State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,129 Arkansas births in 1923 across 940 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#49Lorene#178 nationally
#72Imogene#200 nationally
#78Doyleoutside the national top 200
#79Loydoutside the national top 200
#80Melbaoutside the national top 200
#81Troyoutside the national top 200
#47Rosie#166 nationally
#83Essieoutside the national top 200
#88Rebaoutside the national top 200
#93Jewelloutside the national top 200
#96Johnieoutside the national top 200
#75Billie#177 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,257US #1
#2Dorothy549US #2
#3Helen405US #3
#4Mildred390US #8
#5Ruby378US #25
#6Ruth333US #6
#7Virginia292US #7
#8Willie269US #67
#9Margaret246US #4
#10Juanita238US #51
#11Martha236US #21
#12Frances220US #10
#13Betty208US #5
#14Hazel207US #40
#15Thelma202US #31
#16Marie195US #14
#17Louise189US #22
#18Gladys187US #29
#19Pauline175US #37
#20Evelyn172US #12
#21Annie166US #34
#22Lois166US #27
#23Anna160US #13
#24Edna156US #32
#25Irene154US #17
#26Opal152US #113
#27Elizabeth151US #9
#28Lucille151US #35
#29Wanda151US #80
#30Alice148US #15
#31Doris148US #11
#32Bernice142US #43
#33Edith142US #36
#34Wilma132US #74
#35Lillie129US #91
#36Ethel128US #38
#37Jessie128US #94
#38Geneva125US #111
#39Emma123US #53
#40Clara121US #49
#41Marjorie121US #16
#42Maxine117US #76
#43Beatrice114US #46
#44Lillian108US #20
#45Velma108US #116
#46Margie106US #101
#47Rosie106US #166
#48Geraldine105US #58
#49Lorene104US #178
#50Ida102US #68
#51Georgia101US #112
#52Mattie98US #106
#53Minnie98US #99
#54Alma97US #89
#55Myrtle96US #84
#56Ella93US #93
#57Elsie93US #61
#58Nellie92US #88
#59Bessie89US #81
#60Vera87US #82
#61Sarah85US #54
#62Bertha84US #64
#63Florence84US #18
#64Eva82US #66
#65Vivian80US #69
#66Norma79US #41
#67Bonnie76US #126
#68Lucy74US #92
#69Mable73US #162
#70Lola72US #157
#71Christine70US #120
#72Imogene69US #200
#73Catherine68US #24
#74Katherine65US #60
#75Billie64US #177
#76Hattie64US #147
#77Jean64US #19
#78Naomi63US #137
#79Grace62US #39
#80Melba62
#81Inez61US #141
#82Laura61US #73
#83Essie60
#84Lula60US #151
#85Mabel60US #102
#86Nina60US #182
#87Mamie59US #154
#88Reba59
#89Fannie58US #142
#90Josephine57US #30
#91Violet57US #86
#92Flora56US #161
#93Jewell56
#94Mae56US #109
#95Nancy56US #75
#96Pearl56US #78
#97Beulah55US #129
#98Joyce55US #104
#99Viola55US #79
#100Eula54US #171

Boys

#1James1,397US #4
#2William931US #3
#3John829US #1
#4Robert647US #2
#5Charles447US #5
#6George376US #6
#7Willie271US #30
#8Thomas267US #12
#9Jack227US #17
#10Henry224US #18
#11Roy188US #32
#12Edward186US #8
#13Joe185US #35
#14Harold182US #13
#15Paul177US #14
#16Joseph173US #7
#17Carl172US #28
#18Raymond171US #15
#19Walter157US #16
#20Frank145US #11
#21Richard140US #9
#22Eugene138US #25
#23Clarence136US #29
#24Earl136US #31
#25Ralph136US #23
#26Kenneth135US #21
#27Albert123US #20
#28Fred116US #33
#29Arthur113US #19
#30Cecil113US #87
#31David109US #24
#32Billy105US #78
#33Louis104US #27
#34Jessie103US #119
#35Floyd100US #64
#36Charlie97US #79
#37Herman94US #66
#38Clyde93US #68
#39Lee92US #85
#40Ray92US #61
#41Ernest90US #38
#42Elmer89US #57
#43Jesse87US #83
#44Marvin85US #51
#45Calvin84US #82
#46Leon82US #77
#47Howard81US #26
#48Vernon80US #67
#49Chester75US #63
#50Donald75US #10
#51Harry74US #22
#52Leroy74US #55
#53Melvin72US #48
#54Samuel72US #45
#55Herbert71US #40
#56Johnnie70US #107
#57Lawrence68US #36
#58Lloyd68US #59
#59Eddie67US #110
#60Jimmie67US #141
#61Leonard67US #37
#62Andrew63US #53
#63Warren63US #43
#64Bill62US #98
#65Earnest62US #146
#66Virgil62US #100
#67Curtis61US #116
#68Alvin59US #73
#69Luther59US #126
#70Norman58US #44
#71Harvey57US #91
#72Junior57US #139
#73Homer56US #113
#74Lewis54US #74
#75Gerald53US #54
#76Leo53US #49
#77Otis53US #165
#78Doyle52
#79Loyd52
#80Marion52US #106
#81Troy52
#82Everett51US #99
#83Oscar50US #96
#84Wayne50US #75
#85Horace48US #134
#86Hubert48US #117
#87Lester47US #71
#88Sam47US #89
#89Alfred46US #42
#90Edwin46US #56
#91Billie44US #184
#92Claude44US #103
#93Edgar44US #94
#94Wallace44US #69
#95Elbert43US #183
#96Johnie43
#97Clifford41US #65
#98Johnny41US #159
#99Charley40
#100Jim39US #167

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑38Calvin#45
↑34Jimmie#60
↑32Lucy#68
↑27Leon#46
↑25Bill#64
↑23Margie#46
↑23Billie#75
↑23Marvin#44

Falling

↓38Pearl#96
↓33Alfred#89
↓28Josephine#90
↓28Lester#87
↓26Viola#99
↓25Oscar#83
↓18Katherine#74
↓17Bertha#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.