State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,618 Arkansas births in 1911 across 439 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Arkansas more than they say America.

#57Jewelloutside the national top 200
#71Cleooutside the national top 200
#65Charley#193 nationally
#75Troyoutside the national top 200
#81Garlandoutside the national top 200
#80Ola#195 nationally
#89Cleo#200 nationally
#89Perry#200 nationally
#92Daveoutside the national top 200
#96Loydoutside the national top 200
#97Jeweloutside the national top 200
#58Ollie#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary386US #1
#2Ruby155US #22
#3Ruth117US #5
#4Mildred113US #8
#5Gladys107US #18
#6Hazel105US #25
#7Willie104US #61
#8Helen100US #2
#9Annie90US #24
#10Ethel88US #15
#11Edna87US #17
#12Opal78US #81
#13Clara76US #33
#14Marie76US #9
#15Thelma76US #27
#16Bertha75US #36
#17Dorothy75US #4
#18Bessie73US #40
#19Lois68US #68
#20Jessie65US #66
#21Elizabeth64US #7
#22Minnie62US #52
#23Edith60US #31
#24Myrtle60US #50
#25Irene58US #21
#26Lillie58US #60
#27Mattie58US #65
#28Ida57US #45
#29Pearl57US #48
#30Alice54US #11
#31Grace54US #23
#32Beatrice52US #37
#33Elsie52US #41
#34Lillian52US #13
#35Margaret52US #3
#36Pauline52US #38
#37Rosie52US #131
#38Louise50US #19
#39Nellie50US #54
#40Lucille49US #32
#41Mabel49US #43
#42Emma46US #35
#43Frances46US #10
#44Hattie46US #86
#45Velma46US #90
#46Alma45US #62
#47Anna45US #6
#48Martha45US #28
#49Evelyn44US #16
#50Cora43US #91
#51Viola42US #47
#52Vera41US #67
#53Ella40US #63
#54Josephine39US #29
#55Eva38US #46
#56Mamie38US #89
#57Jewell37
#58Ollie37US #157
#59Virginia37US #26
#60Bernice36US #51
#61Esther36US #34
#62Lena36US #70
#63Lola36US #120
#64Lula36US #94
#65Beulah35US #79
#66Carrie35US #78
#67Florence35US #12
#68Juanita35US #107
#69Laura35US #57
#70Sarah35US #42
#71Erma34US #138
#72Eula34US #143
#73Lucy34US #77
#74Effie33US #147
#75Georgia33US #96
#76Nora33US #116
#77Ora33US #158
#78Katie31US #139
#79Fannie30US #88
#80Ola30US #195
#81Eunice29US #109
#82Rose29US #14
#83Agnes28US #39
#84Inez28US #99
#85Mable28US #127
#86Mae28US #71
#87Stella28US #72
#88Christine27US #124
#89Cleo27US #200
#90Leona27US #76
#91Susie27US #112
#92Alberta26US #114
#93Betty25US #69
#94Blanche25US #75
#95Doris24US #56
#96Gertrude24US #30
#97Jewel24
#98Maggie24US #111
#99Iva23US #180
#100Lela23US #162

Boys

#1James247US #3
#2William200US #2
#3John187US #1
#4George127US #4
#5Robert114US #5
#6Willie99US #14
#7Henry61US #11
#8Frank56US #8
#9Charles54US #7
#10Thomas53US #10
#11Joseph49US #6
#12Earl48US #34
#13Jack48US #25
#14Fred46US #22
#15Roy46US #31
#16Ernest39US #32
#17Albert38US #15
#18Carl38US #26
#19Joe38US #29
#20Cecil36US #76
#21Clarence36US #23
#22Sam35US #47
#23Walter34US #12
#24Arthur33US #18
#25Lee33US #67
#26Richard33US #20
#27Jessie32US #79
#28Edward31US #9
#29Paul31US #17
#30Raymond30US #19
#31Floyd29US #57
#32Charlie28US #45
#33Clyde28US #61
#34Chester26US #58
#35Otis25US #122
#36Ray25US #71
#37Ben24US #86
#38Elmer21US #48
#39Harry21US #13
#40Herman21US #49
#41Jesse21US #72
#42Ralph21US #24
#43Eugene20US #43
#44Louis20US #21
#45Marvin20US #82
#46Eddie19US #78
#47Edgar19US #83
#48David18US #27
#49Harold18US #16
#50Herbert18US #41
#51Andrew17US #42
#52Homer17US #95
#53Lewis17US #66
#54Curtis16US #118
#55Jim16US #134
#56Johnnie16US #90
#57Lawrence16US #37
#58Leroy16US #59
#59Luther16US #100
#60Marion16US #110
#61Samuel16US #30
#62Claude15US #87
#63Oscar15US #68
#64Tom15US #105
#65Charley14US #193
#66Hubert14US #119
#67Lester14US #65
#68Lloyd14US #74
#69Theodore14US #56
#70Virgil14US #107
#71Cleo13
#72Leon13US #77
#73Dan12US #164
#74Guy12US #136
#75Troy12
#76Vernon12US #96
#77Will12US #149
#78Alfred11US #39
#79Bill11US #135
#80Everett11US #102
#81Garland11
#82Harvey11US #91
#83Horace11US #123
#84Jimmie11US #137
#85Johnie11US #172
#86Julius11US #104
#87Leonard11US #46
#88Orville11US #146
#89Perry11US #200
#90Benjamin10US #64
#91Clifford10US #62
#92Dave10
#93Howard10US #28
#94Leo10US #51
#95Lonnie10US #158
#96Loyd10
#97Roosevelt10US #168
#98Russell10US #55
#99Alvin9US #89
#100Daniel9US #53

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑38Edgar#47
↑36Josephine#54
↑33Marvin#45
↑30Chester#34
↑26Nellie#39
↑24Tom#64
↑23Grace#31
↑21Cora#50

Falling

↓49Howard#93
↓44Alberta#92
↓33Fannie#79
↓33Gertrude#96
↓30Maggie#98
↓26Martha#48
↓26Leonard#87
↓24Herbert#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.