State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,376 Arkansas births in 1922 across 992 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#63Doyleoutside the national top 200
#65Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#72Troyoutside the national top 200
#76Jewelloutside the national top 200
#82Johnieoutside the national top 200
#85Jeweloutside the national top 200
#64Lorene#178 nationally
#52Rosie#165 nationally
#91Ollieoutside the national top 200
#93Melbaoutside the national top 200
#96Charleyoutside the national top 200
#98Mackoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,283US #1
#2Dorothy484US #2
#3Helen414US #3
#4Mildred402US #8
#5Ruby379US #26
#6Ruth315US #5
#7Margaret284US #4
#8Virginia251US #7
#9Hazel227US #37
#10Juanita225US #57
#11Willie225US #70
#12Annie223US #30
#13Martha219US #21
#14Thelma212US #31
#15Frances211US #10
#16Evelyn206US #13
#17Pauline200US #36
#18Louise188US #22
#19Gladys184US #25
#20Betty173US #6
#21Marie170US #14
#22Lucille154US #33
#23Lois152US #35
#24Anna150US #12
#25Edith150US #34
#26Edna149US #29
#27Opal147US #108
#28Alice145US #15
#29Ethel143US #32
#30Doris142US #11
#31Emma141US #50
#32Jessie140US #87
#33Elizabeth138US #9
#34Wanda135US #92
#35Lillian133US #19
#36Irene132US #17
#37Lillie126US #85
#38Bernice124US #41
#39Beatrice121US #43
#40Mattie118US #103
#41Clara117US #47
#42Alma114US #84
#43Geneva114US #110
#44Wilma114US #77
#45Bertha113US #63
#46Bessie111US #81
#47Maxine111US #82
#48Myrtle109US #75
#49Marjorie108US #16
#50Minnie107US #91
#51Ida104US #65
#52Rosie100US #165
#53Elsie96US #59
#54Georgia96US #114
#55Vera93US #79
#56Katherine92US #54
#57Velma92US #113
#58Pearl91US #71
#59Geraldine89US #58
#60Eva86US #64
#61Florence86US #18
#62Josephine82US #27
#63Vivian81US #74
#64Lorene80US #178
#65Imogene79
#66Norma79US #46
#67Bonnie78US #137
#68Sarah77US #51
#69Margie76US #100
#70Lula75US #142
#71Inez73US #130
#72Nellie73US #83
#73Viola71US #72
#74Christine70US #116
#75Ella70US #90
#76Jewell70
#77Laura68US #68
#78Cora66US #140
#79Catherine65US #24
#80Lola64US #161
#81Daisy63US #157
#82Mae63US #111
#83Audrey62US #89
#84Hattie62US #139
#85Jewel59
#86Mable59US #152
#87Ellen58US #95
#88Fannie58US #135
#89Jean58US #20
#90Maggie58US #170
#91Ollie58
#92Grace57US #38
#93Melba57
#94Violet57US #86
#95Erma56US #164
#96Eula56US #174
#97Carrie55US #122
#98Billie54US #190
#99Johnnie54
#100Lucy54US #93

Boys

#1James1,417US #4
#2William869US #3
#3John813US #1
#4Robert610US #2
#5Charles483US #5
#6George350US #6
#7Willie294US #28
#8Thomas265US #11
#9Henry232US #17
#10Joe221US #35
#11Edward202US #8
#12Harold194US #13
#13Jack187US #18
#14Roy185US #32
#15Paul170US #14
#16Joseph165US #7
#17Walter163US #15
#18Raymond160US #16
#19Earl159US #31
#20Clarence152US #29
#21Eugene148US #25
#22Albert147US #20
#23Frank142US #10
#24Carl135US #30
#25Fred133US #33
#26Ralph132US #23
#27Richard129US #9
#28Floyd124US #61
#29David121US #24
#30Louis121US #27
#31Jessie117US #111
#32Arthur115US #19
#33Cecil105US #85
#34Howard99US #26
#35Billy98US #90
#36Kenneth94US #21
#37Ernest91US #37
#38Jesse90US #81
#39Clyde88US #67
#40Herman86US #66
#41Lee85US #83
#42Leroy85US #55
#43Samuel85US #43
#44Charlie83US #72
#45Elmer82US #54
#46Harry81US #22
#47Ray80US #65
#48Vernon79US #68
#49Lawrence77US #36
#50Andrew75US #53
#51Chester74US #64
#52Leonard74US #38
#53Lloyd74US #59
#54Donald71US #12
#55Herbert71US #40
#56Alfred69US #42
#57Alvin68US #73
#58Oscar68US #92
#59Lester65US #69
#60Luther65US #118
#61Eddie64US #112
#62Johnnie64US #105
#63Doyle63
#64Melvin63US #50
#65Warren63US #45
#66Earnest61US #143
#67Marvin61US #56
#68Curtis59US #113
#69Virgil58US #99
#70Homer57US #108
#71Leo57US #51
#72Troy55
#73Leon54US #77
#74Hubert52US #116
#75Gerald51US #58
#76Wayne51US #78
#77Otis50US #156
#78Archie49US #150
#79Edwin48US #52
#80Junior48US #149
#81Sam48US #84
#82Johnie47
#83Calvin46US #128
#84Norman46US #44
#85Clifton45US #168
#86Edgar45US #93
#87Benjamin44US #82
#88Horace43US #132
#89Bill42US #104
#90Elbert42US #184
#91Marion42US #107
#92Allen41US #95
#93Dale41US #89
#94Jimmie41US #140
#95Daniel40US #47
#96Charley39
#97Claude39US #97
#98Mack39
#99Guy38US #141
#100Bennie37US #166

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑20Eddie#61
↑20Curtis#68
↑19Daisy#81
↑19Donald#54
↑19Earnest#66
↑17Billy#35
↑16Josephine#62
↑15Georgia#54

Falling

↓42Warren#65
↓33Grace#92
↓28Jimmie#94
↓22Lorene#64
↓21Edgar#86
↓19Leon#73
↓18Velma#57
↓17Audrey#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.