Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2006

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2006 were Madison for girls (269 babies) and William for boys (263). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,106 babies born in Arkansas in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2006

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

Girls

Laney: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Haven: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Abbigail: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kaitlynn: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Abby: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Haylee: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Macy: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Presley: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Addyson: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hadley: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Layton: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
River: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gunner: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braxton: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Braylon: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dakota: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Quinton: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Lane: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peyton: 72 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Madison	269	↑1	3
2	Emily	213	↓1	1
3	Emma	204	–	2
4	Hannah	172	–	8
5	Abigail	167	↑1	6
6	Alexis	156	↓1	14
7	Elizabeth	134	↑2	11
8	Olivia	134	↓1	7
9	Chloe	131	↑1	18
10	Anna	116	↓2	22
11	Addison	111	new	28
12	Ava	111	↑10	5
13	Brooklyn	110	↑2	66
14	Isabella	102	↑6	4
15	Alyssa	98	↑1	19
16	Jasmine	93	↑11	29
17	Savannah	85	↑14	30
18	Hailey	83	↑6	25
19	Taylor	82	↑2	23
20	Natalie	81	↓8	17
21	Sarah	81	↓7	15
22	Lauren	80	↓11	24
23	Allison	79	↑9	47
24	Destiny	79	↓6	36
25	Lillian	79	↑3	38
26	Kaylee	73	↓9	42
27	Makayla	73	↓2	45
28	Ashley	72	↓9	12
29	Lily	71	↑11	33
30	Ella	68	↓17	21
31	Kylie	66	↑11	67
32	Trinity	66	↑13	64
33	Morgan	65	↑16	35
34	Gracie	62	–	>100
35	Avery	61	new	52
36	Bailey	61	↑5	>100
37	Brianna	61	↓14	20
38	Samantha	61	↓8	10
39	Kaitlyn	60	↓4	41
40	Mia	59	new	13
41	Haley	58	↓12	75
42	Kayla	57	↑5	26
43	Mary	57	↓7	80
44	Katelyn	55	↓1	61
45	Rachel	55	new	48
46	Zoe	55	↑4	54
47	Grace	54	↓21	16
48	Jessica	54	↓11	32
49	Victoria	54	↓3	27
50	Faith	53	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	263	↑1	10
2	Ethan	244	↓1	4
3	Jacob	244	–	1
4	James	203	↑1	16
5	Landon	198	↑11	50
6	Joshua	192	↓2	3
7	Christopher	184	↑1	8
8	Caleb	183	↓1	34
9	Jackson	178	↑11	35
10	Logan	170	–	20
11	John	168	↑2	19
12	Matthew	168	–	5
13	Noah	162	↓2	15
14	Andrew	161	↑4	7
15	Michael	161	↓9	2
16	Elijah	146	↑5	29
17	David	133	–	13
18	Hayden	133	↑5	73
19	Mason	133	↑3	40
20	Christian	131	↑7	21
21	Aiden	123	new	32
22	Austin	122	↓7	41
23	Anthony	120	↑8	9
24	Hunter	119	↓10	54
25	Samuel	119	↓1	25
26	Alexander	118	↑2	12
27	Gavin	117	↑9	38
28	Daniel	116	↑4	6
29	Tyler	115	↓20	18
30	Zachary	114	↑15	33
31	Luke	113	↑16	43
32	Jonathan	109	↓7	22
33	Dylan	108	↓3	26
34	Joseph	108	↓15	11
35	Nicholas	102	–	17
36	Benjamin	101	↓3	24
37	Evan	100	↑7	42
38	Ryan	100	↓4	14
39	Brandon	96	↓10	27
40	Robert	94	–	47
41	Gabriel	91	↓15	28
42	Jordan	88	↓3	46
43	Cameron	85	new	52
44	Charles	85	↑6	60
45	Brayden	84	↓7	79
46	Nathan	84	↓4	23
47	Jason	80	new	55
48	Aaron	79	↑1	57
49	Justin	79	↓12	45
50	Carter	76	new	75

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