	Alyssa	61	↓13	23
48	Abigail	60	↓3	32
49	Jennifer	60	new	19
50	Whitney	59	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	324	↑1	3
2	Tyler	323	↓1	7
3	Austin	308	↑1	9
4	Michael	299	↑3	1
5	Christopher	298	↓2	4
6	William	287	–	18
7	James	258	↑1	17
8	Joshua	251	↓3	5
9	Brandon	240	–	8
10	Matthew	239	–	2
11	Zachary	236	↑2	14
12	John	228	↑2	15
13	Cody	226	↓2	31
14	Justin	205	↓2	20
15	Andrew	187	↑1	10
16	Nicholas	175	↓1	6
17	Hunter	173	–	47
18	Joseph	164	↑2	12
19	Dylan	162	↑9	33
20	David	161	↑5	13
21	Robert	153	↑2	23
22	Jordan	148	↓3	27
23	Christian	142	↑11	24
24	Ryan	135	↑3	16
25	Aaron	128	↓1	34
26	Dakota	128	↓5	58
27	Jonathan	128	↓1	21
28	Daniel	124	↓10	11
29	Caleb	113	↑4	48
30	Logan	112	↓1	42
31	Charles	111	↑5	43
32	Kyle	107	↑9	25
33	Samuel	98	new	30
34	Dustin	96	↓12	79
35	Nathan	96	↓3	37
36	Dalton	95	↓5	99
37	Benjamin	94	↑3	29
38	Anthony	93	↓8	19
39	Thomas	92	↑7	28
40	Alexander	91	↓5	22
41	Blake	87	↑7	84
42	Colton	87	↓5	>100
43	Chase	85	new	76
44	Timothy	84	↓1	40
45	Seth	83	↑5	>100
46	Steven	83	↓7	38
47	Tristan	79	new	68
48	Eric	78	new	35
49	Ethan	78	new	62
50	Cameron	73	new	49

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