Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2024

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2024 were Olivia for girls (132 babies) and Liam for boys (174). Social Security records list 23,060 babies born in Arkansas in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2024

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

Girls

Hattie: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wrenlee: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Blakely: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Katie: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Oaklynn: 53 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Charlee: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maggie: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carter: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Aspen: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Magnolia: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Riggs: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Princeton: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Houston: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Daxton: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Stetson: 82 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lawson: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tripp: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kylan: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ridge: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kohen: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Olivia	132	–	1
2	Amelia	118	–	3
3	Emma	104	↑1	2
4	Charlotte	99	↓1	4
5	Ava	95	↑3	9
6	Harper	95	↑1	12
7	Evelyn	93	↓2	8
8	Willow	92	↑5	41
9	Ivy	84	↑13	36
10	Sophia	84	↓1	6
11	Hazel	82	↓5	19
12	Eleanor	79	↓1	14
13	Violet	79	↑20	15
14	Ellie	78	↓2	21
15	Mia	74	↑8	5
16	Lily	72	↑2	24
17	Elizabeth	70	–	17
18	Isabella	70	↓3	7
19	Eden	68	↑18	71
20	Scarlett	68	↓10	27
21	Avery	66	↓1	31
22	Luna	64	↓1	13
23	Millie	63	new	87
24	Lainey	61	↑7	38
25	Aurora	60	↓11	16
26	Blakely	60	↑21	>100
27	Nova	57	↓8	39
28	Ella	56	↓4	30
29	Abigail	54	↓4	32
30	Emery	53	new	70
31	Oaklynn	53	↑10	>100
32	Stella	53	↑8	49
33	Layla	51	↓6	37
34	Nora	51	↑11	22
35	Magnolia	50	new	>100
36	Penelope	50	↓1	28
37	Josie	49	↓7	88
38	Ruby	48	new	62
39	Delilah	47	↑10	50
40	Lillian	47	↓11	54
41	Parker	47	new	>100
42	Paisley	46	↓26	61
43	Riley	46	↑3	42
44	Lucy	45	new	34
45	Grace	44	new	40
46	Caroline	43	↓20	92
47	Sadie	43	↓8	57
48	Sophie	43	new	60
49	Addison	42	↓21	68
50	Hallie	42	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Liam	174	–	1
2	Oliver	160	–	3
3	Noah	149	–	2
4	Elijah	127	↑2	8
5	Asher	118	↑4	20
6	Hudson	117	↓2	22
7	James	112	–	5
8	Henry	107	↑3	6
9	William	105	↓4	10
10	Samuel	102	↑13	17
11	Waylon	99	↓1	65
12	Maverick	90	↓4	36
13	John	87	–	21
14	Mateo	86	↑7	7
15	Benjamin	84	–	11
16	Ezra	84	↑9	13
17	Stetson	82	↑14	>100
18	Grayson	77	↓4	48
19	Jack	76	↑3	15
20	Lucas	75	↑15	9
21	Theodore	75	↑3	4
22	Carter	74	new	46
23	Cooper	74	↑9	50
24	Jackson	73	↓7	35
25	Wyatt	72	↓9	38
26	Levi	71	↓14	12
27	Luke	70	↓1	34
28	Sebastian	69	↑6	14
29	Weston	69	↑10	70
30	Miles	67	↓11	37
31	Walker	67	↓11	82
32	Elias	65	↑5	25
33	River	64	↑8	>100
34	Beau	62	↑2	69
35	David	59	new	31
36	Rowan	59	new	71
37	Matthew	57	↑12	33
38	Michael	56	↓10	18
39	Thomas	56	new	39
40	Santiago	55	new	29
41	Silas	55	↓14	81
42	Sawyer	54	↑8	>100
43	Nolan	53	↓5	64
44	Brooks	52	↓14	67
45	Gabriel	51	↓12	43
46	Isaac	51	new	41
47	Josiah	51	↓2	53
48	Leo	50	new	24
49	Mason	50	↓31	42
50	Dawson	49	new	>100

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