Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2017

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2017 were Emma for girls (178 babies) and Elijah for boys (175). Elijah ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,950 babies born in Arkansas in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2017

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

Girls

Kadence: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Landry: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Braylee: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brylee: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Blakely: 43 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kimber: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gracelynn: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Oakley: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Collins: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kensley: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Kylan: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Case: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kason: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Drake: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Lawson: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Conner: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Cannon: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Kade: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chandler: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jett: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	178	↑1	1
2	Olivia	156	↑1	2
3	Ava	153	↓2	3
4	Harper	141	↑1	11
5	Paisley	111	↑2	45
6	Isabella	110	↑3	4
7	Amelia	101	↑7	8
8	Sophia	99	↓2	5
9	Abigail	98	↓5	10
10	Elizabeth	98	↑6	13
11	Charlotte	95	↑8	7
12	Evelyn	89	↑8	9
13	Mia	86	↓3	6
14	Ella	84	↑1	16
15	Brooklyn	80	↓4	39
16	Avery	77	↓3	14
17	Aubrey	75	–	31
18	Scarlett	70	↓6	18
19	Chloe	69	↑5	22
20	Madison	68	↑2	17
21	Addison	66	↓13	34
22	Lillian	66	↓1	27
23	Caroline	61	↑8	55
24	Natalie	61	new	35
25	Emily	57	↑2	12
26	Hazel	56	↑12	43
27	Layla	56	↓2	26
28	Serenity	55	↑1	78
29	Zoey	55	↓6	28
30	Aria	54	↑14	20
31	Piper	54	↑16	81
32	Willow	54	↑4	80
33	Aubree	52	↓1	86
34	Lily	52	–	33
35	Emery	50	↑10	>100
36	Nora	49	new	29
37	Skylar	49	new	48
38	Savannah	48	↑11	38
39	Stella	48	↓9	42
40	Anna	47	↓3	53
41	Nova	47	new	94
42	Rylee	47	new	>100
43	Ellie	46	↓17	44
44	Grace	46	↓2	21
45	Hannah	46	↓10	32
46	Ruby	46	new	79
47	Ryleigh	46	new	>100
48	Bella	45	new	50
49	Hadley	45	new	>100
50	Kinsley	45	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Elijah	175	–	8
2	William	147	–	3
3	Noah	144	↑1	2
4	Liam	135	↑2	1
5	Mason	128	↓2	7
6	James	123	↓1	4
7	John	121	↑8	27
8	Carter	120	↑3	24
9	Oliver	120	–	10
10	Samuel	115	↑6	21
11	Wyatt	113	↓3	25
12	Grayson	109	↓5	34
13	Gabriel	108	↑12	31
14	Benjamin	107	↑3	6
15	Jackson	107	↓5	20
16	Logan	106	↑6	5
17	Henry	102	↑15	19
18	Michael	95	–	12
19	Jaxon	94	↓5	43
20	Aiden	92	↓8	17
21	Asher	92	↑2	59
22	Sawyer	92	new	95
23	Christopher	91	↑3	39
24	Alexander	88	↑12	13
25	Luke	88	↓12	30
26	Braxton	87	↑21	>100
27	Lincoln	86	↑19	41
28	Bentley	84	↓9	>100
29	Easton	81	↓2	66
30	David	80	↑15	22
31	Charles	78	–	48
32	Eli	78	↑7	54
33	Jacob	78	↓12	9
34	Matthew	77	↓6	16
35	Joshua	76	↓5	38
36	Thomas	75	new	49
37	Kingston	74	new	>100
38	Isaiah	72	↓9	46
39	Greyson	71	new	80
40	Hudson	70	↓3	64
41	Hunter	70	↑7	53
42	Owen	70	↑1	28
43	Joseph	69	↓8	18
44	Ethan	68	↓20	14
45	Jayden	68	↓11	26
46	Isaac	67	↓26	32
47	Levi	64	↓9	35
48	Christian	63	new	52
49	Landon	63	↓9	57
50	Jace	61	↓17	87

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