Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2023

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2023 were Olivia for girls (136 babies) and Liam for boys (160). Social Security records list 22,980 babies born in Arkansas in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2023

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

Girls

Baylor: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Whitley: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Hattie: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kennedi: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Oakleigh: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wrenlee: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maggie: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Averie: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Aspen: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Oakley: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Fletcher: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Houston: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Stetson: 70 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jase: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Denver: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kasen: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Koen: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kylan: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kayson: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wilder: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	136	–	1
2	Amelia	123	↑1	4
3	Charlotte	118	↑1	3
4	Emma	100	↓2	2
5	Evelyn	97	↑5	9
6	Hazel	96	↑14	18
7	Harper	89	↓2	11
8	Ava	86	↓2	8
9	Sophia	78	↑8	5
10	Scarlett	74	↑6	17
11	Eleanor	72	↑8	14
12	Ellie	71	↑10	27
13	Willow	69	↓6	41
14	Aurora	68	↑15	22
15	Isabella	68	↓7	7
16	Paisley	67	↓7	56
17	Elizabeth	66	↑1	15
18	Lily	65	↓3	20
19	Nova	65	↓5	35
20	Avery	60	↓8	29
21	Luna	59	↓10	10
22	Ivy	58	↓1	38
23	Mia	58	↑2	6
24	Ella	54	↓11	32
25	Abigail	53	↑6	31
26	Caroline	53	new	83
27	Layla	52	–	30
28	Addison	50	↑13	62
29	Lillian	50	↑5	55
30	Josie	49	↑3	>100
31	Lainey	49	new	54
32	Oakley	46	–	>100
33	Violet	46	↑2	16
34	Kinsley	45	↓4	67
35	Penelope	45	new	23
36	Aria	44	↓13	25
37	Eden	44	new	77
38	Naomi	44	↓10	44
39	Sadie	44	new	59
40	Stella	44	↑5	46
41	Oaklynn	42	↓15	>100
42	Sofia	42	new	12
43	Isla	41	new	33
44	Kennedy	41	↑5	72
45	Nora	41	↓6	24
46	Riley	41	↓4	43
47	Blakely	40	↓10	>100
48	Camila	40	↑2	13
49	Delilah	40	↓3	52
50	Everly	40	↓3	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	160	↑2	1
2	Oliver	158	↓1	3
3	Noah	148	↑1	2
4	Hudson	137	↑3	21
5	William	125	–	10
6	Elijah	123	↓4	5
7	James	122	↑1	4
8	Maverick	104	↑9	37
9	Asher	100	↓3	23
10	Waylon	98	↑4	63
11	Henry	90	–	8
12	Levi	90	↓2	12
13	John	87	↓4	26
14	Grayson	82	↑8	44
15	Benjamin	80	↑1	11
16	Wyatt	79	↓3	47
17	Jackson	78	↑1	28
18	Mason	76	↑1	30
19	Miles	76	new	43
20	Walker	76	↑5	85
21	Mateo	75	↑21	6
22	Jack	73	↓2	14
23	Samuel	73	↓11	19
24	Theodore	73	↑7	7
25	Ezra	72	↑2	15
26	Luke	72	↓5	31
27	Silas	72	↑3	80
28	Michael	71	↑11	16
29	Alexander	70	↑16	22
30	Brooks	70	↑7	73
31	Stetson	70	new	>100
32	Cooper	66	↓17	52
33	Gabriel	65	↑8	38
34	Sebastian	65	↓8	13
35	Lucas	64	↓12	9
36	Beau	62	↓7	81
37	Elias	60	new	36
38	Nolan	60	new	57
39	Weston	60	↑5	75
40	Owen	59	↓5	20
41	River	57	↓5	>100
42	Daniel	56	new	17
43	Isaiah	55	↓5	56
44	Jasper	54	↑6	>100
45	Josiah	54	↓5	53
46	Aiden	53	↓12	40
47	Charles	53	new	54
48	Easton	53	↓15	98
49	Matthew	53	new	32
50	Sawyer	53	new	>100

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