Popular baby names in Arkansas, 2025

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2025 were Charlotte for girls (148 babies) and Liam for boys (167). Charlotte ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 23,179 babies born in Arkansas in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 2025

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

Girls

Honey: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Baylor: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Wrenlee: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gracelynn: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lakelynn: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Haisley: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Estella: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hattie: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Remington: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Aspen: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Briar: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Fletcher: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Baylor: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gunner: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lawson: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kylan: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Stetson: 74 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sutton: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Augustus: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kashton: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Charlotte	148	↑3	2
2	Amelia	122	–	4
3	Olivia	119	↓2	1
4	Isabella	103	↑14	7
5	Eleanor	95	↑7	12
6	Evelyn	87	↑1	8
7	Emma	83	↓4	3
8	Harper	83	↓2	16
9	Willow	79	↓1	44
10	Sophia	78	–	5
11	Hazel	74	–	21
12	Ellie	72	↑2	24
13	Ava	69	↓8	11
14	Elizabeth	67	↑3	17
15	Violet	66	↓2	13
16	Lily	64	–	18
17	Ivy	62	↓8	39
18	Nova	62	↑9	46
19	Ailany	59	new	14
20	Avery	59	↑1	37
21	Lainey	59	↑3	30
22	Aurora	57	↑3	15
23	Ella	56	↑5	29
24	Millie	56	↓1	73
25	Mia	55	↓10	6
26	Sofia	55	new	9
27	Naomi	54	new	47
28	Paisley	54	↑14	67
29	Magnolia	53	↑6	>100
30	Scarlett	52	↓10	32
31	Abigail	50	↓2	41
32	Eliana	50	new	10
33	Mary	49	new	>100
34	Oaklynn	49	↓3	>100
35	Caroline	48	↑11	96
36	Delilah	48	↑3	51
37	Eden	48	↓18	70
38	Lucy	47	↑6	25
39	Nora	47	↓5	20
40	Parker	47	↑1	>100
41	Stella	46	↓9	52
42	Penelope	45	↓6	22
43	Adeline	44	new	59
44	Blakely	43	↓18	>100
45	Clara	43	new	63
46	Iris	43	new	61
47	Aria	42	new	26
48	Riley	42	↓5	48
49	Ruby	42	↓11	64
50	Chloe	41	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Liam	167	–	1
2	Hudson	147	↑4	17
3	Oliver	143	↓1	3
4	Elijah	138	–	7
5	Noah	134	↓2	2
6	James	131	↑1	6
7	Henry	128	↑1	5
8	William	125	↑1	9
9	Waylon	122	↑2	56
10	Theodore	106	↑11	4
11	John	100	↑2	23
12	Samuel	99	↓2	18
13	Asher	94	↓8	28
14	Cooper	94	↑9	27
15	Benjamin	89	–	11
16	Levi	84	↑10	12
17	Wyatt	84	↑8	38
18	Carter	80	↑4	45
19	Jackson	79	↑5	36
20	Silas	77	↑21	71
21	Weston	76	↑8	55
22	Maverick	75	↓10	49
23	Stetson	74	↓6	>100
24	Ezra	73	↓8	20
25	Mateo	73	↓11	8
26	Walker	71	↑5	78
27	Jack	70	↓8	15
28	Lucas	70	↓8	10
29	Brooks	69	↑15	64
30	Beau	68	↑4	60
31	Everett	67	new	77
32	Grayson	66	↓14	51
33	Elias	63	↓1	13
34	Michael	63	↑4	21
35	Owen	62	new	31
36	Thomas	62	↑3	34
37	Miles	61	↓7	44
38	Sebastian	61	↓10	16
39	Josiah	60	↑8	54
40	Charles	59	new	48
41	Rowan	59	↓5	59
42	River	57	↓9	>100
43	Daniel	56	new	22
44	David	56	↓9	35
45	Luke	56	↓18	33
46	Bennett	55	new	40
47	Sawyer	55	↓5	>100
48	Luca	54	new	14
49	Mason	54	–	39
50	Gabriel	53	↓5	37

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