State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,094 Arkansas births in 1916 across 859 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#62Jewelloutside the national top 200
#57Ollie#193 nationally
#66Troyoutside the national top 200
#74Jeweloutside the national top 200
#75Doyleoutside the national top 200
#79Loydoutside the national top 200
#60Rosie#181 nationally
#81Charleyoutside the national top 200
#86Johnieoutside the national top 200
#65Lorene#177 nationally
#93Addieoutside the national top 200
#99Oraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary904US #1
#2Ruby315US #23
#3Ruth298US #5
#4Mildred292US #6
#5Dorothy264US #3
#6Hazel252US #31
#7Helen248US #2
#8Gladys200US #22
#9Thelma199US #29
#10Pauline193US #33
#11Willie171US #73
#12Annie170US #36
#13Lois167US #43
#14Opal159US #91
#15Margaret155US #4
#16Frances154US #9
#17Marie150US #12
#18Edna148US #19
#19Irene145US #17
#20Martha143US #24
#21Elizabeth142US #8
#22Lucille142US #30
#23Louise133US #18
#24Alice132US #13
#25Virginia128US #10
#26Lillie125US #88
#27Ethel124US #25
#28Bessie122US #56
#29Jessie121US #68
#30Lillian119US #16
#31Edith116US #28
#32Anna114US #7
#33Beatrice112US #38
#34Geneva112US #112
#35Juanita108US #90
#36Evelyn105US #11
#37Elsie104US #48
#38Emma102US #41
#39Vera101US #66
#40Minnie98US #71
#41Myrtle98US #58
#42Bertha97US #49
#43Mattie97US #93
#44Clara95US #39
#45Bernice93US #42
#46Georgia92US #108
#47Sarah89US #52
#48Ida88US #54
#49Velma88US #99
#50Mabel87US #65
#51Eva85US #55
#52Grace83US #26
#53Alma80US #70
#54Pearl80US #57
#55Florence78US #14
#56Lena78US #85
#57Ollie78US #193
#58Doris76US #32
#59Nellie76US #61
#60Rosie75US #181
#61Wilma70US #82
#62Jewell68
#63Laura67US #64
#64Eunice62US #110
#65Lorene62US #177
#66Vivian62US #77
#67Ella61US #81
#68Esther60US #34
#69Inez60US #107
#70Mae60US #92
#71Lula59US #127
#72Agnes58US #50
#73Fannie58US #116
#74Jewel58
#75Julia58US #46
#76Mable58US #136
#77Hattie57US #115
#78Eula56US #164
#79Mamie55US #129
#80Gertrude54US #35
#81Josephine54US #21
#82Lucy54US #84
#83Maxine54US #96
#84Viola54US #59
#85Beulah52US #97
#86Catherine52US #20
#87Maggie52US #157
#88Christine50US #121
#89Cleo50US #180
#90Geraldine50US #94
#91Cora49US #114
#92Lola49US #147
#93Addie47
#94Bonnie47US #185
#95Carrie47US #103
#96Essie47US #197
#97Leona47US #75
#98Marjorie47US #37
#99Ora47
#100Flora46US #141

Boys

#1James915US #3
#2William661US #2
#3John623US #1
#4Robert425US #4
#5Charles304US #6
#6George269US #7
#7Henry213US #14
#8Thomas213US #10
#9Willie203US #30
#10Roy179US #33
#11Joe155US #35
#12Joseph152US #5
#13Walter150US #11
#14Paul149US #12
#15Carl143US #23
#16Jack143US #26
#17Fred140US #29
#18Edward136US #8
#19Raymond133US #16
#20Frank127US #9
#21Clarence126US #24
#22Earl120US #32
#23Woodrow117US #64
#24Ralph115US #21
#25Albert108US #17
#26Arthur105US #18
#27Richard103US #15
#28Lee99US #83
#29Cecil98US #80
#30Floyd90US #60
#31Harold89US #13
#32Ray89US #73
#33Louis88US #22
#34Charlie87US #68
#35David84US #28
#36Jesse82US #77
#37Eugene79US #39
#38Clyde77US #62
#39Herman77US #56
#40Elmer76US #45
#41Harry76US #19
#42Jessie75US #117
#43Homer72US #103
#44Ernest70US #36
#45Herbert69US #40
#46Alfred67US #43
#47Howard65US #25
#48Marvin63US #66
#49Oscar62US #86
#50Andrew61US #46
#51Samuel61US #41
#52Chester59US #54
#53Lewis59US #71
#54Luther58US #116
#55Curtis57US #120
#56Eddie57US #114
#57Lawrence57US #38
#58Vernon57US #75
#59Leonard56US #42
#60Otis55US #142
#61Johnnie52US #115
#62Lloyd52US #58
#63Earnest50US #155
#64Leo50US #47
#65Claude49US #93
#66Troy49
#67Virgil49US #104
#68Clifford48US #61
#69Kenneth48US #27
#70Hubert45US #113
#71Sam45US #74
#72Allen44US #101
#73Leon44US #85
#74Alvin43US #82
#75Doyle43
#76Leroy43US #63
#77Willard43US #69
#78Hugh42US #96
#79Loyd40
#80Marion40US #110
#81Charley39
#82Lester39US #59
#83Everett37US #91
#84Benjamin36US #79
#85Francis36US #31
#86Johnie36
#87Norman36US #48
#88Tom36US #139
#89Daniel35US #55
#90Ira35US #149
#91Melvin35US #57
#92Edgar34US #88
#93Harvey34US #92
#94Clifton33US #156
#95Glen33US #122
#96Glenn32US #84
#97Jimmie32US #179
#98Milton32US #72
#99Garland31
#100Oliver31US #127

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑34Georgia#46
↑31Woodrow#23
↑30Esther#68
↑29Lillie#26
↑27Ollie#57
↑22Geneva#34
↑22Lloyd#62
↑21Troy#66

Falling

↓34Lester#82
↓32Lucy#82
↓29Lola#92
↓29Oliver#100
↓28Bonnie#94
↓27Melvin#91
↓24Willard#77
↓21Ella#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.