Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2005

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2005 were Emily for girls (264 babies) and Ethan for boys (257). Ethan ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,367 babies born in Arkansas in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2005

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

Girls

Jaci: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kinley: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Whitney: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Haven: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Carley: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alexus: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abby: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Kadence: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Laney: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Kaydence: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Baby: 19 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Warren: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jaylon: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Braylon: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Braxton: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamarion: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Triston: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tommy: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jessie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dalton: 62 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	264	↑1	1
2	Madison	264	↓1	3
3	Emma	217	–	2
4	Hannah	179	–	7
5	Alexis	159	↑2	13
6	Abigail	155	–	4
7	Olivia	154	↓2	5
8	Anna	144	–	22
9	Elizabeth	121	–	11
10	Chloe	98	↑2	19
11	Lauren	98	↓1	21
12	Natalie	98	↑15	18
13	Ella	97	new	23
14	Sarah	92	↓3	15
15	Brooklyn	88	↑6	78
16	Alyssa	86	↓3	16
17	Kaylee	86	↑5	40
18	Destiny	85	↓3	32
19	Ashley	84	↓5	10
20	Isabella	83	↑8	6
21	Taylor	83	↓2	24
22	Ava	82	new	9
23	Brianna	82	↓3	20
24	Hailey	82	↓8	26
25	Makayla	79	↑9	44
26	Grace	78	↑7	14
27	Jasmine	77	↓9	29
28	Lillian	76	↑12	50
29	Haley	73	↓12	53
30	Samantha	72	–	8
31	Savannah	72	↑10	35
32	Allison	71	↑5	45
33	Sydney	70	↓9	30
34	Gracie	69	↑10	94
35	Kaitlyn	69	↓10	34
36	Mary	68	↓13	72
37	Jessica	66	↓8	27
38	Megan	63	new	41
39	Riley	63	↑6	54
40	Lily	62	new	39
41	Bailey	61	↓9	>100
42	Kylie	61	↑7	57
43	Katelyn	60	↑3	59
44	Shelby	60	new	>100
45	Trinity	59	↓19	48
46	Victoria	59	↑4	28
47	Kayla	57	↓16	25
48	Sophia	57	new	12
49	Morgan	56	↓14	33
50	Zoe	56	↓11	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Ethan	257	↑2	5
2	William	231	–	11
3	Jacob	226	↓2	1
4	Joshua	193	–	3
5	James	191	↑1	17
6	Michael	191	↓1	2
7	Caleb	182	↑6	35
8	Christopher	173	↑3	10
9	Tyler	171	–	16
10	Logan	165	↑2	26
11	Noah	163	↑22	23
12	Matthew	157	↓4	4
13	John	150	↑1	18
14	Hunter	146	↓7	53
15	Austin	145	↑1	38
16	Landon	145	↑1	61
17	David	143	↑4	12
18	Andrew	140	↓8	6
19	Joseph	138	↓4	9
20	Jackson	136	–	44
21	Elijah	135	↑3	31
22	Mason	127	↑13	42
23	Hayden	126	↑5	76
24	Samuel	122	↓1	21
25	Jonathan	120	↑13	19
26	Gabriel	117	↑22	28
27	Christian	115	–	22
28	Alexander	111	↑9	13
29	Brandon	110	↓11	27
30	Dylan	110	↓8	24
31	Anthony	108	↑3	8
32	Daniel	103	↓13	7
33	Benjamin	100	↑6	25
34	Ryan	100	↓4	14
35	Nicholas	99	↑5	15
36	Gavin	98	↑5	47
37	Justin	98	↓6	36
38	Brayden	96	↑9	80
39	Jordan	95	↓3	46
40	Robert	95	↓15	37
41	Connor	91	↑3	48
42	Nathan	90	↓13	20
43	Jayden	89	new	54
44	Evan	88	↓2	39
45	Zachary	88	↓19	29
46	Caden	78	new	98
47	Luke	78	↑2	41
48	Ashton	77	new	>100
49	Aaron	76	↓3	57
50	Charles	73	↓7	56

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