Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2019

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2019 were Olivia for girls (164 babies) and William for boys (160). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,100 babies born in Arkansas in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2019

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: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Blakely: 52 babies, 5× the national rate
Hattie: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Oaklynn: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Oakley: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Haven: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Royalty: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Paisley: 95 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Everleigh: 59 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elliott: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kylan: 24 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Denver: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jimmy: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Case: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Drake: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gunner: 39 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kason: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Baylor: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kannon: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Karson: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	164	↑1	1
2	Ava	147	↓1	3
3	Emma	129	–	2
4	Amelia	120	–	7
5	Harper	108	–	9
6	Sophia	100	↑2	4
7	Isabella	99	↑2	5
8	Paisley	95	↑7	53
9	Evelyn	94	↑4	10
10	Abigail	86	↑1	11
11	Mia	81	↑1	8
12	Ella	77	↓2	13
13	Avery	74	↑1	18
14	Charlotte	74	↓7	6
15	Elizabeth	74	↓9	14
16	Willow	73	↑2	45
17	Nora	64	↑20	29
18	Brooklyn	62	↑24	52
19	Everly	61	↑8	42
20	Scarlett	61	↓4	21
21	Emery	60	↑11	93
22	Emily	60	↓2	12
23	Lillian	60	–	37
24	Everleigh	59	new	>100
25	Riley	58	↓1	30
26	Layla	57	↓9	23
27	Addison	56	↓2	47
28	Eleanor	56	↑7	27
29	Caroline	53	↑17	61
30	Madison	53	↓1	26
31	Penelope	53	new	22
32	Blakely	52	↑13	>100
33	Chloe	52	new	24
34	Nova	52	↑4	51
35	Zoey	52	↓16	31
36	Camila	51	new	15
37	Hazel	51	↓9	33
38	Aubrey	50	↓12	46
39	Naomi	50	new	59
40	Ellie	49	↓18	35
41	Luna	48	new	16
42	Stella	48	↑2	40
43	Kinsley	46	↓10	74
44	Aria	45	↓10	20
45	Audrey	45	new	49
46	Aurora	45	new	39
47	Hannah	45	↓11	32
48	Nevaeh	45	↓8	89
49	Delilah	44	new	88
50	Ivy	44	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	William	160	↑2	4
2	Noah	157	↓1	2
3	Elijah	155	↓1	5
4	Liam	146	–	1
5	Oliver	133	–	3
6	James	131	↑4	6
7	Mason	112	↑2	9
8	Wyatt	111	↓2	29
9	Asher	110	↑3	43
10	Henry	101	↑12	13
11	John	101	–	28
12	Owen	101	↑33	21
13	Samuel	101	↑2	22
14	Benjamin	95	↑5	7
15	Grayson	94	↑5	33
16	Jackson	94	↓3	17
17	Carter	93	↓3	30
18	Jaxon	91	–	42
19	Logan	91	↑2	16
20	Michael	91	↓13	14
21	Levi	90	↑2	25
22	Hudson	87	↓6	50
23	Luke	86	↑3	32
24	Lucas	81	↑9	8
25	Ethan	79	–	11
26	Kingston	79	↑22	>100
27	Aiden	78	↓19	20
28	Christopher	78	↑9	44
29	Jacob	78	↓12	12
30	Lincoln	77	↑9	41
31	Maverick	76	–	58
32	Sawyer	76	↓8	>100
33	Jack	73	↑2	19
34	Josiah	72	↑2	45
35	Easton	71	↓7	74
36	Gabriel	71	↓9	37
37	Daniel	69	new	15
38	Jaxson	69	↑9	83
39	Alexander	67	↓9	10
40	Joshua	65	new	48
41	Greyson	64	new	79
42	Isaac	64	new	34
43	Isaiah	64	↓11	53
44	Joseph	64	new	24
45	Matthew	61	new	23
46	Hunter	59	↓8	66
47	Jayden	59	↓13	35
48	Waylon	58	new	>100
49	Landon	56	new	63
50	Cooper	55	↓8	80

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