May 22, 2025 - Culture
Arkansas' most common baby names, charted
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There's a fine line between finding a unique name for a newborn, hitting on a common (or very uncommon) spelling and something that's on trend for the times.
- These 10 names were the most used in Arkansas last year, according to the Social Security Administration.
Between the lines: Imagine a grade school class with three Princetons or four Emberlynns, the teacher will be worn out pronouncing syllables by 10 am.
- To save on some of those syllables, the "ton" may get dropped from four of the male names, producing Prince, Hughie, Dax and Stet.
- In the parlance of us who used to make edits and corrections on paper, stet means "let it stand," which seems like an OK moniker.
💠Thought bubble: Take it from Worth "Yes, I'm aware my name is very different" Sparkman — a unique name is a double-edged sword.
- I was weary of the question what are you worth? by second grade.
- But it does have a ring I've grown to appreciate.