Name Legacy

Baby names in Arkansas, 2010s

2010–2019 · 254,932 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Arkansas across the 2010s, with 1,852 births in the decade. The state recorded 254,932 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Arkansas in the 2010s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Blakeleigh30
Lynlee54
Lakyn60
Blakely329
Whitley90
Preslee78
Chevy81
Hadleigh91

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma1,852
#2William1,832
#3Elijah1,576
#4Noah1,539
#5Mason1,528
#6Ava1,509
#7Olivia1,502
#8James1,387
#9Isabella1,260
#10Jacob1,229
#11Liam1,208
#12Aiden1,201
#13Jackson1,193
#14Jayden1,159
#15John1,155
#16Sophia1,154
#17Abigail1,142
#18Harper1,137
#19Michael1,133
#20Logan1,126
#21Ethan1,099
#22Avery1,093
#23Carter1,068
#24Wyatt1,054
#25Gabriel1,040

Other decades in Arkansas

All Arkansas names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org