State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,969 Arkansas births in 1913 across 629 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#59Jewelloutside the national top 200
#76Jeweloutside the national top 200
#87Loydoutside the national top 200
#88Charleyoutside the national top 200
#89Cleo#199 nationally
#66Essie#175 nationally
#86Faye#194 nationally
#88Lorene#195 nationally
#51Rosie#156 nationally
#98Monroeoutside the national top 200
#89Grady#190 nationally
#90Ora#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary527US #1
#2Ruby228US #23
#3Mildred202US #6
#4Ruth180US #5
#5Hazel163US #27
#6Willie136US #65
#7Helen135US #2
#8Dorothy131US #3
#9Marie129US #10
#10Gladys127US #19
#11Margaret126US #4
#12Thelma126US #26
#13Opal115US #86
#14Annie100US #30
#15Pauline100US #35
#16Edna98US #18
#17Lois96US #59
#18Louise96US #17
#19Jessie95US #61
#20Myrtle95US #53
#21Lucille94US #31
#22Ethel90US #20
#23Irene90US #21
#24Virginia88US #15
#25Clara87US #36
#26Beatrice86US #37
#27Bessie86US #47
#28Edith86US #29
#29Alice83US #11
#30Elizabeth77US #8
#31Bertha75US #39
#32Frances72US #9
#33Mattie72US #75
#34Emma71US #38
#35Velma71US #89
#36Elsie69US #40
#37Grace69US #25
#38Lillian69US #16
#39Martha67US #28
#40Vera66US #68
#41Mabel65US #56
#42Pearl65US #55
#43Ida64US #49
#44Evelyn63US #12
#45Alma62US #64
#46Lillie62US #71
#47Anna57US #7
#48Minnie57US #63
#49Sarah57US #43
#50Bernice56US #45
#51Rosie55US #156
#52Fannie52US #91
#53Viola52US #52
#54Hattie50US #96
#55Nellie50US #58
#56Juanita46US #95
#57Lola46US #130
#58Florence45US #13
#59Jewell45
#60Beulah44US #85
#61Cora44US #103
#62Eva44US #50
#63Georgia44US #100
#64Lena43US #73
#65Lucy43US #77
#66Essie42US #175
#67Eula42US #153
#68Laura42US #62
#69Maggie41US #127
#70Carrie40US #90
#71Ella40US #70
#72Inez40US #98
#73Mae40US #79
#74Stella40US #69
#75Eunice39US #107
#76Jewel39
#77Mamie39US #106
#78Doris37US #44
#79Flora37US #132
#80Lula37US #111
#81Ollie37US #172
#82Vivian37US #83
#83Agnes36US #41
#84Blanche36US #76
#85Gertrude36US #33
#86Faye35US #194
#87Geneva35US #120
#88Lorene35US #195
#89Cleo32US #199
#90Ora32US #182
#91Esther31US #32
#92Katherine31US #54
#93Mable31US #134
#94Verna31US #126
#95Daisy30US #123
#96Dora30US #109
#97Ellen30US #88
#98Josephine30US #24
#99Julia30US #42
#100Katie30US #171

Boys

#1James526US #3
#2William417US #2
#3John386US #1
#4Robert254US #4
#5George190US #6
#6Willie172US #24
#7Charles155US #7
#8Thomas101US #10
#9Roy100US #32
#10Henry97US #12
#11Fred91US #27
#12Carl86US #23
#13Joe86US #37
#14Clarence85US #21
#15Jack85US #28
#16Woodrow84US #44
#17Albert83US #16
#18Walter83US #11
#19Earl82US #31
#20Edward82US #8
#21Paul82US #14
#22Raymond81US #18
#23Joseph79US #5
#24Frank67US #9
#25Charlie63US #62
#26Harold57US #13
#27Lee55US #78
#28Ernest54US #34
#29Floyd54US #58
#30Herman53US #53
#31Ralph53US #22
#32Eugene52US #43
#33Howard52US #26
#34Elmer49US #45
#35Arthur48US #17
#36Richard48US #19
#37Samuel48US #36
#38Homer46US #96
#39Jessie46US #114
#40Clyde45US #64
#41Herbert43US #39
#42Harry42US #15
#43Eddie41US #102
#44Cecil40US #74
#45Lawrence40US #35
#46Louis40US #20
#47Oscar40US #76
#48Ray39US #73
#49Lester38US #59
#50Marvin38US #77
#51Chester37US #56
#52Leonard37US #46
#53David35US #29
#54Kenneth35US #33
#55Lewis35US #72
#56Sam34US #65
#57Andrew33US #47
#58Jesse33US #79
#59Alfred32US #42
#60Virgil32US #107
#61Clifton31US #149
#62Johnnie31US #118
#63Alvin30US #82
#64Curtis30US #119
#65Luther30US #116
#66Claude29US #88
#67Melvin29US #61
#68Hugh28US #115
#69Leon28US #81
#70Leroy27US #63
#71Theodore27US #60
#72Vernon27US #83
#73Jim26US #154
#74Clifford25US #68
#75Harvey25US #93
#76Leo25US #48
#77Edgar23US #87
#78Otis23US #140
#79Donald22US #25
#80Earnest22US #144
#81Elbert22US #168
#82Lloyd22US #67
#83Allen21US #100
#84Bill21US #156
#85Hubert21US #112
#86Ira21US #152
#87Loyd21
#88Charley20
#89Grady20US #190
#90Milton20US #71
#91Benjamin19US #70
#92Guy19US #137
#93Horace19US #123
#94Jimmie19US #158
#95Rufus19US #169
#96Jerry18US #150
#97Leslie18US #105
#98Monroe18
#99Norman18US #57
#100Daniel17US #54

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑44Kenneth#54
↑40Florence#58
↑30Eula#67
↑29Chester#51
↑25Georgia#63
↑25Alvin#63
↑24Harold#26
↑23Eugene#32

Falling

↓35Josephine#98
↓33Mable#93
↓30Charley#88
↓27Esther#91
↓27David#53
↓26Jesse#58
↓25Vernon#72
↓25Norman#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.