Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2021

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2021 were Olivia for girls (182 babies) and Oliver for boys (162). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,877 babies born in Arkansas in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2021

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

Girls

Whitley: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Kimber: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Paislee: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hattie: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kennedi: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Presley: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Maggie: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ember: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Magnolia: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wrenley: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Houston: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Drake: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Layton: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Axton: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ridge: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Raylan: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Gunner: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Case: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jaxton: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Daxton: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	182	–	1
2	Emma	131	–	2
3	Amelia	126	–	4
4	Ava	118	↑1	5
5	Charlotte	97	↑1	3
6	Paisley	97	↑2	52
7	Harper	95	↓3	10
8	Evelyn	86	↑3	9
9	Ella	85	↑11	16
10	Elizabeth	82	↑4	14
11	Sophia	81	↓4	6
12	Willow	78	↑1	39
13	Avery	77	↓3	19
14	Layla	76	↑10	24
15	Eleanor	75	↓3	15
16	Nova	73	↑18	32
17	Hazel	72	↓2	28
18	Isabella	71	↓9	7
19	Ellie	67	↑7	30
20	Abigail	65	↓4	17
21	Scarlett	64	↑9	20
22	Kinsley	63	↑9	57
23	Aurora	61	↓2	35
24	Addison	58	↓5	45
25	Everly	56	↑12	50
26	Mia	54	↓8	8
27	Stella	54	↑16	41
28	Lillian	52	↑10	51
29	Luna	52	↓12	11
30	Nora	51	↑2	27
31	Lily	50	↑14	31
32	Ivy	49	↓9	49
33	Magnolia	47	new	>100
34	Natalie	46	new	56
35	Nevaeh	46	new	86
36	Emily	45	↑4	21
37	Everleigh	44	↓12	99
38	Hadley	44	↑9	>100
39	Kennedy	44	↓12	70
40	Sofia	44	new	18
41	Aria	43	new	22
42	Camila	43	↓6	12
43	Ember	43	new	>100
44	Penelope	43	↑4	23
45	Violet	43	new	36
46	Aubrey	42	new	64
47	Madison	42	↓18	29
48	Ruby	42	new	62
49	Naomi	41	new	54
50	Adalynn	40	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Oliver	162	↑4	3
2	Liam	161	↓1	1
3	Elijah	150	–	4
4	Noah	140	–	2
5	Asher	128	↑4	25
6	William	127	↓4	6
7	James	123	↑4	5
8	Hudson	106	↑2	34
9	Wyatt	101	↓3	29
10	Grayson	96	↓2	35
11	Luke	96	↑11	32
12	Jackson	95	↓5	14
13	Mason	95	↑3	18
14	Waylon	94	↑29	69
15	Maverick	92	↑5	47
16	Samuel	92	↓2	23
17	Henry	91	↓5	9
18	John	90	↓3	27
19	Benjamin	86	↓6	7
20	Levi	85	↓1	12
21	Lincoln	81	↑13	45
22	Carter	80	↓1	39
23	Jack	78	↑5	11
24	River	77	new	>100
25	Jaxon	76	↓8	54
26	Jacob	73	↑10	24
27	Josiah	72	new	49
28	Kingston	70	↓3	>100
29	Christopher	69	new	52
30	Cooper	67	new	68
31	Gabriel	67	↓4	38
32	Silas	67	↑10	91
33	Aiden	66	↓10	26
34	Thomas	66	↑5	46
35	Lucas	65	↓17	8
36	Isaiah	64	new	56
37	Logan	64	↓8	21
38	Andrew	63	↑6	57
39	Elias	62	new	48
40	Theodore	61	new	10
41	Alexander	60	↑7	13
42	Mateo	59	new	15
43	Michael	58	↓2	17
44	Bennett	57	new	90
45	Owen	57	↓15	22
46	Julian	56	new	33
47	Jasper	55	↓15	>100
48	Isaac	54	↓17	40
49	Brooks	53	new	78
50	Caleb	53	–	51

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