Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2009

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2009 were Emma for girls (187 babies) and William for boys (220). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,825 babies born in Arkansas in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2009

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

Girls

Blakely: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Kinley: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brylee: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Haven: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Amari: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marlee: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Presley: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Paisley: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kyleigh: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Harley: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Jaylon: 23 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Lawson: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jagger: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Remington: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Layton: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bentley: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Billy: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jamarion: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Gunner: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Braxton: 75 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	187	–	2
2	Madison	182	–	7
3	Addison	177	↑1	12
4	Isabella	162	↑5	1
5	Ava	143	↑2	5
6	Emily	139	↓3	6
7	Alexis	137	↑4	13
8	Abigail	134	–	8
9	Olivia	130	↓4	3
10	Chloe	126	↓4	9
11	Kaylee	101	↑4	26
12	Sophia	99	↑9	4
13	Ella	92	↑6	15
14	Elizabeth	91	↓2	11
15	Lillian	89	↑5	27
16	Hannah	88	↓3	23
17	Brooklyn	85	↓7	37
18	Alyssa	84	–	19
19	Avery	83	↑14	32
20	Lily	83	↑7	18
21	Anna	80	↓5	28
22	Aubrey	75	↑3	41
23	Natalie	74	↓9	16
24	Allison	73	↑4	30
25	Bella	70	new	58
26	Taylor	68	↓9	22
27	Zoey	68	↑18	75
28	Makayla	64	↓4	44
29	Autumn	60	↑19	81
30	Gracie	60	↓4	>100
31	Hailey	60	↑1	25
32	Mia	60	↑18	10
33	Sarah	59	↓11	21
34	Madelyn	58	new	59
35	Nevaeh	58	new	34
36	Trinity	57	↓2	74
37	Kylie	55	↓14	62
38	Savannah	54	↓1	39
39	Serenity	54	new	93
40	Sydney	54	new	48
41	Lauren	53	↓6	46
42	Grace	51	new	17
43	Brianna	50	↓5	24
44	Destiny	50	–	56
45	Riley	50	↓15	38
46	Audrey	47	new	49
47	Bailey	45	↓18	85
48	Layla	45	new	45
49	Morgan	45	↓3	57
50	Sophie	45	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	220	↑2	5
2	Jacob	203	↓1	1
3	Ethan	187	↓1	2
4	Joshua	177	↑1	6
5	Jayden	166	↑10	8
6	Christopher	164	↑5	10
7	Noah	163	↑5	9
8	Aiden	160	↓1	12
9	Jackson	160	↓3	27
10	Landon	159	↓6	36
11	James	156	↓3	18
12	Hunter	151	↓3	56
13	Michael	151	–	3
14	Elijah	142	↑4	21
15	Brayden	137	↑7	48
16	John	135	↓6	26
17	Caleb	131	–	31
18	Logan	129	↓4	17
19	Mason	125	↑2	34
20	Samuel	124	↑10	24
21	Alexander	117	↑7	4
22	David	113	↑2	14
23	Hayden	112	↓7	91
24	Gabriel	111	↑7	22
25	Andrew	109	↑1	16
26	Christian	109	↓7	23
27	Gavin	106	↑5	33
28	Tyler	103	↓5	28
29	Austin	102	↓2	63
30	Matthew	97	↓5	13
31	Jonathan	96	↑2	29
32	Daniel	93	↓12	7
33	Joseph	92	↓4	15
34	Luke	91	↑2	47
35	Evan	90	↑5	35
36	Benjamin	88	↑7	19
37	Carter	86	new	50
38	Brandon	84	↓4	38
39	Connor	84	new	52
40	Ryan	84	↑6	20
41	Anthony	82	↓3	11
42	Lucas	81	new	39
43	Brody	77	new	77
44	Jeremiah	77	new	65
45	Dylan	76	↑4	30
46	Isaac	76	↓5	40
47	Braxton	75	new	>100
48	Robert	75	↓11	55
49	Kaden	73	↓1	>100
50	Ayden	72	new	87

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