Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2015

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2015 were Emma for girls (214 babies) and William for boys (198). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,457 babies born in Arkansas in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2015

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

Girls

Kynlee: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Braylee: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Blakely: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Charleigh: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ember: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Haven: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Addyson: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mckinley: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Macy: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlee: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Payton: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Drake: 40 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Hayes: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cason: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Case: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rhett: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Remington: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karson: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kasen: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chandler: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	214	–	1
2	Olivia	174	–	2
3	Ava	170	–	4
4	Isabella	136	↑1	5
5	Harper	122	↓1	10
6	Sophia	110	↑1	3
7	Abigail	106	↓1	7
8	Avery	102	↑1	16
9	Ella	99	↑7	18
10	Paisley	98	↑11	45
11	Mia	94	↑7	6
12	Emily	91	↓2	8
13	Elizabeth	89	↓1	13
14	Brooklyn	85	–	31
15	Aubrey	81	↑2	21
16	Amelia	79	↑3	12
17	Charlotte	79	↑12	9
18	Addison	77	↑2	24
19	Chloe	75	↓4	17
20	Piper	74	↑13	67
21	Madison	72	↓13	11
22	Evelyn	71	↑22	15
23	Sadie	71	↓1	52
24	Zoey	69	↓13	23
25	Lillian	68	↓12	26
26	Lily	68	↓3	25
27	Hannah	65	↑12	28
28	Kennedy	65	↓4	58
29	Skylar	65	new	42
30	Kaylee	62	↑7	61
31	Nevaeh	62	↓3	70
32	Serenity	61	↓7	71
33	Riley	58	↑1	35
34	Caroline	57	↓2	62
35	Ellie	57	new	48
36	Natalie	57	↑4	27
37	Scarlett	56	new	22
38	Anna	55	↓12	44
39	Layla	54	↓12	30
40	Willow	54	new	>100
41	Aubree	53	↓5	79
42	Hadley	53	↓12	>100
43	Kinsley	51	new	>100
44	Kylie	51	new	66
45	Sofia	51	↓10	14
46	Aria	49	new	29
47	Nora	48	new	41
48	Madelyn	47	new	59
49	Aaliyah	46	new	47
50	Alexa	46	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	198	↑1	5
2	Elijah	173	↑2	11
3	Mason	171	↓2	3
4	Noah	171	↓1	1
5	James	147	–	7
6	Jacob	131	↑3	4
7	Liam	129	↓1	2
8	John	126	↓1	26
9	Carter	122	↓1	24
10	Jackson	122	↑6	17
11	Gabriel	121	↑8	22
12	Jaxon	120	↑1	44
13	Aiden	114	↑5	13
14	Benjamin	112	↑11	10
15	Oliver	108	new	19
16	Luke	107	↑1	28
17	Wyatt	107	↓5	34
18	Grayson	102	↑15	47
19	Hunter	101	↓4	41
20	Easton	99	↑21	78
21	Jayden	99	↑3	20
22	Michael	96	↓11	9
23	Levi	95	↑5	42
24	Logan	94	↓14	14
25	Samuel	93	↓5	23
26	Ethan	92	↓12	6
27	Landon	92	new	46
28	Bentley	90	↓7	92
29	Christopher	90	↑5	32
30	Hudson	90	↑12	65
31	Joshua	89	↓8	33
32	David	88	↓2	18
33	Alexander	87	↓11	8
34	Lucas	87	↑5	16
35	Eli	86	↑2	53
36	Joseph	85	–	21
37	Cooper	84	new	77
38	Isaiah	83	↑6	49
39	Jace	80	↓12	75
40	Jeremiah	80	new	54
41	Caleb	77	↓3	37
42	Braxton	76	↓11	>100
43	Sawyer	75	new	94
44	Andrew	74	↑4	30
45	Matthew	74	↓16	15
46	Bryson	72	new	>100
47	Carson	72	new	89
48	Jack	69	new	40
49	Ayden	68	new	87
50	Henry	68	↓3	29

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