State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,940 Arkansas births in 1926 across 935 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#61Lorene#195 nationally
#77Melbaoutside the national top 200
#37Rosie#156 nationally
#53Imogene#172 nationally
#82Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#83Troyoutside the national top 200
#84Oraoutside the national top 200
#85Rebaoutside the national top 200
#86Doyleoutside the national top 200
#87Johnieoutside the national top 200
#88Jeweloutside the national top 200
#81Johnnie#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,321US #1
#2Dorothy605US #2
#3Betty506US #3
#4Helen393US #4
#5Ruby370US #30
#6Mildred313US #9
#7Wanda269US #66
#8Virginia256US #8
#9Ruth247US #6
#10Martha246US #24
#11Juanita238US #52
#12Willie238US #73
#13Margaret228US #5
#14Thelma207US #36
#15Hazel197US #48
#16Frances195US #10
#17Doris188US #7
#18Annie185US #34
#19Louise173US #27
#20Lois160US #19
#21Evelyn157US #13
#22Marie156US #18
#23Anna154US #15
#24Lucille150US #43
#25Emma148US #59
#26Edna146US #38
#27Pauline146US #39
#28Alice145US #17
#29Gladys145US #35
#30Bonnie138US #105
#31Elizabeth138US #11
#32Wilma134US #67
#33Jessie133US #93
#34Billie132US #122
#35Opal132US #130
#36Geneva131US #117
#37Rosie127US #156
#38Ethel125US #41
#39Lillie124US #99
#40Bertha122US #76
#41Maxine119US #85
#42Mattie116US #109
#43Beatrice114US #58
#44Norma114US #29
#45Edith113US #42
#46Alma112US #91
#47Georgia110US #116
#48Bernice107US #45
#49Bessie101US #89
#50Geraldine95US #54
#51Margie95US #103
#52Clara94US #61
#53Imogene93US #172
#54Velma90US #124
#55Minnie88US #111
#56Myrtle88US #101
#57Lillian86US #28
#58Vera86US #84
#59Irene85US #21
#60Marjorie83US #22
#61Lorene82US #195
#62Catherine81US #31
#63Sarah81US #63
#64Jean80US #12
#65Nellie79US #102
#66Lula78US #154
#67Eva76US #79
#68Barbara75US #16
#69Ida74US #82
#70Joyce74US #44
#71Elsie72US #69
#72Erma70US #157
#73Lola70US #162
#74Christine67US #120
#75Peggy67US #104
#76Katherine65US #72
#77Melba63
#78Mae62US #118
#79Nancy62US #57
#80Florence61US #26
#81Johnnie59US #191
#82Bobbie57
#83Hattie57US #151
#84Ora57
#85Reba57
#86Ella56US #98
#87Inez56US #149
#88Jewel56
#89Vivian55US #80
#90Carrie54US #138
#91Essie54
#92Rose54US #25
#93Eula53US #179
#94Julia52US #75
#95Faye51US #173
#96Josephine51US #37
#97Laura51US #81
#98Lena51US #123
#99Lucy51US #106
#100Beulah50US #148

Boys

#1James1,458US #3
#2William851US #4
#3John779US #2
#4Robert709US #1
#5Charles612US #5
#6George412US #6
#7Willie308US #28
#8Billy288US #40
#9Thomas268US #11
#10Joe238US #33
#11Jack218US #16
#12Harold212US #14
#13Henry209US #19
#14Roy183US #34
#15Edward177US #10
#16Paul174US #13
#17Raymond167US #15
#18Walter161US #17
#19Richard153US #7
#20Carl146US #26
#21Eugene145US #23
#22David143US #22
#23Frank136US #12
#24Earl135US #32
#25Floyd135US #53
#26Kenneth133US #18
#27Joseph132US #8
#28Clarence123US #29
#29Fred123US #31
#30Arthur118US #20
#31Donald114US #9
#32Samuel111US #48
#33Gerald110US #41
#34Ray109US #57
#35Cecil108US #86
#36Albert106US #21
#37Bobby103US #116
#38Ralph101US #24
#39Herbert98US #44
#40Jessie98US #124
#41Howard97US #27
#42Calvin94US #65
#43Vernon90US #66
#44Herman88US #69
#45Louis86US #30
#46Charlie84US #81
#47Leon84US #73
#48Ernest82US #37
#49Lee81US #85
#50Eddie79US #108
#51Elmer79US #61
#52Johnnie78US #104
#53Jesse77US #87
#54Chester76US #79
#55Marvin74US #50
#56Jimmie73US #115
#57Junior73US #117
#58Clyde72US #67
#59Leroy72US #51
#60Billie71US #145
#61Andrew70US #59
#62Lawrence69US #36
#63Earnest67US #147
#64Lewis66US #82
#65Melvin66US #47
#66Harry65US #25
#67Lloyd65US #60
#68Bill61US #74
#69Leonard60US #38
#70Norman60US #39
#71Curtis59US #112
#72Oscar58US #105
#73Sam58US #92
#74Alvin57US #72
#75Lester57US #78
#76Homer55US #123
#77Wayne54US #68
#78Gene53US #91
#79Jerry52US #97
#80Marion52US #113
#81Luther49US #135
#82Claude47US #106
#83Troy47
#84Clifford46US #62
#85Clifton46US #165
#86Doyle46
#87Johnie45
#88Virgil45US #118
#89Daniel44US #46
#90Leo44US #54
#91Hubert43US #131
#92Rufus43
#93Alfred42US #45
#94Allen42US #93
#95Johnny41US #136
#96Loyd41
#97Charley40
#98Jim40US #143
#99Don39US #96
#100Edgar39US #109

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑40Gerald#33
↑25Bonnie#30
↑25Christine#74
↑25Donald#31
↑25Bobby#37
↑24Billie#60
↑21Lula#66
↑21Gene#78

Falling

↓29Clifford#84
↓28Laura#97
↓21Clyde#58
↓21Leo#90
↓20Calvin#42
↓20Luther#81
↓19Bernice#48
↓19Irene#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.