State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,483 Arkansas births in 1915 across 812 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#68Jewelloutside the national top 200
#76Fayeoutside the national top 200
#79Jeweloutside the national top 200
#80Doyleoutside the national top 200
#59Lorene#179 nationally
#82Johnieoutside the national top 200
#85Rebaoutside the national top 200
#66Bonnie#180 nationally
#87Troyoutside the national top 200
#61Rosie#174 nationally
#89Oraoutside the national top 200
#90Charleyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary837US #1
#2Ruby349US #24
#3Ruth286US #5
#4Helen243US #2
#5Mildred237US #6
#6Dorothy228US #3
#7Hazel219US #26
#8Thelma204US #30
#9Gladys195US #21
#10Opal184US #90
#11Pauline184US #32
#12Margaret183US #4
#13Lois176US #47
#14Lucille169US #29
#15Marie168US #11
#16Willie165US #72
#17Edna148US #20
#18Jessie144US #66
#19Annie141US #36
#20Frances137US #9
#21Ethel133US #23
#22Martha132US #25
#23Elizabeth126US #8
#24Louise124US #18
#25Clara123US #38
#26Alice121US #13
#27Irene121US #17
#28Bessie120US #57
#29Myrtle120US #58
#30Edith118US #31
#31Virginia114US #12
#32Velma109US #94
#33Lillian107US #15
#34Evelyn106US #10
#35Anna105US #7
#36Mattie105US #91
#37Bernice102US #42
#38Pearl100US #56
#39Minnie97US #68
#40Bertha95US #46
#41Vera95US #65
#42Juanita93US #92
#43Ida90US #54
#44Emma88US #40
#45Alma84US #70
#46Ella83US #75
#47Nellie81US #63
#48Eva80US #55
#49Beatrice79US #37
#50Lucy77US #79
#51Mabel77US #62
#52Grace76US #27
#53Elsie74US #41
#54Lena74US #77
#55Lillie73US #84
#56Geneva70US #110
#57Wilma70US #80
#58Agnes68US #45
#59Lorene68US #179
#60Sarah68US #51
#61Rosie67US #174
#62Inez66US #101
#63Lola65US #136
#64Doris64US #34
#65Florence62US #14
#66Bonnie61US #180
#67Eula61US #160
#68Jewell61
#69Fannie60US #105
#70Mae60US #89
#71Mable59US #145
#72Mamie59US #124
#73Vivian59US #78
#74Beulah58US #95
#75Viola58US #59
#76Faye56
#77Laura56US #61
#78Eunice55US #109
#79Jewel55
#80Georgia54US #111
#81Gertrude54US #35
#82Josephine54US #22
#83Julia54US #44
#84Ollie53US #194
#85Reba53
#86Lula52US #129
#87Hattie51US #113
#88Cora49US #119
#89Ora48
#90Carrie46US #103
#91Cleo46US #184
#92Flora46US #140
#93Marjorie46US #39
#94Effie45US #196
#95Verna45US #126
#96Catherine44US #19
#97Daisy44US #131
#98Esther44US #33
#99Ada43US #114
#100Betty43US #53

Boys

#1James880US #3
#2William660US #2
#3John559US #1
#4Robert410US #4
#5George327US #6
#6Charles275US #7
#7Willie182US #30
#8Henry170US #14
#9Thomas159US #10
#10Joseph156US #5
#11Paul144US #13
#12Frank140US #9
#13Carl135US #22
#14Earl132US #33
#15Joe131US #38
#16Walter128US #11
#17Edward127US #8
#18Jack124US #27
#19Roy121US #32
#20Raymond118US #16
#21Cecil116US #76
#22Fred116US #26
#23Albert112US #17
#24Clarence109US #24
#25Floyd102US #59
#26Arthur100US #18
#27Harold98US #12
#28Richard96US #15
#29Clyde91US #63
#30Harry88US #19
#31Herman87US #56
#32Ralph87US #21
#33Eugene86US #41
#34Jesse86US #77
#35Louis80US #23
#36Ray79US #67
#37Lee77US #84
#38Ernest74US #35
#39Howard73US #25
#40David72US #31
#41Charlie70US #75
#42Elmer69US #45
#43Jessie67US #114
#44Alfred66US #42
#45Herbert66US #40
#46Marvin65US #72
#47Samuel65US #39
#48Lester64US #57
#49Leo63US #47
#50Leonard62US #44
#51Oscar61US #88
#52Lawrence60US #37
#53Willard60US #58
#54Woodrow59US #83
#55Chester54US #54
#56Vernon51US #80
#57Sam50US #68
#58Homer48US #98
#59Johnnie47US #117
#60Alvin46US #81
#61Andrew46US #46
#62Leroy46US #66
#63Marion46US #112
#64Melvin46US #60
#65Lewis45US #70
#66Luther45US #115
#67Virgil45US #108
#68Eddie44US #120
#69Otis42US #141
#70Claude41US #96
#71Oliver40US #119
#72Curtis39US #128
#73Edgar39US #85
#74Earnest38US #143
#75Elbert38US #169
#76Hubert38US #116
#77Calvin37US #166
#78Clifford37US #61
#79Kenneth37US #28
#80Doyle36
#81Ira36US #146
#82Johnie35
#83Leon35US #82
#84Lloyd35US #62
#85Hugh34US #111
#86Leslie34US #106
#87Troy34
#88Wilson34US #154
#89Bill33US #157
#90Charley33
#91Edwin33US #53
#92Allen32US #99
#93Ben32US #113
#94Donald32US #20
#95Loyd32
#96Norman32US #50
#97Daniel31US #55
#98Clifton30US #144
#99Grady30
#100Guy30US #145

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑30Ella#46
↑25Wilma#57
↑25Oscar#51
↑23Martha#22
↑21Nellie#47
↑19Inez#62
↑18Jewel#79
↑18Alfred#44

Falling

↓32Hattie#87
↓28Viola#75
↓27Lillie#55
↓26Laura#77
↓23Andrew#61
↓22Beulah#74
↓22Ben#93
↓21Josephine#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.