State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,718 Arkansas births in 1918 across 941 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#65Jewelloutside the national top 200
#65Troyoutside the national top 200
#43Lorene#173 nationally
#76Loydoutside the national top 200
#75Lonnie#195 nationally
#83Jeweloutside the national top 200
#57Rosie#174 nationally
#84Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#89Charleyoutside the national top 200
#90Doyleoutside the national top 200
#92Ollieoutside the national top 200
#92Johnieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,048US #1
#2Mildred409US #6
#3Ruby375US #27
#4Ruth359US #5
#5Helen319US #2
#6Hazel306US #33
#7Dorothy298US #3
#8Margaret250US #4
#9Thelma231US #32
#10Gladys230US #22
#11Willie220US #70
#12Martha208US #25
#13Pauline205US #35
#14Marie186US #12
#15Edna185US #23
#16Frances183US #8
#17Opal182US #94
#18Virginia180US #7
#19Annie178US #36
#20Lucille176US #29
#21Louise175US #18
#22Lois172US #42
#23Edith169US #30
#24Juanita165US #85
#25Ethel163US #28
#26Anna153US #10
#27Elizabeth149US #9
#28Irene146US #16
#29Jessie141US #75
#30Evelyn140US #11
#31Elsie134US #49
#32Bernice132US #41
#33Emma132US #46
#34Bessie131US #61
#35Velma131US #103
#36Bertha130US #51
#37Lillie129US #89
#38Lillian125US #15
#39Alice122US #13
#40Geneva122US #112
#41Clara119US #43
#42Mattie117US #100
#43Lorene111US #173
#44Myrtle111US #62
#45Vera101US #68
#46Eva100US #55
#47Minnie98US #88
#48Wilma98US #82
#49Pearl96US #56
#50Nellie95US #65
#51Ida94US #57
#52Doris92US #19
#53Sarah91US #52
#54Beatrice89US #40
#55Alma88US #73
#56Georgia87US #107
#57Rosie86US #174
#58Mable84US #144
#59Vivian83US #72
#60Inez81US #115
#61Lucy79US #90
#62Florence78US #14
#63Grace78US #31
#64Viola78US #59
#65Jewell77
#66Mabel77US #74
#67Ella73US #84
#68Esther72US #38
#69Katherine72US #50
#70Maxine72US #87
#71Laura71US #64
#72Geraldine69US #77
#73Eunice67US #111
#74Lula67US #132
#75Catherine65US #20
#76Gertrude64US #39
#77Agnes63US #47
#78Mamie63US #137
#79Lola62US #146
#80Marjorie62US #34
#81Fannie60US #120
#82Hattie60US #121
#83Jewel60
#84Johnnie60
#85Lena60US #93
#86Marguerite60US #86
#87Cora58US #124
#88Betty57US #21
#89Josephine56US #24
#90Mae55US #95
#91Nancy55US #102
#92Ollie55
#93Beulah54US #104
#94Blanche52US #96
#95Bonnie52US #178
#96Eula52US #168
#97Margie52US #188
#98Ora52
#99Alta51
#100Flora51US #150

Boys

#1James1,156US #3
#2William810US #2
#3John782US #1
#4Robert512US #4
#5George350US #6
#6Charles349US #5
#7Willie250US #29
#8Thomas248US #10
#9Henry207US #16
#10Joe201US #34
#11Raymond180US #15
#12Frank179US #9
#13Roy173US #32
#14Edward172US #8
#15Paul164US #14
#16Walter164US #11
#17Joseph157US #7
#18Carl147US #25
#19Woodrow133US #58
#20Albert132US #19
#21Clarence131US #23
#22Earl126US #31
#23Fred126US #33
#24Jack123US #21
#25Harold122US #13
#26Richard121US #12
#27Ralph115US #22
#28Arthur109US #17
#29Eugene109US #35
#30David107US #28
#31Cecil106US #82
#32Jesse105US #78
#33Ernest102US #37
#34Floyd99US #61
#35Charlie92US #70
#36Howard88US #26
#37Ray86US #69
#38Clyde85US #67
#39Samuel80US #43
#40Elmer78US #44
#41Herbert78US #40
#42Louis78US #24
#43Vernon78US #66
#44Harry77US #20
#45Marvin77US #68
#46Johnnie76US #110
#47Leon76US #77
#48Jessie74US #120
#49Lee72US #86
#50Homer70US #100
#51Lawrence67US #38
#52Oscar65US #87
#53Sam65US #75
#54Chester64US #54
#55Leonard64US #41
#56Lester64US #62
#57Herman63US #65
#58Leroy63US #57
#59Alvin60US #80
#60Luther60US #119
#61Alfred59US #42
#62Lewis59US #74
#63Curtis57US #123
#64Leo57US #48
#65Troy57
#66Virgil56US #99
#67Andrew55US #46
#68Claude55US #95
#69Lloyd55US #51
#70Earnest53US #142
#71Eddie53US #117
#72Edgar52US #89
#73Kenneth52US #27
#74Hubert51US #114
#75Lonnie50US #195
#76Loyd50
#77Melvin50US #56
#78Daniel49US #52
#79Donald49US #18
#80Norman49US #49
#81Hugh48US #112
#82Glenn47US #84
#83Clifford46US #60
#84Otis46US #151
#85Wilson45US #122
#86Glen44US #125
#87Archie43US #138
#88Bill43US #143
#89Charley43
#90Doyle43
#91Jim43US #165
#92Johnie43
#93Horace42US #132
#94Jimmie42US #159
#95Marion41US #107
#96Willard41US #83
#97Allen40US #98
#98Theodore40US #64
#99Russell39US #50
#100Grover37US #188

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑39Mable#58
↑29Vivian#59
↑24Esther#68
↑23Lucy#61
↑21Leon#47
↑19Wilma#48
↑19Johnnie#46
↑19Luther#60

Falling

↓27Lloyd#69
↓24Willard#96
↓22Andrew#67
↓21Beatrice#54
↓21Flora#100
↓21Jessie#48
↓20Mamie#78
↓20Herman#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.