State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,494 Arkansas births in 1919 across 973 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#59Troyoutside the national top 200
#70Oraoutside the national top 200
#72Jewelloutside the national top 200
#43Lorene#168 nationally
#82Loydoutside the national top 200
#87Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#77Essie#189 nationally
#85Johnie#196 nationally
#53Rosie#158 nationally
#93Ellis#198 nationally
#97Jeweloutside the national top 200
#62Bonnie#163 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,101US #1
#2Ruby406US #24
#3Mildred405US #6
#4Helen392US #2
#5Dorothy342US #3
#6Ruth311US #5
#7Hazel264US #32
#8Pauline232US #36
#9Thelma223US #31
#10Willie222US #61
#11Margaret219US #4
#12Gladys213US #21
#13Marie207US #12
#14Martha207US #25
#15Louise196US #20
#16Frances191US #9
#17Lucille190US #27
#18Virginia188US #7
#19Opal181US #98
#20Annie178US #35
#21Edna176US #22
#22Edith169US #29
#23Evelyn169US #11
#24Irene169US #16
#25Juanita162US #73
#26Elizabeth159US #8
#27Ethel158US #28
#28Lois154US #40
#29Bessie150US #59
#30Anna143US #10
#31Emma143US #45
#32Geneva142US #107
#33Jessie133US #75
#34Lillie130US #81
#35Beatrice128US #41
#36Alice126US #13
#37Mattie125US #95
#38Clara121US #43
#39Bernice119US #42
#40Bertha119US #52
#41Velma116US #104
#42Lillian114US #17
#43Lorene112US #168
#44Georgia110US #106
#45Ida110US #57
#46Myrtle108US #67
#47Minnie107US #80
#48Vera106US #65
#49Elsie105US #47
#50Alma101US #76
#51Eva101US #55
#52Pearl101US #56
#53Rosie99US #158
#54Wilma98US #86
#55Florence96US #14
#56Mabel95US #78
#57Doris91US #18
#58Ella91US #87
#59Mable90US #143
#60Vivian88US #72
#61Viola85US #58
#62Bonnie84US #163
#63Sarah83US #46
#64Lula81US #134
#65Betty77US #15
#66Lucy74US #91
#67Grace73US #34
#68Lola73US #142
#69Marjorie73US #33
#70Ora73
#71Erma72US #147
#72Jewell72
#73Nellie71US #69
#74Laura70US #71
#75Lena70US #94
#76Katherine69US #51
#77Essie68US #189
#78Maxine68US #85
#79Agnes67US #50
#80Dora67US #127
#81Cora66US #122
#82Inez66US #117
#83Geraldine65US #68
#84Julia64US #48
#85Hattie63US #125
#86Gertrude62US #39
#87Imogene61
#88Violet61US #74
#89Fannie58US #121
#90Mae58US #99
#91Maggie58US #155
#92Margie58US #177
#93Alberta57US #120
#94Christine57US #116
#95Leona57US #90
#96Beulah56US #108
#97Jewel56
#98Ollie56US #195
#99Catherine54US #23
#100Eunice54US #119

Boys

#1James1,222US #3
#2William863US #2
#3John836US #1
#4Robert507US #4
#5Charles405US #5
#6George390US #6
#7Willie313US #23
#8Thomas260US #10
#9Joe225US #35
#10Henry210US #16
#11Roy209US #32
#12Edward195US #8
#13Raymond190US #14
#14Joseph167US #7
#15Walter166US #11
#16Paul152US #15
#17Jack150US #21
#18Frank148US #9
#19Carl141US #29
#20Clarence138US #25
#21Fred137US #30
#22Harold133US #13
#23Albert129US #18
#24Earl126US #31
#25Ralph124US #22
#26Arthur123US #19
#27Eugene119US #33
#28Floyd119US #59
#29David115US #27
#30Jessie110US #109
#31Ernest106US #36
#32Charlie105US #66
#33Richard105US #12
#34Leonard101US #39
#35Howard100US #24
#36Lee98US #82
#37Lloyd98US #58
#38Ray97US #69
#39Clyde96US #67
#40Elmer94US #44
#41Woodrow91US #91
#42Cecil89US #78
#43Herman88US #61
#44Eddie87US #99
#45Herbert87US #40
#46Harry85US #20
#47Louis85US #28
#48Marvin85US #63
#49Jesse82US #77
#50Leroy82US #55
#51Vernon81US #65
#52Andrew76US #47
#53Lawrence74US #38
#54Samuel74US #43
#55Luther73US #117
#56Chester70US #53
#57Lester65US #62
#58Sam63US #75
#59Troy63
#60Alfred62US #42
#61Virgil62US #103
#62Curtis60US #120
#63Earnest60US #139
#64Alvin59US #76
#65Homer59US #104
#66Oscar59US #88
#67Bill56US #130
#68Claude56US #92
#69Leo56US #49
#70Lewis56US #74
#71Hubert55US #115
#72Johnnie55US #95
#73Melvin55US #56
#74Norman55US #48
#75Allen51US #101
#76Jimmie51US #143
#77Kenneth51US #26
#78Otis51US #146
#79Willis51US #131
#80Daniel50US #51
#81Leon50US #80
#82Loyd50
#83Edgar47US #89
#84Horace45US #127
#85Johnie45US #196
#86Archie44US #142
#87Clifford43US #60
#88Clifton42US #150
#89Elbert42US #179
#90Billy41US #154
#91Everett41US #93
#92Benjamin39US #79
#93Ellis39US #198
#94Rufus39US #190
#95Russell39US #50
#96Marion38US #106
#97Donald37US #17
#98Warren37US #83
#99Wayne37US #90
#100Charley36

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑33Bonnie#62
↑32Lloyd#37
↑28Ora#70
↑27Eddie#44
↑23Betty#65
↑22Allen#75
↑21Leonard#34
↑21Bill#67

Falling

↓34Leon#81
↓27Eunice#100
↓26Johnnie#72
↓24Catherine#99
↓23Nellie#73
↓22Inez#82
↓22Woodrow#41
↓18Elsie#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.