State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,027 Arkansas births in 1924 across 980 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#50Lorene#188 nationally
#49Imogene#182 nationally
#71Troyoutside the national top 200
#83Doyleoutside the national top 200
#84Johnieoutside the national top 200
#84Johnnie#196 nationally
#89Rebaoutside the national top 200
#92Loydoutside the national top 200
#55Rosie#163 nationally
#100Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#97Elbert#195 nationally
#71Erma#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,364US #1
#2Dorothy561US #2
#3Ruby404US #26
#4Helen399US #3
#5Mildred381US #8
#6Betty358US #4
#7Ruth330US #6
#8Juanita280US #48
#9Virginia279US #7
#10Margaret266US #5
#11Martha257US #21
#12Frances230US #10
#13Louise220US #24
#14Hazel212US #42
#15Willie212US #68
#16Thelma207US #33
#17Anna204US #13
#18Lois200US #22
#19Annie199US #32
#20Gladys194US #30
#21Marie180US #14
#22Pauline177US #38
#23Evelyn169US #12
#24Wanda168US #74
#25Doris164US #9
#26Edna161US #31
#27Emma156US #57
#28Geneva155US #110
#29Jessie153US #91
#30Elizabeth144US #11
#31Irene144US #18
#32Opal144US #120
#33Wilma140US #67
#34Lillie139US #97
#35Alice136US #15
#36Lucille136US #37
#37Edith135US #36
#38Mattie126US #109
#39Clara125US #56
#40Bonnie114US #117
#41Geraldine111US #58
#42Maxine111US #77
#43Velma108US #123
#44Myrtle107US #89
#45Beatrice106US #50
#46Ethel106US #39
#47Vera106US #85
#48Bernice104US #47
#49Imogene104US #182
#50Lorene104US #188
#51Lillian103US #23
#52Norma103US #40
#53Sarah103US #54
#54Bertha102US #65
#55Rosie100US #163
#56Alma98US #87
#57Margie98US #102
#58Elsie96US #61
#59Bessie95US #86
#60Marjorie95US #17
#61Christine94US #115
#62Ida93US #70
#63Minnie92US #100
#64Eva91US #66
#65Georgia88US #113
#66Catherine87US #27
#67Katherine86US #59
#68Ella80US #94
#69Billie78US #158
#70Nellie78US #92
#71Erma77US #168
#72Vivian76US #71
#73Lola74US #161
#74Lula74US #146
#75Pearl73US #78
#76Laura71US #72
#77Joyce70US #83
#78Mae69US #114
#79Nancy69US #69
#80Viola69US #82
#81Grace68US #43
#82Jean68US #16
#83Eunice66US #130
#84Johnnie66US #196
#85Mable66US #162
#86Lena64US #112
#87Dora61US #139
#88Mamie60US #156
#89Reba60
#90Rose60US #25
#91Beulah59US #138
#92Carrie59US #135
#93Julia59US #62
#94Violet58US #88
#95Lucy56US #98
#96Eula55US #177
#97Fannie55US #152
#98Florence55US #20
#99Kathryn55US #81
#100Ellen54US #99

Boys

#1James1,507US #4
#2William927US #3
#3John837US #2
#4Robert641US #1
#5Charles549US #5
#6George387US #6
#7Thomas278US #11
#8Willie272US #30
#9Joe241US #35
#10Jack217US #17
#11Edward215US #9
#12Paul213US #14
#13Walter209US #16
#14Henry189US #18
#15Harold172US #13
#16Billy168US #63
#17Carl168US #27
#18Joseph167US #7
#19Frank162US #12
#20Raymond162US #15
#21Roy156US #31
#22Richard154US #8
#23Calvin150US #44
#24Eugene148US #25
#25Albert141US #21
#26David139US #24
#27Clarence133US #29
#28Earl129US #33
#29Arthur126US #20
#30Fred124US #32
#31Kenneth123US #19
#32Ralph119US #23
#33Ernest101US #37
#34Lee101US #83
#35Jessie99US #124
#36Cecil97US #85
#37Howard97US #26
#38Leon95US #76
#39Herman94US #70
#40Louis94US #28
#41Samuel94US #45
#42Ray93US #60
#43Charlie91US #80
#44Harry90US #22
#45Floyd88US #66
#46Herbert87US #41
#47Leroy86US #53
#48Jesse83US #86
#49Clyde78US #69
#50Eddie75US #113
#51Homer75US #109
#52Elmer74US #57
#53Johnnie74US #101
#54Donald72US #10
#55Melvin72US #48
#56Luther71US #127
#57Chester70US #67
#58Junior70US #121
#59Vernon70US #68
#60Bill67US #92
#61Leonard67US #38
#62Marvin67US #50
#63Lawrence66US #36
#64Earnest65US #145
#65Alvin64US #73
#66Lloyd64US #61
#67Otis64US #158
#68Andrew63US #56
#69Sam62US #91
#70Jimmie61US #132
#71Troy61
#72Alfred60US #43
#73Clifford60US #64
#74Lester60US #72
#75Virgil60US #111
#76Norman57US #42
#77Gerald54US #49
#78Hubert54US #115
#79Oscar54US #99
#80Edgar53US #96
#81Willard53US #97
#82Curtis52US #117
#83Doyle52
#84Johnie52
#85Marion51US #112
#86Allen49US #94
#87Lewis49US #77
#88Leo47US #51
#89Benjamin46US #89
#90Jim46US #160
#91Wayne46US #74
#92Loyd45
#93Archie44US #154
#94Ben43US #141
#95Harvey43US #88
#96Daniel42US #47
#97Elbert41US #195
#98Horace41US #143
#99Johnny41US #152
#100Roosevelt40

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑27Bonnie#40
↑24Clifford#73
↑23Imogene#49
↑22Calvin#23
↑22Homer#51
↑21Pearl#75
↑21Joyce#77
↑19Viola#80

Falling

↓35Florence#98
↓27Lucy#95
↓24Harvey#95
↓19Marjorie#60
↓18Marvin#62
↓16Bernice#48
↓16Mable#85
↓15Curtis#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.