Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2000

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2000 were Hannah for girls (288 babies) and Jacob for boys (378). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 27,057 babies born in Arkansas in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2000

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

Girls

Bg: 17 babies, 149.3× the national rate
Baby: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Haven: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Micah: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashton: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Allie: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Baylee: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ashlyn: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Gracie: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Callie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Bb: 16 babies, 117.2× the national rate
Braylon: 19 babies, 25.6× the national rate
Baby: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jaylon: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Billy: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Colton: 113 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cedric: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Landon: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Harley: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dalton: 117 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	288	–	2
2	Madison	271	–	3
3	Emily	240	–	1
4	Alexis	177	↑3	6
5	Sarah	169	↓1	5
6	Lauren	156	↑2	11
7	Taylor	150	↓2	10
8	Haley	148	↑1	28
9	Ashley	143	↓3	4
10	Elizabeth	143	↑1	9
11	Abigail	128	↑9	14
12	Destiny	122	↑1	24
13	Anna	121	↓1	22
14	Megan	121	↑7	18
15	Jessica	119	↓5	8
16	Kaitlyn	113	↑10	30
17	Kayla	111	↓2	13
18	Samantha	109	–	7
19	Sydney	107	↓5	23
20	Brianna	105	↓1	15
21	Olivia	100	↑10	16
22	Emma	99	↑18	17
23	Chloe	91	new	38
24	Alyssa	87	↑6	12
25	Shelby	86	↑2	70
26	Mary	85	↑3	46
27	Bailey	83	↑1	68
28	Courtney	83	↑5	59
29	Jordan	83	↑6	50
30	Morgan	82	↓14	25
31	Rachel	82	↓7	21
32	Hailey	81	↑4	35
33	Makayla	81	↓1	67
34	Victoria	80	↓17	20
35	Katelyn	78	↑4	54
36	Grace	77	↑6	19
37	Allison	72	–	44
38	Kaylee	72	↑6	72
39	Faith	71	new	66
40	Jasmine	68	↓18	27
41	Natalie	68	↑2	34
42	Savannah	67	↓19	37
43	Amber	64	↓9	47
44	Brittany	63	↓19	60
45	Cheyenne	59	new	99
46	Autumn	58	–	77
47	Alexandria	57	↑3	91
48	Jennifer	57	–	26
49	Sierra	57	↓8	53
50	Breanna	55	↓12	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	378	–	1
2	William	266	–	11
3	Michael	249	↑2	2
4	Joshua	239	↑2	4
5	Christopher	228	↑2	5
6	Hunter	219	↑3	35
7	Brandon	213	↑4	12
8	Austin	211	↓4	23
9	James	205	↑1	18
10	Tyler	203	↓2	10
11	Ethan	198	↑14	25
12	Matthew	198	↓9	3
13	John	195	↑1	14
14	Zachary	178	↓2	15
15	Justin	170	↑5	19
16	Nicholas	167	↑2	6
17	Christian	162	↑13	22
18	Caleb	161	↑4	38
19	Dylan	161	↓4	24
20	Joseph	154	↓4	8
21	Andrew	153	↓8	7
22	Logan	150	↓1	40
23	David	145	↓6	16
24	Jonathan	141	↓5	21
25	Jordan	124	↓2	36
26	Cameron	123	↑5	31
27	Ryan	122	↑1	13
28	Nathan	118	↑18	30
29	Dalton	117	↑7	91
30	Samuel	117	↑3	28
31	Colton	113	↑19	>100
32	Dakota	112	–	88
33	Robert	111	↓9	29
34	Daniel	104	↓5	9
35	Garrett	102	↑8	74
36	Noah	102	↓10	27
37	Aaron	100	↓2	41
38	Alexander	99	↑6	20
39	Seth	98	↓5	63
40	Cody	97	↓13	60
41	Jackson	97	↑8	72
42	Charles	94	↓3	51
43	Thomas	91	new	33
44	Benjamin	89	↓3	26
45	Anthony	86	↓8	17
46	Mason	80	new	64
47	Timothy	79	↓5	58
48	Blake	78	↓8	80
49	Jason	73	↓4	39
50	Kyle	73	↓12	37

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