Most Popular Baby Names in Arkansas (2025)

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Arkansas than in the country as a whole include Millie, Magnolia, Mary, Waylon, Silas, and Stetson.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Arkansas

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	148	↑ 3
2	Amelia	122	–
3	Olivia	119	↓ 2
4	Isabella	103	↑ 14
5	Eleanor	95	↑ 7
6	Evelyn	87	↑ 1
7	Emma	83	↓ 4
8	Harper	83	↓ 2
9	Willow	79	↓ 1
10	Sophia	78	–
11	Hazel	74	–
12	Ellie	72	↑ 2
13	Ava	69	↓ 8
14	Elizabeth	67	↑ 3
15	Violet	66	↓ 2
16	Lily	64	–
17	Ivy	62	↓ 8
18	Nova	62	↑ 9
19	Ailany	59	new
20	Avery	59	↑ 1
21	Lainey	59	↑ 3
22	Aurora	57	↑ 3
23	Ella	56	↑ 5
24	Millie	56	↓ 1
25	Mia	55	↓ 10
26	Sofia	55	↑ 29
27	Naomi	54	↑ 24
28	Paisley	54	↑ 14
29	Magnolia	53	↑ 6
30	Scarlett	52	↓ 10
31	Abigail	50	↓ 2
32	Eliana	50	↑ 25
33	Mary	49	↑ 34
34	Oaklynn	49	↓ 3
35	Caroline	48	↑ 11
36	Delilah	48	↑ 3
37	Eden	48	↓ 18
38	Lucy	47	↑ 6
39	Nora	47	↓ 5
40	Parker	47	↑ 1
41	Stella	46	↓ 9
42	Penelope	45	↓ 6
43	Adeline	44	↑ 13
44	Blakely	43	↓ 18
45	Clara	43	↑ 35
46	Iris	43	↑ 20
47	Aria	42	new
48	Riley	42	↓ 5
49	Ruby	42	↓ 11
50	Chloe	41	↑ 2
51	Emery	41	↓ 21
52	Everleigh	41	↑ 1
53	Georgia	41	new
54	Layla	41	↓ 21
55	Oakley	41	↑ 13
56	Vivian	41	new
57	Zoe	41	new
58	Lillian	40	↓ 18
59	Sophie	40	↓ 11
60	Camila	39	↑ 5
61	Emily	39	↑ 9
62	Gianna	39	↑ 9
63	Josie	39	↓ 26
64	Raelynn	39	↑ 12
65	Isla	38	↑ 7
66	Lyla	38	↓ 12
67	Wrenley	38	↓ 3
68	Anna	37	new
69	Sutton	37	↑ 8
70	Kennedy	36	↑ 21
71	Sadie	36	↓ 24
72	Genesis	35	↑ 10
73	Grace	34	↓ 28
74	Addison	33	↓ 25
75	Hadley	33	↑ 24
76	River	33	new
77	Aspen	32	↑ 1
78	Kinsley	32	↓ 15
79	Leilani	32	new
80	Luna	32	↓ 58
81	Saylor	32	new
82	Scottie	32	new
83	Daisy	31	new
84	Ember	31	↓ 25
85	Hallie	30	↓ 35
86	Alice	29	↓ 13
87	Autumn	29	↓ 18
88	Claire	29	↓ 26
89	Collins	29	new
90	Elena	29	new
91	Emerson	29	new
92	Emersyn	29	new
93	Everly	29	↓ 12
94	Josephine	29	new
95	Wrenlee	29	–
96	Annie	28	new
97	Cora	28	new
98	Hattie	28	↓ 15
99	Juniper	28	↓ 9
100	Kehlani	28	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	167	–
2	Hudson	147	↑ 4
3	Oliver	143	↓ 1
4	Elijah	138	–
5	Noah	134	↓ 2
6	James	131	↑ 1
7	Henry	128	↑ 1
8	William	125	↑ 1
9	Waylon	122	↑ 2
10	Theodore	106	↑ 11
11	John	100	↑ 2
12	Samuel	99	↓ 2
13	Asher	94	↓ 8
14	Cooper	94	↑ 9
15	Benjamin	89	–
16	Levi	84	↑ 10
17	Wyatt	84	↑ 8
18	Carter	80	↑ 4
19	Jackson	79	↑ 5
20	Silas	77	↑ 21
21	Weston	76	↑ 8
