Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2013

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2013 were Emma for girls (218 babies) and William for boys (197). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,554 babies born in Arkansas in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2013

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: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Paislee: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kynlee: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jayden: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gracelynn: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kyleigh: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brylee: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Allie: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cheyenne: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Journee: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Brentley: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kylan: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Layton: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Case: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rhett: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chandler: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Remington: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Payton: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Drake: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kayson: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Emma	218	–	2
2	Olivia	158	↑3	3
3	Ava	144	–	5
4	Isabella	130	–	4
5	Sophia	127	↓3	1
6	Abigail	126	↑2	8
7	Addison	109	↓1	19
8	Brooklyn	102	↑5	28
9	Madison	102	–	9
10	Avery	99	↑9	12
11	Harper	98	↓4	16
12	Ella	96	↑3	15
13	Emily	96	↓1	7
14	Chloe	91	↓3	14
15	Aubrey	90	↑2	18
16	Elizabeth	87	↑2	10
17	Zoey	79	↓7	24
18	Lillian	77	↓4	26
19	Aubree	75	↑15	53
20	Amelia	74	↑8	17
21	Hannah	74	↑5	23
22	Paisley	73	↑8	80
23	Kaylee	72	↓3	40
24	Mia	71	↓2	6
25	Lily	68	↓9	27
26	Allison	67	↑9	34
27	Evelyn	65	↑18	20
28	Natalie	65	↓5	21
29	Anna	63	↓4	35
30	Serenity	62	↓1	52
31	Sadie	59	new	49
32	Riley	57	new	45
33	Nevaeh	56	↓12	46
34	Autumn	54	↑4	64
35	Alexis	53	new	47
36	Layla	51	↓12	30
37	Peyton	51	↑11	51
38	Taylor	51	new	59
39	Bailey	49	new	>100
40	Savannah	49	↑10	36
41	Mary	48	new	>100
42	Annabelle	47	new	81
43	Kylie	46	↓6	61
44	Trinity	46	new	>100
45	Aaliyah	45	new	37
46	Rylee	45	↓6	>100
47	Kennedy	44	↓11	65
48	London	44	new	85
49	Skylar	44	new	73
50	Victoria	44	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	William	197	–	5
2	Mason	187	–	4
3	Noah	161	↑9	1
4	James	147	↓1	13
5	Elijah	138	–	11
6	Aiden	133	↑2	12
7	Ethan	132	–	6
8	Bentley	129	↑7	81
9	Jackson	125	↑1	16
10	Liam	123	↑8	3
11	Jacob	122	↓7	2
12	John	121	↑7	27
13	Michael	114	–	7
14	Christopher	113	↑7	26
15	Hunter	109	↓9	36
16	Jayden	109	↓5	9
17	Joshua	105	↑19	21
18	Jaxon	104	↑7	45
19	Logan	104	↑7	18
20	Christian	101	↑29	35
21	Caleb	100	↑17	32
22	Luke	100	↑15	34
23	Isaac	99	–	28
24	Landon	98	↓7	39
25	Matthew	97	↑2	15
26	Samuel	97	↓6	25
27	Alexander	96	↓3	8
28	Jase	96	new	89
29	Jeremiah	96	new	58
30	Jace	94	↑18	66
31	Brayden	93	↓15	48
32	Gabriel	92	↓23	24
33	Carter	90	↓2	33
34	Eli	90	↓20	43
35	Braxton	85	↑7	>100
36	Carson	84	new	90
37	Daniel	84	↓15	10
38	David	84	↑9	17
39	Levi	83	–	49
40	Benjamin	82	↓7	14
41	Andrew	81	↓9	22
42	Joseph	81	↓7	20
43	Wyatt	81	↓13	42
44	Charles	76	new	57
45	Gavin	76	↓1	50
46	Ayden	75	↓18	71
47	Cooper	75	↓13	84
48	Hayden	74	↓8	>100
49	Sawyer	74	new	>100
50	Hudson	73	new	87

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