Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2020

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2020 were Olivia for girls (134 babies) and Liam for boys (158). Social Security records list 23,085 babies born in Arkansas in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2020

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

Girls

Hadleigh: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Landry: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Malaysia: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Amari: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Paislee: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Presley: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hallie: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kinley: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Everlee: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marlee: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Briar: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Drake: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Baylor: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Fletcher: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Shepherd: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sutton: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bo: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Conner: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Denver: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Peyton: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	134	–	1
2	Emma	131	↑1	2
3	Amelia	127	↑1	6
4	Harper	120	↑1	10
5	Ava	117	↓3	3
6	Charlotte	98	↑8	5
7	Sophia	85	↓1	4
8	Paisley	83	–	49
9	Isabella	82	↓2	7
10	Avery	81	↑3	19
11	Evelyn	80	↓2	9
12	Eleanor	73	↑16	22
13	Willow	72	↑3	48
14	Elizabeth	71	↑1	16
15	Hazel	70	↑22	31
16	Abigail	69	↓6	12
17	Luna	68	↑24	14
18	Mia	67	↓7	8
19	Addison	66	↑8	47
20	Ella	66	↓8	15
21	Aurora	60	↑25	36
22	Brooklyn	60	↓4	54
23	Ivy	58	↑27	57
24	Layla	58	↑2	24
25	Everleigh	56	↓1	94
26	Ellie	55	↑14	29
27	Kennedy	54	new	72
28	Emery	53	↓7	89
29	Madison	51	↑1	23
30	Scarlett	51	↓10	21
31	Kinsley	50	↑12	59
32	Nora	50	↓15	30
33	Caroline	49	↓4	71
34	Nova	49	–	38
35	Piper	49	new	91
36	Camila	47	–	11
37	Everly	46	↓18	43
38	Lillian	46	↓15	46
39	Riley	45	↓14	33
40	Emily	44	↓18	18
41	Mila	44	new	20
42	Skylar	43	new	64
43	Stella	43	↓1	42
44	Aaliyah	42	new	65
45	Lily	42	new	35
46	Lydia	42	new	95
47	Hadley	41	new	>100
48	Penelope	41	↓17	26
49	Anna	40	new	68
50	Rylee	40	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	158	↑3	1
2	William	154	↓1	5
3	Elijah	144	–	4
4	Noah	140	↓2	2
5	Oliver	126	–	3
6	Wyatt	117	↑2	29
7	Jackson	111	↑9	17
8	Grayson	110	↑7	35
9	Asher	109	–	32
10	Hudson	107	↑12	43
11	James	106	↓5	6
12	Henry	98	↓2	9
13	Benjamin	97	↑1	7
14	Samuel	97	↓1	25
15	John	94	↓4	27
16	Mason	93	↓9	11
17	Jaxon	90	↑1	48
18	Lucas	89	↑6	8
19	Levi	86	↑2	18
20	Maverick	85	↑11	50
21	Carter	84	↓4	33
22	Luke	82	↑1	31
23	Aiden	81	↑4	24
24	Ezra	78	new	44
25	Kingston	74	↑1	>100
26	Ethan	71	↓1	13
27	Gabriel	71	↑9	38
28	Jack	71	↑5	21
29	Logan	70	↓10	16
30	Owen	68	↓18	22
31	Isaac	67	↑11	39
32	Jasper	67	new	>100
33	Joshua	64	↑7	53
34	Lincoln	64	↓4	40
35	David	62	new	28
36	Jacob	62	↓7	15
37	Joseph	62	↑7	26
38	Daniel	61	↓1	14
39	Thomas	61	new	45
40	Sebastian	60	new	19
41	Michael	59	↓21	12
42	Silas	59	new	100
43	Waylon	59	↑5	>100
44	Andrew	57	new	52
45	Beau	57	new	>100
46	Greyson	57	↓5	81
47	Rhett	57	new	>100
48	Alexander	56	↓9	10
49	Bentley	56	new	>100
50	Caleb	56	new	56

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