Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1997

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1997 were Hannah for girls (270 babies) and Jacob for boys (374). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,137 babies born in Arkansas in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1997

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: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Reagan: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ashlynn: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brooklyn: 42 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ashton: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Josie: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Christian: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ashlyn: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cassie: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Whitney: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 15 babies, 29.2× the national rate
Jaylon: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Peyton: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kendrick: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Landon: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Jessie: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Payton: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Skylar: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kyler: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	270	–	5
2	Emily	238	–	1
3	Madison	215	↑4	10
4	Ashley	212	↓1	3
5	Sarah	204	–	4
6	Taylor	198	–	7
7	Brittany	166	↑2	20
8	Lauren	157	↑5	14
9	Jessica	154	↓5	2
10	Haley	148	–	31
11	Alexis	145	↑3	8
12	Elizabeth	143	↑7	9
13	Samantha	133	↓2	6
14	Sydney	133	↑12	35
15	Morgan	132	–	22
16	Shelby	129	–	43
17	Kayla	127	↓9	12
18	Megan	111	↓1	11
19	Rachel	111	↓1	13
20	Courtney	106	↓8	28
21	Anna	102	↑2	33
22	Brianna	100	–	17
23	Mary	97	↑14	46
24	Jordan	83	↑8	40
25	Destiny	81	↓1	42
26	Jasmine	81	↓1	24
27	Amber	80	↓7	29
28	Alyssa	79	↑19	15
29	Allison	78	↑1	39
30	Bailey	78	↑1	65
31	Victoria	77	↓4	19
32	Abigail	73	↑16	26
33	Amanda	73	–	16
34	Olivia	73	↑4	27
35	Rebecca	72	↓14	25
36	Kaitlyn	70	↓8	41
37	Savannah	64	↑9	47
38	Autumn	62	new	91
39	Sara	59	new	50
40	Breanna	58	new	74
41	Lindsey	58	↑1	95
42	Jennifer	56	↑7	18
43	Katelyn	55	↓7	63
44	Sierra	55	↑1	56
45	Andrea	54	new	58
46	Hailey	54	new	80
47	Heather	54	↓7	90
48	Kelsey	54	↓19	57
49	Danielle	53	new	34
50	Katherine	53	↓6	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	374	–	2
2	Austin	314	↑1	9
3	Christopher	294	↑2	4
4	Michael	288	–	1
5	Tyler	282	↓3	10
6	Joshua	260	↑2	5
7	Zachary	247	↑4	13
8	William	245	↓2	19
9	Matthew	242	↑1	3
10	James	235	↓3	17
11	John	215	↑1	15
12	Brandon	213	↓3	8
13	Andrew	185	↑2	7
14	Justin	181	–	20
15	Nicholas	171	↑1	6
16	Cody	170	↓3	36
17	Hunter	168	–	44
18	Joseph	168	–	12
19	David	167	↑1	14
20	Dylan	162	↓1	30
21	Jordan	160	↑1	26
22	Caleb	148	↑7	47
23	Robert	142	↓2	23
24	Jonathan	140	↑3	21
25	Ryan	136	↓1	16
26	Christian	135	↓3	25
27	Logan	133	↑3	42
28	Daniel	131	–	11
29	Samuel	128	↑4	27
30	Aaron	123	↓5	33
31	Dakota	115	↓5	66
32	Kyle	111	–	24
33	Alexander	107	↑7	22
34	Dalton	100	↑2	90
35	Ethan	99	↑14	46
36	Timothy	92	↑8	43
37	Nathan	91	↓2	34
38	Charles	90	↓7	49
39	Tanner	89	new	82
40	Noah	88	new	38
41	Benjamin	84	↓4	29
42	Jason	80	new	41
43	Thomas	80	↓4	31
44	Anthony	79	↓6	18
45	Kevin	78	new	28
46	Colton	77	↓4	>100
47	Cameron	76	↑3	45
48	Devin	73	new	59
49	Steven	73	↓3	40
50	Taylor	73	new	87

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