Popular Names in Arkansas

Popular names in Arkansas for 2023 feature Olivia and Liam at the head of the list. These are also the most popular baby names for 2023 across the whole of the US.

Unique to Arkansas's Top 10 are Hazel, Harper, and Eleanor for girls, and Hudson, Maverick, Asher and Waylon for boys. These names rank outside of the national Top 10.

Just beyond the Top 10, Jackson, Walker, Grayson, Wyatt and Miles are more popular than average for boys in Arkansas, while Paisley, Aurora, Ellie and Nova are chosen more often for girls by Arkansas parents.

Other names that are notably more common than average in Arkansas are last names as first names for boys. Stetson, Kingston, Barrett, Jameson, Beckett and Hayes all appear in the Arkansas Top 100. Names ending in -er also pull above their weight, with Ryder, Sawyer, Ryker, Jasper and River being the favorites. For girls, nicknames as given names are popular, with Josie, Millie, Hallie, Hattie, Charlie and Gracie appearing in the Arkansas Top 100.

Contemporary and unisex names are also favored by Arkansas parents for their daughters, with Brynlee, Wrenley, Collins, Sage, and Oakley making the cut. Other stand outs include Nameberry favorites, August, Atlas, and Freya.

To browse popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names 2024 and Popular Boy Names 2024.

For more local data, search the full lists of Popular Names by State.