Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2012

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2012 were Emma for girls (188 babies) and William for boys (217). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,669 babies born in Arkansas in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2012

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: 29 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Paislee: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Braylee: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brylee: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Madilynn: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Farrah: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kinley: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Hallie: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Kaydence: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Macie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Briar: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Remington: 38 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Layton: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lawson: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jagger: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chandler: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cason: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Blaine: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karson: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cannon: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	188	–	2
2	Sophia	165	↑5	1
3	Ava	140	↑3	5
4	Isabella	136	↓2	3
5	Olivia	133	↑6	4
6	Addison	125	↓3	14
7	Harper	119	↑11	24
8	Abigail	114	↓3	7
9	Madison	110	↓5	9
10	Zoey	109	↑6	20
11	Chloe	100	↓3	11
12	Emily	97	↓3	6
13	Brooklyn	91	↑1	29
14	Lillian	88	↑6	25
15	Ella	85	↓3	12
16	Lily	85	↑9	16
17	Aubrey	82	↓4	15
18	Elizabeth	82	↓8	10
19	Avery	78	↓4	13
20	Kaylee	74	↑3	35
21	Nevaeh	70	↑5	39
22	Mia	68	↑9	8
23	Natalie	64	↓6	17
24	Layla	62	↓5	31
25	Anna	61	↓1	34
26	Hannah	61	↓4	22
27	Alyssa	59	↑6	44
28	Amelia	59	↑11	23
29	Serenity	59	new	58
30	Paisley	58	new	>100
31	Audrey	57	↑5	41
32	Khloe	57	↓3	55
33	Zoe	54	↑5	30
34	Aubree	51	new	60
35	Allison	50	↓8	38
36	Kennedy	50	new	84
37	Kylie	48	↑7	59
38	Autumn	47	↑5	68
39	Makayla	47	new	70
40	Rylee	47	↑9	>100
41	Sofia	47	new	18
42	Hadley	45	new	>100
43	Kinley	45	new	>100
44	Claire	44	new	45
45	Evelyn	44	↑1	27
46	Sophie	43	↓1	52
47	Ellie	42	new	85
48	Peyton	42	new	53
49	Ruby	42	new	>100
50	Savannah	42	↓8	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	217	–	5
2	Mason	157	↑1	2
3	James	156	↑8	14
4	Jacob	155	↓2	1
5	Elijah	151	↑2	13
6	Hunter	149	↑15	45
7	Ethan	147	↑1	3
8	Aiden	140	↓4	10
9	Gabriel	134	↑7	24
10	Jackson	134	–	21
11	Jayden	134	↓6	8
12	Noah	130	↓6	4
13	Michael	126	↓1	7
14	Eli	119	↑16	43
15	Bentley	118	↓2	75
16	Brayden	115	↑2	39
17	Landon	113	–	35
18	Liam	109	↑13	6
19	John	107	↓5	28
20	Samuel	106	↑3	25
21	Christopher	103	↓2	23
22	Daniel	102	↑3	11
23	Isaac	101	↑1	30
24	Alexander	99	↓2	9
25	Jaxon	96	new	66
26	Logan	95	↓11	22
27	Matthew	93	↑15	12
28	Ayden	92	new	68
29	Bryson	92	new	94
30	Wyatt	92	↑5	41
31	Carter	91	↑15	36
32	Andrew	90	↑4	18
33	Benjamin	89	↓1	16
34	Cooper	88	new	83
35	Joseph	87	↓8	19
36	Joshua	87	↓27	17
37	Luke	87	↑1	37
38	Caleb	84	↓18	32
39	Levi	84	↓11	55
40	Hayden	80	↓14	>100
41	Jordan	80	↑6	48
42	Braxton	79	↓3	>100
43	Connor	79	new	59
44	Gavin	79	↓11	40
45	Easton	78	↑4	96
46	Anthony	73	↓1	15
47	David	73	↓18	20
48	Jace	73	new	85
49	Christian	72	↓8	33
50	Ryan	72	new	26

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