State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,819 Arkansas births in 1921 across 983 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#68Doyleoutside the national top 200
#69Loydoutside the national top 200
#70Troyoutside the national top 200
#42Lorene#172 nationally
#45Rosie#171 nationally
#74Elbert#193 nationally
#82Jewelloutside the national top 200
#82Johnieoutside the national top 200
#91Essie#199 nationally
#93Charleyoutside the national top 200
#95Melbaoutside the national top 200
#98Oraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,190US #1
#2Dorothy507US #2
#3Ruby409US #26
#4Helen404US #3
#5Mildred390US #7
#6Ruth321US #5
#7Margaret280US #4
#8Hazel265US #34
#9Virginia246US #6
#10Willie232US #74
#11Martha216US #21
#12Juanita214US #57
#13Frances212US #9
#14Pauline202US #37
#15Annie197US #36
#16Louise197US #22
#17Gladys196US #24
#18Thelma194US #30
#19Marie191US #14
#20Lois180US #38
#21Evelyn175US #12
#22Anna166US #11
#23Irene164US #18
#24Lucille164US #31
#25Edna162US #27
#26Betty158US #8
#27Edith156US #33
#28Jessie147US #91
#29Alice145US #15
#30Opal143US #103
#31Lillian142US #19
#32Clara139US #45
#33Ethel136US #32
#34Lillie136US #94
#35Doris128US #13
#36Elizabeth128US #10
#37Wilma126US #72
#38Emma125US #52
#39Velma124US #108
#40Alma120US #78
#41Bernice120US #39
#42Lorene120US #172
#43Ida116US #67
#44Maxine116US #77
#45Rosie116US #171
#46Beatrice113US #41
#47Wanda113US #101
#48Marjorie111US #16
#49Vera111US #76
#50Minnie107US #96
#51Bessie105US #75
#52Geneva105US #113
#53Elsie103US #55
#54Mattie103US #105
#55Bertha101US #59
#56Eva95US #63
#57Vivian94US #68
#58Margie91US #106
#59Grace90US #35
#60Myrtle90US #73
#61Katherine88US #49
#62Norma88US #51
#63Sarah88US #54
#64Ella86US #89
#65Geraldine85US #62
#66Audrey83US #82
#67Nellie83US #80
#68Pearl81US #65
#69Georgia80US #117
#70Florence78US #17
#71Bonnie77US #151
#72Christine76US #118
#73Flora76US #156
#74Mabel76US #85
#75Catherine75US #23
#76Julia74US #58
#77Mable74US #155
#78Josephine71US #28
#79Fannie70US #135
#80Mae70US #110
#81Viola70US #66
#82Jewell68
#83Lula68US #143
#84Inez67US #127
#85Maggie67US #173
#86Lena66US #104
#87Cora65US #140
#88Laura64US #71
#89Beulah63US #116
#90Eula63US #170
#91Essie60US #199
#92Jean60US #25
#93Ellen59US #95
#94Eunice59US #120
#95Melba59
#96Hattie58US #144
#97Esther57US #42
#98Ora57
#99Gertrude56US #46
#100Daisy55US #160

Boys

#1James1,336US #4
#2William908US #3
#3John854US #1
#4Robert581US #2
#5Charles448US #5
#6George344US #6
#7Willie289US #34
#8Thomas268US #11
#9Paul224US #14
#10Henry210US #17
#11Edward195US #8
#12Joe194US #36
#13Jack188US #18
#14Roy188US #32
#15Joseph181US #7
#16Harold177US #12
#17Walter170US #15
#18Carl168US #30
#19Raymond160US #16
#20Frank158US #9
#21Eugene152US #26
#22Richard143US #10
#23Warren142US #24
#24Albert138US #20
#25Clarence137US #28
#26Ralph134US #23
#27Earl130US #31
#28Fred130US #33
#29David128US #25
#30Cecil125US #79
#31Arthur115US #19
#32Kenneth111US #22
#33Howard108US #27
#34Louis105US #29
#35Samuel105US #44
#36Floyd102US #63
#37Charlie100US #76
#38Ray98US #67
#39Ernest95US #38
#40Harry95US #21
#41Jessie94US #117
#42Lee90US #86
#43Vernon90US #68
#44Herman89US #64
#45Leroy87US #55
#46Elmer85US #48
#47Jesse84US #77
#48Johnnie80US #108
#49Andrew79US #51
#50Leonard78US #39
#51Lewis74US #71
#52Billy73US #109
#53Clyde73US #69
#54Leon73US #74
#55Lawrence72US #37
#56Marvin72US #59
#57Chester71US #56
#58Lester70US #66
#59Alfred66US #43
#60Herbert64US #42
#61Lloyd64US #58
#62Luther62US #123
#63Oscar62US #92
#64Virgil59US #98
#65Edgar58US #90
#66Jimmie58US #147
#67Calvin57US #131
#68Doyle57
#69Loyd57
#70Troy57
#71Alvin56US #73
#72Homer56US #105
#73Donald55US #13
#74Elbert55US #193
#75Otis55US #151
#76Leo54US #50
#77Wayne53US #81
#78Harvey52US #87
#79Melvin52US #53
#80Sam52US #85
#81Eddie51US #118
#82Johnie51
#83Bill50US #121
#84Claude50US #96
#85Earnest48US #138
#86Norman48US #46
#87Gerald47US #60
#88Curtis46US #122
#89Hubert46US #115
#90Marion45US #102
#91Willard44US #89
#92Clifton43US #160
#93Charley42
#94Allen41US #94
#95Clifford41US #62
#96Horace41US #129
#97Everett40US #95
#98Tom40US #144
#99Glen38US #119
#100Wallace38US #88

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑35Edgar#65
↑30Calvin#67
↑29Wanda#47
↑27Audrey#66
↑26Betty#26
↑26Jimmie#66
↑24Marjorie#48
↑24Catherine#75

Falling

↓40Earnest#85
↓37Curtis#88
↓33Eddie#81
↓22Mattie#54
↓22Charley#93
↓21Clifford#95
↓20Laura#88
↓20Clyde#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.