Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1998

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1998 were Hannah for girls (267 babies) and Jacob for boys (372). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,344 babies born in Arkansas in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1998

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

Girls

Stormy: 17 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Ashton: 38 babies, 6× the national rate
Reagan: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chasity: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Whitney: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bailee: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lacey: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Baylee: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooklyn: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Callie: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 16 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Jaylon: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Landon: 63 babies, 5.1× the national rate
River: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colten: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Billy: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Payton: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Trace: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jessie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Keaton: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	267	–	2
2	Madison	249	↑1	9
3	Emily	231	↓1	1
4	Taylor	195	↑2	7
5	Sarah	193	–	4
6	Alexis	182	↑5	6
7	Jessica	155	↑2	8
8	Ashley	151	↓4	5
9	Haley	151	↑1	36
10	Lauren	140	↓2	14
11	Elizabeth	121	↑1	10
12	Kayla	121	↑5	12
13	Morgan	117	↑2	23
14	Destiny	115	↑11	34
15	Anna	113	↑6	31
16	Kaitlyn	111	↑20	35
17	Megan	110	↑1	13
18	Brittany	109	↓11	25
19	Samantha	106	↓6	3
20	Abigail	105	↑12	18
21	Rachel	103	↓2	15
22	Jordan	99	↑2	42
23	Shelby	98	↓7	49
24	Sydney	98	↓10	28
25	Victoria	98	↑6	16
26	Brianna	96	↓4	17
27	Bailey	89	↑3	60
28	Alyssa	88	–	11
29	Courtney	88	↓9	39
30	Katelyn	86	↑13	58
31	Mary	86	↓8	44
32	Kelsey	85	↑16	56
33	Jasmine	82	↓7	26
34	Amber	80	↓7	37
35	Makayla	79	new	71
36	Rebecca	76	↓1	30
37	Savannah	76	–	45
38	Olivia	71	↓4	21
39	Emma	68	new	22
40	Allison	64	↓11	38
41	Jennifer	63	↑1	20
42	Faith	62	new	>100
43	Kaylee	60	new	86
44	Madeline	58	new	50
45	Sierra	58	↓1	51
46	Breanna	57	↓6	76
47	Sara	57	↓8	48
48	Brooke	56	new	46
49	Erin	55	new	57
50	Hailey	54	↓4	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	372	–	2
2	Austin	288	–	10
3	Joshua	275	↑3	4
4	Michael	275	–	1
5	Christopher	270	↓2	5
6	Tyler	234	↓1	8
7	James	231	↑3	18
8	William	226	–	14
9	Matthew	225	–	3
10	Brandon	213	↑2	7
11	Hunter	207	↑6	36
12	John	207	↓1	15
13	Zachary	203	↓6	16
14	Nicholas	174	↑1	6
15	David	173	↑4	13
16	Dylan	169	↑4	25
17	Andrew	168	↓4	9
18	Justin	162	↓4	20
19	Jordan	160	↑2	27
20	Caleb	156	↑2	42
21	Ethan	150	↑14	38
22	Joseph	150	↓4	11
23	Cody	146	↓7	43
24	Jonathan	137	–	21
25	Robert	135	↓2	23
26	Logan	130	↑1	44
27	Dakota	129	↑4	72
28	Noah	125	↑12	29
29	Ryan	122	↓4	17
30	Dalton	116	↑4	88
31	Samuel	115	↓2	28
32	Christian	113	↓6	26
33	Aaron	110	↓3	37
34	Daniel	110	↓6	12
35	Kyle	109	↓3	24
36	Cameron	105	↑11	35
37	Anthony	100	↑7	19
38	Benjamin	94	↑3	30
39	Alexander	88	↓6	22
40	Devin	87	↑8	62
41	Thomas	86	↑2	31
42	Garrett	85	new	80
43	Nathan	83	↓6	34
44	Charles	82	↓6	48
45	Seth	79	new	86
46	Dustin	78	new	>100
47	Blake	77	new	85
48	Trevor	75	new	58
49	Mason	74	new	83
50	Chase	71	new	67

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