22	Maverick	75	↓ 10
23	Stetson	74	↓ 6
24	Ezra	73	↓ 8
25	Mateo	73	↓ 11
26	Walker	71	↑ 5
27	Jack	70	↓ 8
28	Lucas	70	↓ 8
29	Brooks	69	↑ 15
30	Beau	68	↑ 4
31	Everett	67	↑ 40
32	Grayson	66	↓ 14
33	Elias	63	↓ 1
34	Michael	63	↑ 4
35	Owen	62	↑ 19
36	Thomas	62	↑ 3
37	Miles	61	↓ 7
38	Sebastian	61	↓ 10
39	Josiah	60	↑ 8
40	Charles	59	↑ 44
41	Rowan	59	↓ 5
42	River	57	↓ 9
43	Daniel	56	↑ 14
44	David	56	↓ 9
45	Luke	56	↓ 18
46	Bennett	55	↑ 34
47	Sawyer	55	↓ 5
48	Luca	54	↑ 5
49	Mason	54	–
50	Gabriel	53	↓ 5
51	Nolan	53	↓ 8
52	Atlas	52	↑ 16
53	Santiago	52	↓ 13
54	Archer	51	↑ 5
55	Ethan	51	↑ 11
56	Aiden	49	↑ 22
57	Isaiah	49	↑ 29
58	Lincoln	49	↓ 6
59	Matthew	49	↓ 22
60	Christopher	48	↑ 33
61	Wesley	48	↑ 12
62	Braxton	47	↑ 7
63	Parker	47	↑ 4
64	Rhett	47	↑ 23
65	Ezekiel	46	↓ 3
66	Joshua	46	↑ 24
67	Joseph	45	↓ 12
68	Jasper	44	↓ 5
69	Colter	43	new
70	Isaac	43	↓ 24
71	Julian	43	↑ 10
72	Roman	43	–
73	Alexander	42	↑ 6
74	Andrew	42	↑ 9
75	Leo	41	↓ 27
76	Nathan	41	new
77	Beckett	40	↓ 17
78	Myles	40	↓ 20
79	Kingston	39	↓ 23
80	Knox	39	↑ 16
81	Carson	38	new
82	Cohen	38	new
83	August	37	new
84	Barrett	37	↓ 10
85	Robert	37	new
86	Ryder	37	↓ 10
87	Bentley	36	new
88	Caleb	36	↓ 24
89	Graham	36	new
90	Luka	36	↑ 8
91	Ryker	36	new
92	Angel	35	new
93	Arthur	35	new
94	Axel	35	new
95	Eli	35	new
96	Greyson	35	↓ 2
97	Anthony	34	↓ 5
98	Dylan	34	↓ 37
99	Jacob	33	↓ 48
100	Jose	33	new

Names more popular in Arkansas

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Arkansas than across the US.

Girls

Name	Arkansas	US
Millie	#24	#73
Magnolia	#29	#124
Mary	#33	#125
Oaklynn	#34	#153
Caroline	#35	#96
Parker	#40	#106
Blakely	#44	#191

Boys

Name	Arkansas	US
Waylon	#9	#56
Silas	#20	#71
Stetson	#23	#136
Walker	#26	#78
Everett	#31	#77
River	#42	#111
Sawyer	#47	#122

Number-one names in Arkansas by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (148)	Liam (167)
2024	Olivia (132)	Liam (174)
2023	Olivia (136)	Liam (160)
2022	Olivia (155)	Oliver (157)
2021	Olivia (182)	Oliver (162)
2020	Olivia (134)	Liam (158)
2019	Olivia (164)	William (160)
2018	Ava (169)	Noah (160)
2017	Emma (178)	Elijah (175)
2016	Ava (195)	Elijah (175)
2015	Emma (214)	William (198)
2014	Emma (223)	Mason (178)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Arkansas

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Arkansas

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Arkansas by year

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