State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,838 Arkansas births in 1925 across 947 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#53Lorene#188 nationally
#71Jeweloutside the national top 200
#72Doyleoutside the national top 200
#78Troyoutside the national top 200
#52Imogene#174 nationally
#85Rebaoutside the national top 200
#77Johnnie#189 nationally
#89Ollieoutside the national top 200
#91Jewelloutside the national top 200
#48Rosie#156 nationally
#95Melbaoutside the national top 200
#97Elbertoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,400US #1
#2Dorothy576US #2
#3Betty432US #3
#4Helen371US #4
#5Ruby370US #30
#6Mildred349US #9
#7Ruth323US #6
#8Virginia319US #7
#9Margaret269US #5
#10Martha245US #23
#11Juanita234US #49
#12Willie220US #68
#13Frances212US #11
#14Annie205US #32
#15Hazel200US #45
#16Wanda200US #72
#17Gladys199US #33
#18Doris187US #8
#19Pauline187US #38
#20Evelyn180US #12
#21Thelma176US #35
#22Lois172US #18
#23Louise165US #27
#24Marie165US #16
#25Anna163US #13
#26Wilma160US #62
#27Mattie153US #100
#28Emma150US #57
#29Bernice145US #46
#30Edna145US #37
#31Edith144US #42
#32Jessie143US #97
#33Ethel141US #43
#34Geneva140US #109
#35Lucille138US #41
#36Maxine137US #79
#37Elizabeth135US #10
#38Alice134US #15
#39Margie126US #99
#40Irene125US #19
#41Opal124US #129
#42Lillie123US #91
#43Beatrice122US #50
#44Norma120US #34
#45Billie119US #141
#46Alma117US #94
#47Velma114US #128
#48Rosie113US #156
#49Sarah112US #58
#50Bertha111US #74
#51Georgia111US #112
#52Imogene109US #174
#53Lorene108US #188
#54Marjorie108US #21
#55Bonnie107US #107
#56Ida104US #82
#57Vera104US #86
#58Minnie101US #104
#59Clara98US #55
#60Bessie97US #87
#61Eva97US #71
#62Joyce97US #59
#63Lillian96US #25
#64Geraldine94US #54
#65Elsie92US #63
#66Catherine90US #29
#67Jean87US #14
#68Katherine86US #61
#69Laura85US #75
#70Myrtle79US #95
#71Jewel77
#72Mae77US #116
#73Ella73US #93
#74Nellie73US #98
#75Lola72US #164
#76Vivian69US #76
#77Johnnie67US #189
#78Grace66US #44
#79Mable66US #166
#80Inez64US #139
#81Florence63US #24
#82Viola62US #84
#83Carrie60US #134
#84Pearl60US #90
#85Reba60
#86Kathryn59US #88
#87Lula58US #149
#88Esther57US #56
#89Ollie57
#90Verna57US #153
#91Jewell56
#92Erma55US #162
#93Hattie55US #148
#94Lena55US #124
#95Melba55
#96Patricia55US #28
#97Fannie54US #151
#98Josephine54US #36
#99Christine53US #123
#100Daisy53US #169

Boys

#1James1,422US #4
#2William946US #3
#3John759US #2
#4Robert703US #1
#5Charles521US #5
#6George344US #6
#7Thomas287US #11
#8Willie277US #27
#9Joe242US #34
#10Henry215US #18
#11Harold206US #14
#12Billy201US #49
#13Roy201US #32
#14Edward198US #9
#15Paul192US #13
#16Jack181US #17
#17Eugene170US #24
#18Walter159US #16
#19Frank155US #12
#20Raymond146US #15
#21Clarence145US #30
#22Calvin141US #47
#23Albert139US #21
#24Joseph136US #7
#25Richard133US #8
#26Carl132US #28
#27Earl132US #31
#28David128US #22
#29Floyd126US #58
#30Kenneth126US #19
#31Fred115US #33
#32Cecil112US #87
#33Ralph111US #25
#34Arthur110US #20
#35Jessie105US #123
#36Herman100US #69
#37Clyde96US #68
#38Ray93US #64
#39Jimmie92US #121
#40Leon91US #76
#41Herbert90US #42
#42Jesse90US #85
#43Howard89US #26
#44Leroy88US #52
#45Lee86US #82
#46Samuel85US #46
#47Marvin84US #51
#48Elmer83US #61
#49Ernest82US #37
#50Louis82US #29
#51Junior81US #115
#52Charlie79US #78
#53Earnest77US #148
#54Harry77US #23
#55Clifford76US #59
#56Donald74US #10
#57Lloyd73US #62
#58Lawrence71US #36
#59Johnnie70US #100
#60Vernon69US #67
#61Luther68US #132
#62Bobby67US #150
#63Melvin67US #50
#64Wayne67US #74
#65Bill65US #84
#66Eddie65US #101
#67Norman65US #41
#68Leonard64US #38
#69Leo63US #54
#70Chester62US #73
#71Curtis62US #118
#72Doyle62
#73Gerald61US #45
#74Andrew59US #56
#75Homer58US #116
#76Claude57US #102
#77Harvey57US #88
#78Troy57
#79Lewis56US #79
#80Marion56US #109
#81Hubert54US #124
#82Sam54US #91
#83Alfred53US #43
#84Billie51US #156
#85Daniel49US #44
#86Bennie48US #169
#87Alvin47US #70
#88Glen47US #117
#89Oscar47US #99
#90Lester45US #81
#91Allen43US #94
#92Edgar43US #96
#93Jim43US #147
#94Otis43US #159
#95Archie42US #163
#96Edwin42US #57
#97Elbert42
#98Milton42US #80
#99Gene41US #112
#100Johnny41US #142

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑31Jimmie#39
↑27Wayne#64
↑24Billie#45
↑19Bernice#29
↑19Leo#69
↑18Margie#39
↑18Clifford#55
↑18Harvey#77

Falling

↓38Christine#99
↓27Otis#94
↓26Myrtle#70
↓24Homer#75
↓23Geraldine#64
↓22Alvin#87
↓21Erma#92
↓20Clara#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.