Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2018

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2018 were Ava for girls (169 babies) and Noah for boys (160). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,542 babies born in Arkansas in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2018

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

Girls

Karlee: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Haisley: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Blakely: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kynlee: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Haven: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Charli: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hattie: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Everleigh: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gracelynn: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Royalty: 22 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Drake: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chandler: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Kade: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Keaton: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kasen: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lawson: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Princeton: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kayson: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rhett: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karson: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	169	↑2	3
2	Olivia	155	–	2
3	Emma	147	↓2	1
4	Amelia	126	↑3	8
5	Harper	119	↓1	9
6	Elizabeth	101	↑4	13
7	Charlotte	99	↑4	6
8	Sophia	99	–	5
9	Isabella	95	↓3	4
10	Ella	94	↑4	15
11	Abigail	90	↓2	11
12	Mia	87	↑1	7
13	Evelyn	82	↓1	10
14	Avery	78	↑2	16
15	Paisley	77	↓10	52
16	Scarlett	67	↑2	20
17	Layla	65	↑10	27
18	Willow	65	↑14	60
19	Zoey	65	↑10	29
20	Emily	63	↑5	12
21	Anna	58	↑19	54
22	Ellie	58	↑21	36
23	Lillian	58	↓1	34
24	Riley	58	new	28
25	Addison	57	↓4	35
26	Aubrey	57	↓9	37
27	Everly	57	new	53
28	Hazel	56	↓2	42
29	Madison	54	↓9	22
30	Hadley	53	↑19	>100
31	Lily	53	↑3	31
32	Emery	52	↑3	94
33	Kinsley	51	↑17	63
34	Aria	50	↓4	19
35	Eleanor	50	new	32
36	Hannah	50	↑9	33
37	Nora	50	↓1	30
38	Nova	50	↑3	55
39	Aubree	49	↓6	>100
40	Nevaeh	49	new	83
41	Serenity	49	↓13	75
42	Brooklyn	48	↓27	47
43	Natalie	48	↓19	39
44	Stella	48	↓5	38
45	Blakely	47	new	>100
46	Caroline	45	↓23	56
47	Mila	45	new	14
48	Lydia	44	new	89
49	Rylee	44	↓7	>100
50	Skylar	44	↓13	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	160	↑2	2
2	Elijah	159	↓1	7
3	William	158	↓1	3
4	Liam	138	–	1
5	Oliver	127	↑4	5
6	Wyatt	123	↑5	27
7	Michael	119	↑11	14
8	Aiden	112	↑12	19
9	Mason	112	↓4	9
10	James	110	↓4	4
11	John	109	↓4	26
12	Asher	108	↑9	47
13	Jackson	106	↑2	17
14	Carter	103	↓6	24
15	Samuel	103	↓5	21
16	Hudson	101	↑24	55
17	Jacob	100	↑16	13
18	Jaxon	100	↑1	39
19	Benjamin	99	↓5	6
20	Grayson	97	↓8	32
21	Logan	92	↓5	10
22	Henry	89	↓5	16
23	Levi	89	↑24	33
24	Sawyer	88	↓2	100
25	Ethan	86	↑19	12
26	Luke	86	↓1	30
27	Gabriel	83	↓14	35
28	Easton	79	↑1	66
29	David	78	↑1	22
30	Alexander	77	↓6	11
31	Maverick	76	new	73
32	Isaiah	75	↑6	51
33	Lucas	73	new	8
34	Jayden	72	↑11	29
35	Jack	68	new	28
36	Josiah	68	new	52
37	Christopher	67	↓14	42
38	Hunter	67	↑3	56
39	Lincoln	67	↓12	41
40	Bryson	66	new	92
41	Jace	66	↑9	90
42	Cooper	65	new	83
43	Bentley	64	↓15	>100
44	Carson	63	new	70
45	Owen	63	↓3	25
46	Thomas	63	↓10	49
47	Jaxson	62	new	76
48	Kingston	62	↓11	>100
49	Caleb	61	new	45
50	Charles	61	↓19	53

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