Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2016

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2016 were Ava for girls (195 babies) and Elijah for boys (175). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Elijah ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,657 babies born in Arkansas in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2016

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

Girls

Kimber: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Hadlee: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Blakely: 49 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Hallie: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Braylee: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kaydence: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hattie: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Saylor: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauryn: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Madilyn: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Case: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Drake: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rhett: 66 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Remington: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hayes: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Augustus: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cason: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Beckett: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gunner: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Daxton: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	195	↑2	3
2	Emma	165	↓1	1
3	Olivia	157	↓1	2
4	Abigail	135	↑3	8
5	Harper	121	–	11
6	Sophia	108	–	4
7	Paisley	101	↑3	46
8	Addison	97	↑10	29
9	Isabella	95	↓5	5
10	Mia	89	↑1	6
11	Brooklyn	88	↑3	34
12	Scarlett	87	↑25	18
13	Avery	86	↓5	16
14	Amelia	85	↑2	10
15	Ella	85	↓6	17
16	Elizabeth	84	↓3	13
17	Aubrey	82	↓2	25
18	Riley	79	↑15	22
19	Charlotte	78	↓2	7
20	Evelyn	78	↑2	12
21	Lillian	77	↑4	28
22	Madison	74	↓1	15
23	Zoey	67	↑1	26
24	Chloe	63	↓5	20
25	Layla	63	↑14	30
26	Ellie	61	↑9	43
27	Emily	60	↓15	9
28	Sofia	58	↑17	14
29	Serenity	56	↑3	70
30	Stella	55	new	45
31	Caroline	54	↑3	56
32	Aubree	53	↑9	84
33	Autumn	53	new	65
34	Lily	53	↓8	24
35	Hannah	52	↓8	33
36	Willow	52	↑4	96
37	Anna	51	↑1	49
38	Hazel	50	new	52
39	Sadie	50	↓16	60
40	Audrey	49	new	39
41	Blakely	49	new	>100
42	Grace	47	new	19
43	Adalynn	46	new	>100
44	Aria	46	↑2	23
45	Emery	46	new	>100
46	Nevaeh	46	↓15	73
47	Piper	46	↓27	67
48	Kaylee	45	↓18	72
49	Savannah	45	new	38
50	Kylie	44	↓6	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Elijah	175	↑1	9
2	William	166	↓1	3
3	Mason	155	–	4
4	Noah	155	–	1
5	James	145	–	5
6	Liam	144	↑1	2
7	Grayson	129	↑11	37
8	Wyatt	126	↑9	33
9	Oliver	123	↑6	12
10	Jackson	122	–	17
11	Carter	117	↓2	26
12	Aiden	111	↑1	16
13	Luke	104	↑3	29
14	Jaxon	102	↓2	41
15	John	100	↓7	28
16	Samuel	98	↑9	21
17	Benjamin	97	↓3	6
18	Michael	96	↑4	8
19	Bentley	94	↑9	100
20	Isaac	94	new	31
21	Jacob	93	↓15	7
22	Logan	91	↑2	18
23	Asher	90	new	71
24	Ethan	90	↑2	10
25	Gabriel	90	↓14	25
26	Christopher	87	↑3	36
27	Easton	87	↓7	66
28	Matthew	87	↑17	15
29	Isaiah	86	↑9	47
30	Joshua	85	↑1	35
31	Charles	83	new	52
32	Henry	83	↑18	22
33	Jace	83	↑6	76
34	Jayden	83	↓13	27
35	Joseph	82	↑1	20
36	Alexander	80	↓3	11
37	Hudson	80	↓7	61
38	Levi	80	↓15	42
39	Eli	79	↓4	50
40	Landon	79	↓13	53
41	Daniel	78	new	13
42	Lucas	78	↓8	14
43	Owen	77	new	24
44	Cooper	76	↓7	79
45	David	76	↓13	19
46	Lincoln	71	new	51
47	Braxton	70	↓5	>100
48	Hunter	70	↓29	45
49	Parker	70	new	87
50	Andrew	69	↓6	34

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