Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2002

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2002 were Madison for girls (283 babies) and Jacob for boys (327). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 26,472 babies born in Arkansas in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2002

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

Girls

Baby: 23 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Haven: 24 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ashton: 38 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Zoie: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Harley: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brandi: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mallory: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Abby: 54 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashlynn: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Whitney: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 19 babies, 21.3× the national rate
Billy: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Bobby: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Easton: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jaylon: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dakota: 98 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colton: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grayson: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keaton: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peyton: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	283	↑1	2
2	Hannah	231	↓1	3
3	Emily	223	–	1
4	Sarah	143	↑1	8
5	Abigail	142	↑2	7
6	Alexis	141	↓2	5
7	Anna	134	↑3	20
8	Taylor	133	↑4	18
9	Elizabeth	128	–	11
10	Lauren	126	↑4	13
11	Olivia	121	–	10
12	Emma	120	↑8	4
13	Haley	120	–	35
14	Ashley	111	↓6	6
15	Destiny	111	↓9	34
16	Brianna	102	↑1	17
17	Chloe	100	↑4	25
18	Mary	100	↑6	49
19	Sydney	97	↓4	23
20	Alyssa	92	↓1	12
21	Jasmine	91	↑4	26
22	Kaitlyn	85	↓4	32
23	Jessica	83	↓7	16
24	Katelyn	83	↑2	53
25	Autumn	82	↑20	73
26	Hailey	80	↓4	31
27	Kayla	80	↑3	19
28	Savannah	79	↓5	39
29	Kaylee	77	↑12	57
30	Bailey	75	↑2	84
31	Rachel	74	↑4	24
32	Allison	73	↓4	44
33	Grace	73	↓2	15
34	Morgan	72	↑8	29
35	Shelby	72	↑1	75
36	Isabella	67	new	14
37	Victoria	65	–	21
38	Makayla	64	–	50
39	Samantha	64	↓6	9
40	Jennifer	62	↑10	28
41	Megan	62	↓14	22
42	Natalie	62	↑1	30
43	Jordan	61	↓14	45
44	Faith	60	↓4	48
45	Ashanti	58	new	>100
46	Mackenzie	56	↓12	42
47	Abby	54	new	>100
48	Trinity	54	↓1	70
49	Aaliyah	51	new	64
50	Kylie	51	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	327	–	1
2	Ethan	250	↑3	5
3	William	240	↓1	11
4	Caleb	220	↑10	35
5	Joshua	211	↓2	3
6	Christopher	208	↑2	8
7	Matthew	206	–	4
8	Hunter	203	↓2	38
9	James	200	↑4	18
10	Austin	193	↓6	26
11	Michael	181	↓1	2
12	John	169	–	17
13	Tyler	169	↓4	14
14	Brandon	168	↑4	20
15	Logan	160	↑4	29
16	Christian	153	↑6	24
17	Andrew	145	–	6
18	Dylan	141	↓2	23
19	Zachary	138	↓8	19
20	David	135	↑5	13
21	Jonathan	134	↓1	21
22	Alexander	129	↑9	15
23	Joseph	126	↓2	7
24	Jordan	125	↑5	37
25	Jackson	123	↑7	50
26	Robert	123	↓2	34
27	Nicholas	120	↓12	9
28	Noah	117	–	31
29	Ryan	114	↑17	16
30	Nathan	111	↑6	28
31	Samuel	110	↓1	25
32	Elijah	109	↑10	41
33	Benjamin	108	↑4	27
34	Daniel	107	↓11	10
35	Justin	107	↓8	22
36	Anthony	106	↑9	12
37	Cameron	103	↓11	39
38	Cody	98	↑6	71
39	Dakota	98	↑2	>100
40	Hayden	96	↓6	96
41	Seth	88	↓2	72
42	Gabriel	87	new	32
43	Mason	87	↓10	53
44	Luke	86	↑5	46
45	Garrett	84	↓2	91
46	Aaron	80	↓6	43
47	Colton	80	–	>100
48	Gavin	78	↑2	61
49	Dalton	76	↓11	>100
50	Kyle	76	↓2	40

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