State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,430 Arkansas births in 1914 across 715 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#69Doyleoutside the national top 200
#71Jewelloutside the national top 200
#70Faye#199 nationally
#77Troyoutside the national top 200
#80Johnieoutside the national top 200
#72Lorene#185 nationally
#88Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#89Charleyoutside the national top 200
#92Olaoutside the national top 200
#69Bonnie#174 nationally
#96Garlandoutside the national top 200
#97Jeweloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary645US #1
#2Ruby265US #24
#3Mildred224US #7
#4Ruth203US #5
#5Helen174US #2
#6Gladys169US #20
#7Dorothy168US #3
#8Hazel168US #29
#9Marie156US #10
#10Thelma149US #26
#11Willie146US #66
#12Margaret133US #4
#13Lucille131US #30
#14Annie129US #33
#15Jessie127US #64
#16Pauline125US #34
#17Lois124US #51
#18Ethel121US #21
#19Irene117US #22
#20Opal114US #89
#21Anna105US #6
#22Frances105US #9
#23Myrtle105US #60
#24Bessie103US #55
#25Edna99US #19
#26Lillian99US #16
#27Louise99US #17
#28Lillie97US #74
#29Edith94US #31
#30Elizabeth93US #8
#31Alice89US #12
#32Eva88US #52
#33Elsie87US #46
#34Mattie87US #78
#35Pearl86US #56
#36Virginia85US #14
#37Bertha84US #41
#38Velma83US #92
#39Minnie82US #67
#40Emma80US #39
#41Evelyn80US #11
#42Clara79US #37
#43Grace79US #25
#44Alma75US #69
#45Martha71US #27
#46Ida69US #49
#47Viola69US #57
#48Beatrice68US #38
#49Bernice64US #43
#50Rosie63US #153
#51Laura62US #59
#52Beulah60US #96
#53Vera60US #68
#54Mabel59US #58
#55Hattie58US #97
#56Juanita58US #94
#57Florence57US #13
#58Geneva57US #118
#59Lola57US #144
#60Agnes56US #44
#61Josephine56US #23
#62Mae56US #85
#63Georgia55US #107
#64Lena55US #75
#65Doris54US #36
#66Eunice54US #109
#67Lucy54US #73
#68Nellie53US #61
#69Bonnie51US #174
#70Faye50US #199
#71Jewell50
#72Lorene49US #185
#73Sarah49US #47
#74Lula48US #120
#75Mable48US #137
#76Ella47US #72
#77Vivian47US #81
#78Essie46US #181
#79Fannie46US #99
#80Gertrude45US #32
#81Inez45US #101
#82Wilma45US #95
#83Carrie43US #91
#84Catherine43US #18
#85Esther43US #35
#86Maggie43US #141
#87Nettie43US #154
#88Stella43US #65
#89Daisy42US #126
#90Dora42US #121
#91Cora41US #105
#92Ola41
#93Ora41US #190
#94Susie40US #130
#95Addie38US #188
#96Cleo38US #197
#97Jewel38
#98Reba38
#99Elnora37
#100Flora37US #131

Boys

#1James648US #3
#2John520US #1
#3William485US #2
#4Robert361US #4
#5Charles220US #7
#6George210US #6
#7Willie170US #25
#8Thomas165US #11
#9Henry128US #12
#10Joe127US #34
#11Earl121US #33
#12Roy120US #32
#13Jack119US #27
#14Frank118US #9
#15Paul116US #13
#16Walter114US #10
#17Joseph113US #5
#18Fred106US #28
#19Clarence103US #22
#20Edward103US #8
#21Albert96US #15
#22Carl90US #24
#23Raymond88US #16
#24Arthur83US #18
#25Harold74US #14
#26Ralph70US #21
#27Clyde69US #63
#28Eugene69US #43
#29Floyd65US #58
#30Herman63US #51
#31Harry62US #19
#32Louis60US #20
#33Cecil59US #79
#34Jesse59US #82
#35Ray59US #74
#36Herbert58US #42
#37Jessie58US #117
#38Andrew57US #44
#39David57US #29
#40Ernest57US #38
#41Richard56US #17
#42Woodrow55US #71
#43Elmer54US #46
#44Lawrence54US #35
#45Leroy54US #60
#46Lester54US #57
#47Samuel54US #36
#48Lee53US #84
#49Chester52US #56
#50Homer50US #101
#51Eddie47US #109
#52Claude45US #93
#53Howard45US #26
#54Alvin43US #78
#55Johnnie42US #119
#56Marvin42US #75
#57Luther41US #114
#58Charlie40US #65
#59Leonard40US #45
#60Sam40US #67
#61Vernon40US #83
#62Alfred39US #41
#63Otis39US #140
#64Leon37US #85
#65Lewis37US #72
#66Hubert36US #118
#67Melvin35US #59
#68Curtis34US #120
#69Doyle34
#70Virgil34US #107
#71Ben33US #110
#72Tom32US #137
#73Benjamin31US #70
#74Edgar31US #87
#75Glen31US #123
#76Oscar31US #77
#77Troy31
#78Clifford30US #62
#79Theodore30US #64
#80Johnie29
#81Calvin28US #168
#82Harvey28US #95
#83Hugh28US #116
#84Kenneth28US #30
#85Lloyd28US #66
#86Norman28US #54
#87Russell28US #49
#88Aubrey27
#89Charley27
#90Everett27US #90
#91Lonnie27US #186
#92Willis27US #135
#93Elbert26US #188
#94Jim26US #174
#95Bennie25US #154
#96Garland25
#97Ira25US #152
#98Allen24US #105
#99Bill24US #159
#100Clifton24US #150

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑37Josephine#61
↑30Eva#32
↑29Geneva#58
↑26Anna#21
↑25Leroy#45
↑24Jesse#34
↑23Agnes#60
↑19Andrew#38

Falling

↓39Clifton#100
↓33Charlie#58
↓30Cora#91
↓30Kenneth#84
↓29Oscar#76
↓27Fannie#79
↓26Woodrow#42
↓24Sarah#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.