State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,833 Arkansas births in 1912 across 574 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#54Jewelloutside the national top 200
#58Charley#200 nationally
#70Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#74Jeweloutside the national top 200
#76Troyoutside the national top 200
#84Doyleoutside the national top 200
#72Johnie#186 nationally
#90Bookeroutside the national top 200
#97Jewelloutside the national top 200
#100Groveroutside the national top 200
#66Ollie#163 nationally
#99Lorene#196 nationally

Girls

#1Mary491US #1
#2Ruby263US #23
#3Ruth176US #5
#4Helen144US #2
#5Mildred140US #6
#6Willie126US #61
#7Hazel120US #25
#8Marie118US #10
#9Thelma116US #26
#10Ethel112US #18
#11Gladys112US #19
#12Opal112US #85
#13Dorothy108US #3
#14Annie101US #27
#15Edna96US #16
#16Lucille95US #32
#17Myrtle94US #50
#18Bessie88US #43
#19Edith88US #31
#20Margaret88US #4
#21Bertha85US #36
#22Mattie84US #70
#23Irene83US #22
#24Elizabeth82US #8
#25Pauline81US #38
#26Clara80US #34
#27Lillian80US #14
#28Pearl80US #54
#29Louise75US #17
#30Jessie73US #65
#31Virginia73US #20
#32Lois72US #63
#33Frances71US #9
#34Lillie71US #67
#35Grace70US #24
#36Martha63US #29
#37Anna62US #7
#38Nellie62US #59
#39Velma62US #88
#40Alice61US #11
#41Evelyn61US #13
#42Sarah61US #41
#43Elsie59US #42
#44Viola59US #52
#45Beulah58US #80
#46Emma58US #35
#47Rosie58US #138
#48Beatrice57US #37
#49Minnie57US #60
#50Eva56US #49
#51Alma55US #62
#52Lola52US #127
#53Bernice51US #51
#54Jewell47
#55Lena47US #72
#56Lucy47US #78
#57Mabel47US #46
#58Vera47US #68
#59Hattie46US #90
#60Mable46US #125
#61Ella45US #69
#62Gertrude45US #30
#63Josephine45US #28
#64Esther44US #33
#65Ida42US #45
#66Ollie42US #163
#67Fannie41US #87
#68Carrie40US #82
#69Mae40US #74
#70Maggie40US #115
#71Cora39US #98
#72Mamie39US #95
#73Inez38US #100
#74Jewel38
#75Julia38US #44
#76Ada36US #96
#77Juanita36US #103
#78Laura36US #57
#79Eunice35US #109
#80Susie35US #120
#81Essie34US #155
#82Daisy33US #112
#83Dora33US #110
#84Lula33US #107
#85Vivian33US #84
#86Catherine32US #21
#87Doris32US #48
#88Georgia32US #101
#89Katie31US #149
#90Nettie31US #143
#91Rosa31US #94
#92Agnes30US #40
#93Alberta30US #106
#94Betty30US #66
#95Della30US #148
#96Effie30US #161
#97Eula30US #147
#98Florence30US #12
#99Lorene30US #196
#100Ola30US #193

Boys

#1James399US #3
#2William331US #2
#3John306US #1
#4Robert221US #4
#5Willie150US #22
#6George143US #6
#7Charles118US #7
#8Henry113US #12
#9Thomas111US #10
#10Joe91US #36
#11Fred75US #26
#12Roy74US #31
#13Woodrow73US #46
#14Ralph71US #23
#15Joseph70US #5
#16Frank69US #9
#17Albert67US #17
#18Arthur65US #15
#19Walter65US #11
#20Paul64US #14
#21Clarence60US #21
#22Raymond60US #18
#23Carl58US #24
#24Earl58US #34
#25Jack56US #28
#26David53US #29
#27Herman53US #50
#28Edward51US #8
#29Ernest50US #32
#30Floyd49US #59
#31Howard47US #25
#32Jesse47US #74
#33Cecil45US #76
#34Charlie43US #57
#35Samuel43US #30
#36Richard42US #19
#37Elmer41US #47
#38Lee41US #78
#39Herbert40US #39
#40Ray39US #77
#41Jessie38US #109
#42Homer37US #98
#43Leonard37US #45
#44Clyde36US #65
#45Harry35US #16
#46Luther35US #114
#47Vernon33US #90
#48Virgil33US #111
#49Andrew32US #44
#50Harold31US #13
#51Lawrence31US #38
#52Lester30US #58
#53Sam30US #63
#54Eddie29US #104
#55Eugene29US #41
#56Edgar28US #85
#57Lewis28US #68
#58Charley26US #200
#59Harvey26US #91
#60Leroy26US #66
#61Marvin26US #83
#62Louis25US #20
#63Claude24US #89
#64Clifford24US #62
#65Lloyd24US #70
#66Oscar24US #73
#67Otis24US #126
#68Clifton23US #148
#69Johnnie23US #106
#70Roosevelt23
#71Alfred22US #40
#72Johnie22US #186
#73Leo22US #49
#74Norman22US #61
#75Theodore22US #52
#76Troy22
#77Curtis21US #121
#78Earnest21US #132
#79Jim21US #149
#80Chester20US #55
#81Edwin20US #54
#82Guy20US #140
#83Ben19US #102
#84Doyle19
#85Horace19US #119
#86Melvin19US #71
#87Leon18US #79
#88Alvin17US #86
#89Bill17US #168
#90Booker17
#91Hugh17US #116
#92Lonnie17US #179
#93Milton17US #64
#94Archie16US #130
#95Daniel16US #53
#96Everett16US #96
#97Jewell16
#98Kenneth16US #33
#99Elbert15US #172
#100Grover15

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑62Howard#31
↑44Leonard#43
↑34Gertrude#62
↑29Vernon#47
↑28Virginia#31
↑28Sarah#42
↑28Maggie#70
↑28Ralph#14

Falling

↓46Chester#80
↓46Ben#83
↓37Ida#65
↓32Otis#67
↓31Florence#98
↓31Sam#53
↓27Minnie#49
↓25Eula#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.