State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,848 Arkansas births in 1917 across 911 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#61Jewelloutside the national top 200
#48Lorene#181 nationally
#73Doyleoutside the national top 200
#54Rosie#179 nationally
#73Faye#197 nationally
#78Ollieoutside the national top 200
#78Charleyoutside the national top 200
#84Troyoutside the national top 200
#87Oraoutside the national top 200
#82Essie#194 nationally
#95Loydoutside the national top 200
#92Lonnie#196 nationally

Girls

#1Mary957US #1
#2Ruby354US #27
#3Ruth323US #5
#4Helen319US #2
#5Mildred312US #6
#6Dorothy297US #3
#7Hazel236US #31
#8Pauline220US #33
#9Margaret217US #4
#10Willie208US #72
#11Frances198US #9
#12Thelma192US #32
#13Edna189US #20
#14Gladys178US #23
#15Lois176US #43
#16Virginia176US #10
#17Marie174US #12
#18Annie170US #35
#19Ethel164US #24
#20Lucille164US #29
#21Martha163US #22
#22Opal159US #95
#23Edith150US #28
#24Elizabeth146US #8
#25Jessie143US #70
#26Bessie138US #61
#27Juanita138US #87
#28Mattie138US #94
#29Anna137US #7
#30Alice136US #13
#31Louise136US #19
#32Irene135US #17
#33Beatrice132US #39
#34Evelyn125US #11
#35Clara120US #41
#36Lillian118US #15
#37Emma115US #46
#38Bernice112US #42
#39Elsie112US #50
#40Lillie111US #86
#41Bertha107US #51
#42Velma100US #99
#43Alma99US #71
#44Myrtle97US #58
#45Georgia92US #105
#46Vera92US #66
#47Geneva91US #113
#48Lorene90US #181
#49Nellie89US #64
#50Pearl88US #57
#51Sarah88US #52
#52Grace84US #30
#53Mabel84US #68
#54Rosie84US #179
#55Eva83US #54
#56Ida81US #56
#57Minnie76US #75
#58Mamie74US #130
#59Maxine74US #93
#60Doris73US #25
#61Jewell73
#62Ella72US #83
#63Lula72US #135
#64Inez71US #110
#65Katherine69US #49
#66Catherine68US #18
#67Wilma68US #82
#68Carrie67US #109
#69Florence67US #14
#70Josephine66US #21
#71Agnes65US #48
#72Eunice64US #111
#73Faye64US #197
#74Lena64US #85
#75Viola64US #59
#76Beulah63US #102
#77Fannie63US #115
#78Ollie63
#79Flora62US #145
#80Mae61US #96
#81Laura60US #65
#82Essie58US #194
#83Geraldine58US #89
#84Lucy58US #88
#85Bonnie57US #171
#86Julia57US #47
#87Ora57
#88Vivian57US #79
#89Blanche56US #91
#90Gertrude56US #37
#91Hattie56US #118
#92Esther55US #38
#93Eula55US #172
#94Erma52US #148
#95Cora51US #126
#96Marjorie51US #36
#97Mable50US #144
#98Stella50US #62
#99Christine49US #120
#100Nina49US #174

Boys

#1James985US #3
#2William716US #2
#3John679US #1
#4Robert523US #4
#5Charles317US #7
#6George312US #6
#7Willie261US #31
#8Henry227US #15
#9Thomas225US #10
#10Joe183US #35
#11Joseph161US #5
#12Edward157US #8
#13Paul156US #13
#14Walter155US #11
#15Frank154US #9
#16Roy149US #33
#17Carl134US #24
#18Clarence131US #25
#19Fred131US #29
#20Albert128US #18
#21Raymond126US #16
#22Earl118US #32
#23Jack117US #22
#24Ralph116US #21
#25Harold114US #12
#26Arthur107US #17
#27Jessie107US #114
#28Richard107US #14
#29Cecil104US #83
#30Ernest98US #37
#31Howard97US #26
#32Woodrow97US #73
#33Clyde96US #64
#34Charlie95US #67
#35Jesse93US #79
#36Louis90US #23
#37Herman89US #58
#38Lee87US #85
#39David86US #28
#40Floyd85US #62
#41Samuel85US #42
#42Lloyd79US #53
#43Eugene77US #39
#44Harry75US #19
#45Andrew74US #48
#46Lawrence72US #36
#47Ray72US #74
#48Herbert69US #40
#49Oscar68US #87
#50Leroy67US #60
#51Leonard66US #41
#52Vernon66US #71
#53Marvin63US #68
#54Chester61US #56
#55Virgil61US #103
#56Homer60US #102
#57Curtis58US #121
#58Elmer58US #45
#59Lester58US #61
#60Melvin58US #57
#61Sam57US #72
#62Kenneth54US #27
#63Earnest53US #143
#64Hubert53US #115
#65Johnnie53US #111
#66Leo52US #47
#67Otis51US #145
#68Leon50US #82
#69Alfred49US #43
#70Alvin49US #81
#71Claude49US #98
#72Willard49US #80
#73Doyle48
#74Lewis47US #70
#75Marion47US #108
#76Eddie46US #118
#77Edgar46US #88
#78Charley45
#79Luther45US #116
#80Allen43US #100
#81Clifford43US #59
#82Norman41US #46
#83Tom41US #139
#84Troy41
#85Horace40US #125
#86Jim39US #163
#87Hugh38US #110
#88Jimmie37US #176
#89Donald36US #20
#90Everett36US #94
#91Guy36US #146
#92Lonnie36US #196
#93Edwin35US #55
#94Harvey34US #90
#95Loyd34
#96Oliver34US #127
#97Daniel33US #54
#98Johnie33
#99Bill32US #147
#100Louie32

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑31Melvin#60
↑27Carrie#68
↑26Leroy#50
↑24Maxine#59
↑23Lester#59
↑21Mamie#58
↑21Flora#79
↑20Catherine#66

Falling

↓25Luther#79
↓24Esther#92
↓23Alfred#69
↓22Vivian#88
↓21Ollie#78
↓21Mable#97
↓21Lewis#74
↓20Eddie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.