State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,288 Arkansas births in 1927 across 910 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#62Doyleoutside the national top 200
#62Bobbie#194 nationally
#76Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#77Loreneoutside the national top 200
#78Loydoutside the national top 200
#35Imogene#157 nationally
#36Rosie#152 nationally
#85Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#82Johnnie#191 nationally
#92Troyoutside the national top 200
#95Melbaoutside the national top 200
#95Johnieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,344US #1
#2Betty605US #3
#3Dorothy541US #2
#4Helen419US #4
#5Ruby335US #30
#6Mildred303US #11
#7Virginia279US #8
#8Wanda257US #66
#9Ruth252US #6
#10Juanita238US #55
#11Willie237US #71
#12Margaret236US #5
#13Martha224US #24
#14Doris217US #7
#15Annie199US #36
#16Frances192US #12
#17Hazel191US #53
#18Lois177US #19
#19Wilma177US #68
#20Louise176US #27
#21Thelma175US #38
#22Billie172US #109
#23Anna160US #16
#24Jessie154US #95
#25Emma148US #64
#26Lillie145US #94
#27Bernice144US #49
#28Edna144US #40
#29Evelyn144US #15
#30Pauline138US #42
#31Marie137US #20
#32Clara132US #63
#33Alice129US #17
#34Elizabeth126US #13
#35Imogene124US #157
#36Rosie123US #152
#37Bonnie119US #100
#38Norma119US #26
#39Edith115US #48
#40Gladys112US #37
#41Ethel110US #47
#42Alma108US #97
#43Jean103US #14
#44Velma103US #118
#45Maxine102US #87
#46Geneva98US #119
#47Mattie98US #113
#48Bessie96US #88
#49Ella95US #98
#50Margie95US #104
#51Irene94US #21
#52Minnie94US #114
#53Geraldine92US #58
#54Lucille92US #45
#55Opal91US #141
#56Georgia90US #120
#57Ida89US #84
#58Joyce87US #35
#59Lillian86US #32
#60Bertha83US #80
#61Christine83US #117
#62Bobbie82US #194
#63Sarah81US #61
#64Eva79US #79
#65Marjorie77US #25
#66Vivian76US #77
#67Elsie75US #72
#68Barbara72US #10
#69Mae72US #125
#70Myrtle72US #110
#71Catherine70US #31
#72Lena69US #130
#73Nellie69US #105
#74Vera69US #89
#75Beatrice67US #67
#76Ruthie65
#77Lorene64
#78Dora62US #140
#79Laura62US #82
#80Erma60US #161
#81Peggy59US #96
#82Johnnie58US #191
#83Kathryn58US #90
#84Nancy58US #56
#85Dorthy56
#86Florence55US #28
#87Patsy55US #168
#88Eula54US #176
#89Faye54US #187
#90Gloria54US #22
#91Inez54US #149
#92Katherine54US #73
#93Lola54US #154
#94Lucy54US #112
#95Melba54
#96Lula53US #150
#97Naomi53US #137
#98Jewel52
#99Rose52US #23
#100Essie51

Boys

#1James1,388US #3
#2William793US #4
#3John781US #2
#4Charles650US #5
#5Robert609US #1
#6Billy400US #31
#7George323US #7
#8Willie297US #27
#9Joe238US #30
#10Thomas231US #11
#11Harold218US #14
#12Roy203US #34
#13Henry185US #19
#14Jack185US #16
#15Paul179US #13
#16Edward171US #10
#17Raymond169US #15
#18Richard163US #6
#19Frank162US #12
#20Eugene157US #20
#21Walter155US #17
#22Clarence149US #32
#23Joseph147US #9
#24Donald144US #8
#25Carl140US #26
#26Floyd137US #53
#27David132US #21
#28Kenneth127US #18
#29Earl123US #33
#30Albert119US #23
#31Bobby119US #91
#32Fred116US #35
#33Ralph114US #24
#34Arthur107US #22
#35Charlie106US #80
#36Billie97US #135
#37Eddie95US #103
#38Clyde92US #68
#39Lee91US #86
#40Jessie90US #124
#41Cecil89US #92
#42Jimmie89US #108
#43Ray89US #60
#44Howard88US #28
#45Calvin87US #73
#46Herman85US #70
#47Louis85US #29
#48Bill84US #69
#49Junior84US #119
#50Ernest83US #41
#51Leroy83US #51
#52Vernon83US #71
#53Chester81US #85
#54Samuel81US #49
#55Herbert77US #42
#56Melvin77US #48
#57Johnnie76US #105
#58Jesse75US #89
#59Gerald74US #38
#60Harry72US #25
#61Elmer70US #61
#62Doyle67
#63Curtis66US #118
#64Marvin66US #47
#65Lloyd64US #58
#66Gene62US #72
#67Andrew61US #56
#68Leon61US #78
#69Alfred60US #45
#70Leonard60US #40
#71Sam60US #102
#72Wayne60US #67
#73Norman59US #39
#74Virgil59US #121
#75Alvin58US #66
#76Clifford56US #65
#77Luther55US #139
#78Loyd54
#79Lawrence53US #37
#80Oscar52US #113
#81Edgar49US #107
#82Homer48US #129
#83Clifton47US #164
#84Johnny47US #132
#85Leo47US #55
#86Don45US #90
#87Harvey45US #94
#88Lester45US #83
#89Bennie44US #174
#90Claude44US #114
#91Otis44US #167
#92Troy44
#93Jerry43US #93
#94Jimmy42US #158
#95Johnie42
#96Marion42US #117
#97Lewis39US #82
#98Wallace39US #96
#99Allen38US #95
#100Roosevelt38

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑37Ella#49
↑26Lena#72
↑24Billie#36
↑24Doyle#62
↑24Alfred#69
↑23Vivian#66
↑21Bernice#27
↑21Jean#43

Falling

↓33Lewis#97
↓32Beatrice#75
↓30Lucille#54
↓30Lula#96
↓26Gerald#59
↓22Samuel#54
↓21Leon#68
↓20Opal#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.