State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,384 Arkansas births in 1928 across 854 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#30Bobbie#166 nationally
#72Loreneoutside the national top 200
#75Melbaoutside the national top 200
#75Doyleoutside the national top 200
#80Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#62Johnnie#182 nationally
#83Loydoutside the national top 200
#86Troyoutside the national top 200
#87Oraoutside the national top 200
#90Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#57Imogene#163 nationally
#52Rosie#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,173US #1
#2Betty671US #2
#3Dorothy507US #3
#4Helen377US #4
#5Ruby310US #34
#6Mildred266US #15
#7Virginia255US #9
#8Martha245US #22
#9Wanda234US #63
#10Ruth212US #6
#11Billie207US #96
#12Juanita199US #58
#13Willie188US #74
#14Margaret187US #5
#15Doris174US #7
#16Thelma173US #40
#17Frances167US #13
#18Anna166US #16
#19Lois159US #18
#20Hazel158US #59
#21Wilma156US #69
#22Alice152US #19
#23Annie150US #37
#24Emma145US #67
#25Louise145US #31
#26Norma133US #23
#27Marie130US #21
#28Evelyn126US #17
#29Edna123US #45
#30Bobbie122US #166
#31Bonnie117US #89
#32Lillie115US #104
#33Clara114US #65
#34Geneva114US #124
#35Maxine113US #84
#36Gladys112US #41
#37Bernice106US #53
#38Barbara104US #8
#39Ethel104US #55
#40Pauline102US #48
#41Elizabeth101US #14
#42Jessie96US #109
#43Georgia94US #115
#44Lucille94US #51
#45Vera94US #92
#46Mattie92US #121
#47Velma91US #114
#48Edith90US #56
#49Jean90US #12
#50Joyce90US #30
#51Geraldine89US #50
#52Rosie86US #156
#53Margie85US #108
#54Ida84US #87
#55Eva83US #79
#56Patricia81US #11
#57Imogene80US #163
#58Elsie76US #73
#59Peggy76US #76
#60Sarah76US #64
#61Ella75US #100
#62Johnnie74US #182
#63Minnie73US #118
#64Bertha72US #81
#65Bessie72US #101
#66Irene72US #28
#67Opal71US #146
#68Alma70US #107
#69Erma69US #157
#70Lula69US #158
#71Marjorie68US #29
#72Lorene67
#73Lillian66US #35
#74Mae66US #130
#75Melba66
#76Nellie63US #111
#77Gloria62US #25
#78Katherine62US #75
#79Beatrice60US #70
#80Bettye59
#81Myrtle59US #116
#82Catherine58US #33
#83Patsy57US #145
#84Vivian56US #78
#85Florence54US #32
#86Nancy54US #43
#87Ora54
#88Kathryn53US #99
#89Christine51US #120
#90Dorthy50
#91Lola50US #164
#92Lucy50US #112
#93Rose50US #24
#94Daisy49US #169
#95Laura49US #83
#96Ernestine48US #193
#97Reba48
#98Ollie47
#99Julia46US #80
#100Jewel45

Boys

#1James1,278US #3
#2William749US #4
#3John697US #2
#4Robert617US #1
#5Charles581US #5
#6Billy455US #27
#7George340US #8
#8Willie275US #29
#9Thomas260US #11
#10Joe243US #30
#11Jack210US #15
#12Harold198US #14
#13Roy192US #34
#14Edward183US #10
#15Bobby173US #65
#16Henry173US #21
#17Paul156US #13
#18Eugene151US #20
#19Raymond149US #16
#20Richard149US #6
#21Walter149US #18
#22Herbert140US #25
#23Earl139US #37
#24Donald134US #7
#25Kenneth134US #17
#26Carl129US #28
#27Frank123US #12
#28David122US #19
#29Fred113US #36
#30Ralph112US #24
#31Clarence110US #35
#32Albert107US #23
#33Ray106US #57
#34Billie104US #133
#35Joseph104US #9
#36Samuel100US #52
#37Floyd99US #54
#38Howard99US #31
#39Arthur90US #22
#40Jessie90US #124
#41Jimmie89US #100
#42Junior88US #120
#43Lee88US #87
#44Jesse87US #91
#45Cecil82US #97
#46Clyde81US #74
#47Herman80US #78
#48Vernon80US #70
#49Bill78US #64
#50Curtis77US #101
#51Ernest77US #43
#52Gerald77US #41
#53Louis77US #32
#54Eddie73US #105
#55Leroy73US #51
#56Melvin73US #48
#57Charlie72US #80
#58Alvin70US #72
#59Calvin70US #94
#60Marvin68US #46
#61Alfred67US #33
#62Chester67US #88
#63Harry67US #26
#64Johnny67US #117
#65Lloyd66US #59
#66Gene64US #62
#67Andrew61US #60
#68Elmer60US #63
#69Wayne60US #69
#70Luther59US #145
#71Johnnie58US #103
#72Jerry57US #79
#73Lawrence54US #38
#74Leon54US #81
#75Doyle52
#76Harvey52US #90
#77Jimmy52US #138
#78Leo52US #61
#79Leonard50US #42
#80Hubert49US #121
#81Don48US #84
#82Earnest48US #153
#83Loyd48
#84Marion46US #118
#85Tom45US #135
#86Troy44
#87Norman43US #39
#88Homer41US #131
#89Benjamin40US #106
#90Horace40US #147
#91Freddie39US #191
#92Clifford38US #68
#93Jim38US #137
#94Virgil38US #126
#95Willis38US #148
#96Lewis37US #86
#97Tommy37US #151
#98Dale36US #75
#99Glenn36US #76
#100Lester36US #89

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑33Herbert#22
↑32Bobbie#30
↑30Barbara#38
↑29Vera#45
↑26Lula#70
↑22Peggy#59
↑21Jerry#72
↑20Johnnie#62

Falling

↓28Christine#89
↓26Alma#68
↓22Imogene#57
↓22Charlie#57
↓20Virgil#94
↓18Jessie#42
↓18Vivian#84
↓17Bessie#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.