Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1999

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1999 were Hannah for girls (298 babies) and Jacob for boys (340). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 26,142 babies born in Arkansas in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1999

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: 16 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Micah: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Macey: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Whitney: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reagan: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Callie: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashlynn: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooklyn: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ashton: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bailee: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 17 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Gunner: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Jaylon: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Payton: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Landon: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zackery: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Hayden: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeffery: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Hannah	298	–	2
2	Madison	246	–	7
3	Emily	244	–	1
4	Sarah	194	↑1	4
5	Taylor	176	↓1	8
6	Ashley	167	↑2	6
7	Alexis	149	↓1	3
8	Lauren	144	↑2	12
9	Haley	140	–	31
10	Jessica	135	↓3	9
11	Elizabeth	129	–	10
12	Anna	128	↑3	29
13	Destiny	122	↑1	28
14	Sydney	116	↑10	23
15	Kayla	114	↓3	13
16	Morgan	112	↓3	24
17	Victoria	110	↑8	16
18	Samantha	109	↑1	5
19	Brianna	108	↑7	14
20	Abigail	106	–	18
21	Megan	104	↓4	15
22	Jasmine	103	↑11	26
23	Savannah	102	↑14	42
24	Rachel	100	↓3	19
25	Brittany	97	↓7	35
26	Kaitlyn	95	↓10	33
27	Shelby	95	↓4	62
28	Bailey	92	↓1	65
29	Mary	87	↑2	45
30	Alyssa	86	↓2	11
31	Olivia	84	↑7	20
32	Makayla	83	↑3	66
33	Courtney	75	↓4	44
34	Amber	74	–	41
35	Jordan	73	↓13	48
36	Hailey	68	↑14	54
37	Allison	67	↑3	40
38	Breanna	67	↑8	74
39	Katelyn	67	↓9	55
40	Emma	64	↓1	17
41	Sierra	64	↑4	49
42	Grace	63	new	27
43	Natalie	63	new	34
44	Kaylee	60	↓1	69
45	Rebecca	59	↓9	38
46	Autumn	58	new	77
47	Amanda	52	new	22
48	Jennifer	51	↓7	21
49	Katherine	51	new	36
50	Alexandria	50	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jacob	340	–	1
2	William	273	↑6	14
3	Matthew	266	↑6	3
4	Austin	263	↓2	13
5	Michael	248	↓1	2
6	Joshua	246	↓3	4
7	Christopher	231	↓2	6
8	Tyler	223	↓2	10
9	Hunter	218	↑2	36
10	James	206	↓3	19
11	Brandon	186	↓1	11
12	Zachary	185	↑1	17
13	Andrew	180	↑4	7
14	John	178	↓2	15
15	Dylan	170	↑1	23
16	Joseph	158	↑6	8
17	David	157	↓2	16
18	Nicholas	154	↓4	5
19	Jonathan	153	↑5	22
20	Justin	149	↓2	20
21	Logan	145	↑5	42
22	Caleb	135	↓2	41
23	Jordan	134	↓4	30
24	Robert	134	↑1	26
25	Ethan	132	↓4	37
26	Noah	130	↑2	24
27	Cody	129	↓4	45
28	Ryan	128	↑1	12
29	Daniel	125	↑5	9
30	Christian	123	↑2	25
31	Cameron	112	↑5	33
32	Dakota	111	↓5	77
33	Samuel	108	↓2	27
34	Seth	104	↑11	65
35	Aaron	100	↓2	38
36	Dalton	97	↓6	86
37	Anthony	93	–	18
38	Kyle	92	↓3	28
39	Charles	90	↑5	50
40	Blake	89	↑7	84
41	Benjamin	86	↓3	29
42	Timothy	84	new	49
43	Garrett	83	↓1	78
44	Alexander	82	↓5	21
45	Jason	76	new	40
46	Nathan	75	↓3	32
47	Tanner	71	new	87
48	Hayden	70	new	>100
49	Jackson	70	new	83
50	Colton	68	new	>100

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