Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2022

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2022 were Olivia for girls (155 babies) and Oliver for boys (157). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,036 babies born in Arkansas in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2022

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

Girls

Wrenlee: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Paislee: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Oakleigh: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Holland: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Hattie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Oaklynn: 56 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gracelynn: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Oakley: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Blakely: 46 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charleigh: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Gatlin: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Case: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Truett: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Ridge: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Drake: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kylan: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Tripp: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kason: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shepherd: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Stetson: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	155	–	1
2	Emma	140	–	2
3	Amelia	113	–	4
4	Charlotte	110	↑1	3
5	Harper	108	↑2	11
6	Ava	107	↓2	7
7	Willow	85	↑5	37
8	Isabella	84	↑10	6
9	Paisley	82	↓3	53
10	Evelyn	76	↓2	9
11	Luna	76	↑18	10
12	Avery	75	↑1	26
13	Ella	73	↓4	25
14	Nova	73	↑2	32
15	Lily	72	↑16	30
16	Scarlett	72	↑5	14
17	Sophia	72	↓6	5
18	Elizabeth	71	↓8	15
19	Eleanor	66	↓4	16
20	Hazel	66	↓3	27
21	Ivy	63	↑11	42
22	Ellie	58	↓3	33
23	Aria	56	↑18	23
24	Everleigh	56	↑13	100
25	Mia	56	↑1	8
26	Oaklynn	56	new	>100
27	Layla	55	↓13	29
28	Naomi	54	↑21	46
29	Aurora	53	↓6	31
30	Kinsley	52	↓8	61
31	Abigail	50	↓11	24
32	Oakley	50	new	>100
33	Josie	48	new	>100
34	Lillian	48	↓6	50
35	Violet	48	↑10	20
36	Parker	47	new	>100
37	Blakely	46	new	>100
38	Mila	46	new	18
39	Nora	46	↓9	28
40	Chloe	45	new	19
41	Addison	44	↓17	54
42	Riley	44	new	39
43	Brooklyn	43	new	72
44	Hadley	43	↓6	>100
45	Stella	43	↓18	40
46	Delilah	42	new	58
47	Everly	42	↓22	56
48	Emily	41	↓12	17
49	Kennedy	41	↓10	74
50	Camila	40	↓8	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Oliver	157	–	3
2	Elijah	142	↑1	5
3	Liam	138	↓1	1
4	Noah	138	–	2
5	William	128	↑1	6
6	Asher	122	↓1	20
7	Hudson	118	↑1	27
8	James	110	↓1	4
9	John	109	↑9	26
10	Levi	106	↑10	12
11	Henry	101	↑6	7
12	Samuel	97	↑4	19
13	Wyatt	97	↓4	38
14	Waylon	93	–	66
15	Cooper	92	↑15	53
16	Benjamin	90	↑3	9
17	Maverick	86	↓2	40
18	Jackson	85	↓6	23
19	Mason	82	↓6	24
20	Jack	81	↑3	15
21	Luke	81	↓10	34
22	Grayson	80	↓12	37
23	Lucas	77	↑12	8
24	David	73	new	31
25	Walker	72	new	78
26	Sebastian	71	new	13
27	Ezra	70	new	25
28	Joseph	69	new	30
29	Beau	68	new	90
30	Silas	67	↑2	87
31	Theodore	65	↑9	10
32	Carter	63	↓10	47
33	Easton	63	new	80
34	Aiden	62	↓1	29
35	Owen	62	↑10	18
36	River	62	↓12	>100
37	Brooks	61	↑12	77
38	Isaiah	61	↓2	58
39	Michael	60	↑4	16
40	Josiah	58	↓13	51
41	Gabriel	57	↓10	36
42	Mateo	57	–	11
43	Christopher	55	↓14	55
44	Weston	55	new	82
45	Alexander	54	↓4	17
46	Legend	54	new	>100
47	Leo	54	new	22
48	Logan	54	↓11	33
49	Parker	54	new	94
50	Jasper	53	↓3	>100

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