State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,284 Arkansas births in 1920 across 974 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#66Jewelloutside the national top 200
#68Doyleoutside the national top 200
#71Charleyoutside the national top 200
#42Lorene#167 nationally
#79Loydoutside the national top 200
#87Jeweloutside the national top 200
#86Essie#197 nationally
#82Johnie#192 nationally
#91Troyoutside the national top 200
#92Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#95Rebaoutside the national top 200
#57Rosie#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,206US #1
#2Dorothy414US #2
#3Ruby411US #26
#4Helen384US #3
#5Mildred376US #6
#6Ruth326US #5
#7Hazel279US #34
#8Margaret273US #4
#9Marie237US #13
#10Thelma237US #31
#11Martha224US #23
#12Virginia217US #7
#13Gladys208US #22
#14Pauline208US #36
#15Lucille205US #29
#16Frances197US #9
#17Juanita189US #61
#18Willie189US #74
#19Annie184US #35
#20Lois181US #38
#21Opal179US #101
#22Louise174US #19
#23Anna172US #10
#24Ethel165US #30
#25Evelyn165US #12
#26Edna162US #27
#27Elizabeth162US #8
#28Irene161US #17
#29Alice147US #15
#30Edith144US #32
#31Beatrice140US #41
#32Mattie139US #96
#33Wilma129US #78
#34Bernice128US #40
#35Lillie126US #90
#36Minnie125US #87
#37Lillian123US #18
#38Geneva121US #106
#39Bessie120US #71
#40Emma120US #46
#41Velma120US #105
#42Lorene118US #167
#43Jessie113US #84
#44Doris112US #14
#45Eva112US #58
#46Ida109US #66
#47Vivian106US #64
#48Vera105US #75
#49Bertha104US #57
#50Elsie104US #51
#51Sarah103US #50
#52Betty102US #11
#53Georgia100US #113
#54Myrtle100US #68
#55Clara99US #44
#56Ella96US #88
#57Rosie96US #162
#58Katherine93US #45
#59Geraldine91US #60
#60Violet91US #77
#61Maxine89US #81
#62Nellie89US #76
#63Alma87US #80
#64Grace85US #37
#65Pearl83US #62
#66Jewell82
#67Mabel81US #83
#68Laura78US #63
#69Bonnie76US #154
#70Viola76US #59
#71Julia75US #55
#72Marjorie75US #24
#73Florence74US #16
#74Mable74US #148
#75Mae74US #99
#76Wanda73US #117
#77Cora71US #137
#78Inez71US #122
#79Hattie70US #132
#80Fannie69US #127
#81Nancy69US #95
#82Christine67US #118
#83Josephine66US #28
#84Norma64US #69
#85Mamie63US #142
#86Essie62US #197
#87Jewel62
#88Lena62US #98
#89Lula62US #139
#90Esther61US #39
#91Flora60US #149
#92Imogene60
#93Audrey59US #103
#94Lola59US #147
#95Reba59
#96Agnes58US #54
#97Ora57
#98Eula56US #169
#99Catherine55US #21
#100Ollie55

Boys

#1James1,308US #4
#2William938US #2
#3John882US #1
#4Robert563US #3
#5Charles410US #5
#6George343US #6
#7Willie300US #29
#8Thomas277US #11
#9Henry227US #17
#10Paul206US #14
#11Jack202US #20
#12Joe191US #35
#13Frank184US #9
#14Roy171US #32
#15Raymond170US #15
#16Edward168US #8
#17Joseph168US #7
#18Walter165US #13
#19Harold164US #12
#20Clarence154US #26
#21Fred153US #33
#22Earl152US #31
#23Carl140US #27
#24Albert136US #19
#25Eugene129US #30
#26Ralph128US #22
#27David124US #25
#28Richard121US #10
#29Arthur117US #18
#30Howard116US #24
#31Floyd114US #61
#32Warren113US #39
#33Clyde111US #68
#34Jessie108US #111
#35Ernest101US #37
#36Ray100US #67
#37Lee99US #82
#38Cecil97US #77
#39Jesse93US #79
#40Louis93US #28
#41Herman88US #66
#42Samuel88US #44
#43Charlie84US #70
#44Leroy83US #56
#45Earnest82US #140
#46Vernon80US #65
#47Leonard79US #38
#48Eddie78US #104
#49Lloyd78US #58
#50Chester77US #55
#51Curtis76US #120
#52Elmer75US #45
#53Kenneth75US #23
#54Andrew72US #49
#55Harry72US #21
#56Leon70US #75
#57Marvin67US #62
#58Herbert66US #41
#59Homer65US #100
#60Sam65US #84
#61Luther64US #123
#62Johnnie63US #99
#63Melvin61US #54
#64Oscar61US #90
#65Virgil61US #101
#66Alfred60US #42
#67Lawrence60US #36
#68Doyle57
#69Lewis57US #72
#70Otis57US #146
#71Charley54
#72Leo54US #48
#73Billy53US #132
#74Clifford52US #59
#75Bill50US #121
#76Hubert50US #113
#77Alvin49US #76
#78Archie49US #145
#79Loyd49
#80Lester48US #69
#81Wayne48US #86
#82Johnie47US #192
#83Donald46US #16
#84Claude45US #92
#85Glen45US #122
#86Everett44US #95
#87Gerald44US #64
#88Tom44US #131
#89Hugh43US #115
#90Norman43US #47
#91Troy42
#92Jimmie41US #147
#93Clifton40US #157
#94Daniel40US #52
#95Guy40US #154
#96Allen39US #94
#97Calvin39US #139
#98Harvey39US #87
#99Bennie37US #161
#100Edgar37US #89

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑66Warren#32
↑29Charley#71
↑28Violet#60
↑25Leon#56
↑24Geraldine#59
↑24Kenneth#53
↑21Wilma#33
↑18Katherine#58

Falling

↓32Troy#91
↓27Ora#97
↓26Lola#94
↓25Lula#89
↓23Lester#80
↓21Allen#96
↓18Florence#73
↓17Clara#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.