Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2008

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2008 were Emma for girls (193 babies) and Jacob for boys (206). Social Security records list 27,438 babies born in Arkansas in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2008

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

Girls

Kinley: 29 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Maci: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Brylee: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Laney: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Haven: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kenzie: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Raven: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Emery: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Emilee: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kadence: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Remington: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Gunner: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Blaine: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braxton: 68 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Keaton: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dakota: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Payton: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamarion: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dawson: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peyton: 79 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emma	193	↑1	1
2	Madison	191	↓1	6
3	Emily	164	–	3
4	Addison	162	–	12
5	Olivia	151	–	4
6	Chloe	148	↑3	10
7	Ava	142	↑1	5
8	Abigail	129	↓2	8
9	Isabella	129	↑2	2
10	Brooklyn	117	↑6	48
11	Alexis	110	↓1	15
12	Elizabeth	107	–	9
13	Hannah	107	↓6	17
14	Natalie	100	↑10	13
15	Kaylee	97	↑2	31
16	Anna	88	↓2	26
17	Taylor	88	↓2	22
18	Alyssa	82	↓5	16
19	Ella	82	↑7	19
20	Lillian	82	↑12	29
21	Sophia	80	↑14	7
22	Sarah	74	↓3	20
23	Kylie	72	↑25	51
24	Makayla	69	↓6	37
25	Aubrey	68	↑21	42
26	Gracie	68	↑4	99
27	Lily	66	–	24
28	Allison	64	↑13	32
29	Bailey	64	↓7	82
30	Riley	63	↑19	39
31	Ashley	62	↓3	18
32	Hailey	62	↑8	25
33	Avery	61	–	38
34	Trinity	60	↑2	70
35	Lauren	59	↓10	30
36	Samantha	59	↓2	11
37	Savannah	59	↓16	33
38	Brianna	55	↓18	23
39	Victoria	55	↑11	27
40	Mackenzie	54	new	65
41	Kimberly	53	new	57
42	Kylee	53	new	>100
43	Mckenzie	53	new	>100
44	Destiny	51	↓15	47
45	Zoey	51	new	98
46	Morgan	50	new	46
47	Peyton	50	new	60
48	Autumn	49	new	87
49	Haley	49	↓4	>100
50	Mia	49	↓27	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jacob	206	↑1	1
2	Ethan	203	↑1	3
3	William	202	↓2	8
4	Landon	174	↑6	45
5	Joshua	170	↑6	4
6	Jackson	169	↓2	32
7	Aiden	166	↑8	16
8	James	163	↓2	17
9	Hunter	155	↑3	54
10	John	155	↓1	20
11	Christopher	154	↓6	9
12	Noah	154	↑6	15
13	Michael	153	–	2
14	Logan	145	↓7	19
15	Jayden	143	↑7	11
16	Hayden	141	↓2	76
17	Caleb	133	↓9	34
18	Elijah	132	↑9	22
19	Christian	124	↑6	23
20	Daniel	123	↑6	5
21	Mason	119	↑2	35
22	Brayden	118	↑14	51
23	Tyler	118	↓2	28
24	David	117	–	14
25	Matthew	117	↓8	10
26	Andrew	115	↓10	12
27	Austin	112	↑5	55
28	Alexander	111	↓9	6
29	Joseph	110	↓9	13
30	Samuel	108	↓1	27
31	Gabriel	106	↓3	24
32	Gavin	103	↑3	30
33	Jonathan	102	↓2	26
34	Brandon	97	↑6	33
35	Carson	97	new	89
36	Luke	95	↑8	43
37	Robert	95	↓4	49
38	Anthony	94	↑9	7
39	Nathan	94	↑11	21
40	Evan	92	↓10	38
41	Isaac	92	–	37
42	Jordan	91	↓4	48
43	Benjamin	89	↓6	25
44	Wyatt	86	new	62
45	Aaron	84	new	50
46	Ryan	82	↓7	18
47	Peyton	79	↑2	>100
48	Kaden	78	–	100
49	Dylan	77	↓6	31
50	Justin	77	new	44

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