State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,901 Arkansas births in 1929 across 861 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#67Johnnie#195 nationally
#79Rebaoutside the national top 200
#80Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#68Mable#188 nationally
#82Earnestineoutside the national top 200
#31Bobbie#146 nationally
#39Rosie#154 nationally
#76Eula#191 nationally
#86Troyoutside the national top 200
#87Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#89Loreneoutside the national top 200
#90Bettyeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,239US #1
#2Betty778US #2
#3Dorothy505US #3
#4Helen343US #4
#5Ruby304US #36
#6Wanda251US #61
#7Mildred239US #18
#8Virginia239US #11
#9Martha223US #27
#10Doris209US #6
#11Margaret205US #5
#12Ruth205US #8
#13Billie188US #79
#14Frances184US #16
#15Willie184US #76
#16Wilma174US #66
#17Juanita169US #60
#18Louise161US #31
#19Evelyn150US #19
#20Anna146US #20
#21Annie140US #37
#22Emma138US #69
#23Norma138US #25
#24Thelma134US #41
#25Lois130US #17
#26Bonnie128US #86
#27Elizabeth126US #15
#28Hazel125US #64
#29Barbara122US #7
#30Pauline120US #50
#31Bobbie119US #146
#32Ethel108US #56
#33Geneva107US #130
#34Alice106US #21
#35Lucille106US #57
#36Patsy105US #118
#37Lillie103US #103
#38Maxine103US #85
#39Rosie103US #154
#40Gladys101US #44
#41Clara98US #65
#42Marie98US #22
#43Bernice96US #55
#44Margie96US #108
#45Edna94US #51
#46Jessie91US #110
#47Geraldine88US #43
#48Mae88US #132
#49Joyce87US #23
#50Mattie87US #121
#51Velma85US #128
#52Edith83US #59
#53Eva83US #83
#54Georgia81US #115
#55Peggy81US #70
#56Minnie80US #124
#57Ella79US #102
#58Sarah78US #68
#59Jean77US #12
#60Bertha76US #93
#61Beatrice75US #72
#62Opal75US #150
#63Ida73US #96
#64Imogene69US #174
#65Myrtle68US #117
#66Patricia68US #10
#67Johnnie67US #195
#68Mable67US #188
#69Bessie66US #107
#70Irene65US #29
#71Marjorie65US #30
#72Nancy65US #32
#73Vivian64US #81
#74Rose61US #26
#75Catherine60US #34
#76Eula55US #191
#77Laura55US #90
#78Lillian55US #40
#79Reba55
#80Ruthie55
#81Alma54US #106
#82Earnestine53
#83Elsie53US #78
#84Nellie53US #113
#85Erma52US #166
#86Lula52US #158
#87Dorthy51
#88Vera51US #99
#89Lorene49
#90Bettye48
#91Carolyn48US #77
#92Ollie48
#93Cora47US #153
#94Essie47
#95Faye47US #183
#96Florence47US #35
#97Christine46US #123
#98Agnes45US #94
#99Ernestine45
#100Josephine45US #45

Boys

#1James1,296US #2
#2William729US #4
#3John699US #3
#4Robert625US #1
#5Charles586US #5
#6Billy553US #23
#7George291US #8
#8Willie283US #29
#9Joe263US #30
#10Bobby260US #50
#11Thomas243US #11
#12Harold205US #16
#13Edward191US #10
#14Henry186US #21
#15Kenneth181US #18
#16Jack178US #14
#17Roy159US #35
#18Donald157US #7
#19Paul153US #13
#20Herbert147US #25
#21Richard145US #6
#22David139US #17
#23Joseph128US #9
#24Eugene124US #20
#25Walter124US #19
#26Raymond122US #15
#27Carl118US #28
#28Clarence113US #37
#29Albert110US #24
#30Earl107US #36
#31Billie106US #122
#32Frank104US #12
#33Fred101US #34
#34Lee94US #85
#35Arthur93US #22
#36Floyd93US #58
#37Jimmie91US #98
#38Jessie88US #129
#39Howard87US #31
#40Leroy85US #51
#41Ralph84US #26
#42Herman82US #75
#43Samuel82US #53
#44Bill81US #63
#45Louis81US #32
#46Marvin81US #46
#47Ernest80US #43
#48Leon79US #81
#49Junior77US #120
#50Vernon77US #71
#51Eddie74US #102
#52Jesse74US #93
#53Cecil73US #101
#54Curtis73US #99
#55Jimmy72US #115
#56Johnnie72US #103
#57Melvin68US #49
#58Charlie67US #87
#59Gene66US #68
#60Lloyd64US #62
#61Alvin62US #77
#62Ray62US #57
#63Chester60US #96
#64Jerry59US #61
#65Lawrence59US #38
#66Clyde58US #74
#67Gerald58US #33
#68Johnny57US #113
#69Harry55US #27
#70Alfred54US #41
#71Elmer54US #70
#72Andrew51US #59
#73Homer51US #141
#74Tommy51US #144
#75Wayne51US #69
#76Earnest48US #155
#77Leonard48US #42
#78Don47US #78
#79Harvey47US #90
#80Lewis47US #84
#81Oscar47US #117
#82Luther46US #145
#83Bob45US #89
#84Edgar45US #116
#85Freddie45US #172
#86Troy45
#87Calvin44US #109
#88Lonnie43US #190
#89Marion43US #118
#90Norman43US #40
#91Hubert42US #124
#92Bennie41US #158
#93Clifford41US #72
#94Dale41US #73
#95Otis40US #177
#96Doyle39
#97Johnie38
#98Leo38US #60
#99Lester38US #88
#100Claude37US #119

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑47Patsy#36
↑26Mae#48
↑26Leon#48
↑23Tommy#74
↑22Jimmy#55
↑19Rose#74
↑18Beatrice#61
↑18Laura#77

Falling

↓43Vera#88
↓29Ray#62
↓28Calvin#87
↓25Elsie#83
↓21Doyle#96
↓20Clyde#66
↓20Leo#98
↓17Lorene#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.