State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,383 Arkansas births in 1930 across 855 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#62Imogene#188 nationally
#79Loreneoutside the national top 200
#81Bobbie#200 nationally
#82Melbaoutside the national top 200
#87Doyleoutside the national top 200
#91Troyoutside the national top 200
#46Rosie#153 nationally
#64Erma#169 nationally
#96Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#97Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#32Bobbie#135 nationally
#95Mable#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,321US #1
#2Betty845US #2
#3Dorothy533US #3
#4Helen343US #4
#5Wanda309US #56
#6Martha260US #27
#7Ruby255US #36
#8Mildred242US #21
#9Virginia235US #12
#10Billie220US #79
#11Margaret199US #5
#12Juanita189US #57
#13Ruth189US #10
#14Doris187US #9
#15Frances180US #16
#16Wilma168US #68
#17Anna155US #23
#18Willie154US #87
#19Barbara151US #6
#20Evelyn150US #19
#21Lois149US #17
#22Emma144US #73
#23Norma144US #25
#24Joyce142US #18
#25Annie136US #40
#26Louise134US #31
#27Hazel132US #71
#28Elizabeth130US #15
#29Alice128US #20
#30Bonnie126US #78
#31Thelma126US #45
#32Bobbie121US #135
#33Patricia120US #7
#34Patsy119US #97
#35Bernice113US #58
#36Geneva112US #133
#37Lillie112US #111
#38Pauline110US #52
#39Velma110US #127
#40Edna108US #51
#41Peggy107US #67
#42Jessie103US #114
#43Lucille103US #59
#44Maxine102US #93
#45Clara97US #64
#46Rosie97US #153
#47Margie94US #112
#48Marie93US #26
#49Ethel91US #65
#50Jean91US #14
#51Gladys90US #48
#52Georgia88US #117
#53Bessie87US #108
#54Bertha82US #95
#55Marjorie80US #32
#56Alma79US #109
#57Mattie79US #128
#58Ella78US #107
#59Geraldine78US #43
#60Vera77US #104
#61Eva76US #86
#62Imogene74US #188
#63Rose74US #29
#64Erma72US #169
#65Nancy71US #24
#66Mae70US #137
#67Lillian69US #44
#68Ida68US #94
#69Irene68US #33
#70Minnie68US #122
#71Sarah67US #70
#72Edith65US #61
#73Myrtle64US #123
#74Jo63US #131
#75Opal63US #156
#76Shirley63US #11
#77Lula62US #157
#78Beatrice61US #76
#79Lorene61
#80Carolyn59US #72
#81Catherine59US #35
#82Melba59
#83Christine58US #124
#84Joan57US #8
#85Florence55US #38
#86Katherine52US #85
#87Lola52US #162
#88Verna52US #151
#89Ann51US #41
#90Elsie51US #88
#91Nellie51US #113
#92Faye50US #177
#93Kathryn50US #101
#94Gloria49US #30
#95Mable49US #198
#96Dorthy48
#97Johnnie48
#98Naomi48US #139
#99Charlene47US #195
#100Julia47US #90

Boys

#1James1,246US #2
#2William746US #4
#3John720US #3
#4Robert666US #1
#5Billy649US #20
#6Charles639US #6
#7Bobby356US #41
#8George315US #8
#9Willie279US #29
#10Harold230US #18
#11Joe228US #27
#12Thomas219US #11
#13Donald194US #7
#14Kenneth189US #17
#15Henry182US #22
#16Edward178US #10
#17Jack169US #14
#18Roy164US #33
#19Paul161US #12
#20Richard155US #5
#21Carl150US #26
#22David149US #15
#23Joseph144US #9
#24Earl130US #38
#25Walter130US #19
#26Raymond127US #16
#27Billie121US #123
#28Clarence115US #39
#29Eugene113US #21
#30Jimmie112US #86
#31Albert108US #24
#32Arthur107US #23
#33Howard104US #31
#34Ray104US #57
#35Frank102US #13
#36Lee100US #82
#37Floyd99US #61
#38Jimmy98US #102
#39Leon96US #81
#40Jerry94US #51
#41Bill93US #59
#42Ralph93US #25
#43Leroy89US #53
#44Fred86US #32
#45Junior86US #135
#46Eddie83US #97
#47Johnnie83US #104
#48Louis80US #34
#49Wayne80US #65
#50Herbert79US #35
#51Jesse79US #94
#52Herman78US #78
#53Lawrence78US #36
#54Samuel78US #55
#55Jessie77US #133
#56Cecil76US #99
#57Clyde75US #76
#58Vernon75US #72
#59Charlie70US #91
#60Marvin70US #48
#61Curtis69US #106
#62Gerald65US #30
#63Ernest64US #43
#64Gene64US #70
#65Johnny64US #101
#66Harry61US #28
#67Elmer60US #80
#68Bob58US #88
#69Alfred57US #46
#70Alvin57US #79
#71Calvin53US #111
#72Marion53US #126
#73Melvin53US #50
#74Lloyd51US #69
#75Oscar51US #124
#76Andrew50US #62
#77Homer50US #146
#78Chester49US #103
#79Don49US #68
#80Leonard49US #45
#81Bobbie47US #200
#82Luther47US #148
#83Bennie46US #162
#84Earnest46US #153
#85Glen46US #114
#86Lewis46US #87
#87Doyle45
#88Leo45US #63
#89Otis45US #172
#90Harvey43US #92
#91Troy43
#92Hubert42US #137
#93Lonnie42US #193
#94Tommy42US #127
#95Virgil42US #128
#96Freddie40US #171
#97Edgar39US #119
#98Horace39US #158
#99Norman39US #40
#100Jackie38US #157

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑33Patricia#33
↑28Vera#60
↑28Ray#34
↑26Wayne#49
↑25Joyce#24
↑25Alma#56
↑24Jerry#40
↑21Erma#64

Falling

↓30Johnnie#97
↓30Herbert#50
↓27Mable#95
↓20Edith#72
↓20Tommy#94
↓18Mae#66
↓17Ethel#49
↓17Beatrice#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.