State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,969 Arkansas births in 1931 across 843 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#51Doyle#195 nationally
#68Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#74Loreneoutside the national top 200
#74Troyoutside the national top 200
#77Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#78Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#56Opal#171 nationally
#88Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#52Erma#163 nationally
#53Lula#162 nationally
#94Melbaoutside the national top 200
#82Johnnie#187 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,174US #1
#2Betty840US #2
#3Dorothy443US #3
#4Wanda293US #54
#5Helen283US #6
#6Ruby241US #39
#7Martha233US #28
#8Virginia233US #12
#9Doris203US #10
#10Billie200US #81
#11Margaret180US #7
#12Frances178US #18
#13Mildred178US #26
#14Ruth169US #11
#15Patsy164US #83
#16Barbara154US #4
#17Joyce151US #15
#18Norma151US #22
#19Anna143US #25
#20Wilma143US #69
#21Juanita141US #57
#22Bonnie139US #73
#23Lois139US #20
#24Peggy139US #42
#25Annie137US #41
#26Willie137US #93
#27Louise135US #33
#28Bobbie127US #124
#29Alice120US #21
#30Hazel120US #74
#31Emma119US #76
#32Evelyn113US #24
#33Patricia113US #8
#34Thelma111US #53
#35Edna103US #52
#36Bernice101US #63
#37Clara100US #61
#38Velma97US #131
#39Geneva91US #136
#40Gladys91US #55
#41Pauline89US #56
#42Elizabeth88US #16
#43Maxine88US #101
#44Lillie86US #112
#45Geraldine82US #38
#46Georgia81US #120
#47Jean81US #13
#48Margie81US #107
#49Marie80US #27
#50Marjorie79US #34
#51Alma77US #114
#52Erma77US #163
#53Lula77US #162
#54Lucille76US #62
#55Jo75US #116
#56Opal75US #171
#57Jessie74US #122
#58Nancy74US #17
#59Rosie74US #155
#60Eva73US #94
#61Ethel72US #67
#62Bertha71US #102
#63Joan71US #5
#64Mattie71US #130
#65Ida70US #100
#66Vera70US #111
#67Carolyn69US #60
#68Imogene69
#69Lillian69US #47
#70Bessie67US #113
#71Catherine66US #36
#72Minnie65US #129
#73Edith64US #65
#74Lorene63
#75Sarah63US #71
#76Irene62US #37
#77Ruthie61
#78Bettye58
#79Christine58US #125
#80Rose58US #30
#81Ella57US #110
#82Johnnie57US #187
#83Mae57US #141
#84Joy56US #152
#85Shirley56US #9
#86Vivian56US #82
#87Gloria55US #23
#88Dorthy52
#89June52US #44
#90Laura52US #89
#91Faye50US #158
#92Myrtle50US #134
#93Cora48US #160
#94Melba47
#95Beatrice46US #85
#96Charlene46US #179
#97Ernestine45US #193
#98Ann44US #35
#99Mable44
#100Pearl44US #137

Boys

#1James1,225US #2
#2Charles654US #6
#3John652US #3
#4Robert623US #1
#5William609US #4
#6Billy574US #19
#7Bobby380US #32
#8George293US #8
#9Joe266US #29
#10Thomas233US #10
#11Willie226US #31
#12Donald216US #7
#13Harold196US #18
#14Kenneth195US #14
#15Paul165US #12
#16Jack157US #15
#17Raymond151US #17
#18David149US #13
#19Roy148US #35
#20Henry145US #22
#21Carl139US #28
#22Edward138US #11
#23Richard136US #5
#24Walter120US #20
#25Eugene119US #21
#26Jimmie118US #81
#27Frank114US #16
#28Joseph108US #9
#29Albert107US #24
#30Jimmy107US #89
#31Billie100US #128
#32Clarence100US #39
#33Jerry98US #43
#34Earl95US #40
#35Fred93US #33
#36Bill92US #57
#37Lee90US #90
#38Floyd88US #66
#39Eddie85US #95
#40Howard78US #34
#41Ray78US #60
#42Curtis77US #108
#43Ralph77US #25
#44Arthur75US #23
#45Leon75US #84
#46Herbert73US #41
#47Jesse73US #97
#48Johnnie72US #110
#49Leroy72US #52
#50Marvin71US #45
#51Doyle70US #195
#52Jessie70US #135
#53Vernon68US #74
#54Johnny67US #105
#55Lawrence66US #38
#56Samuel66US #56
#57Don65US #59
#58Gerald64US #26
#59Louis63US #37
#60Alvin58US #80
#61Earnest58US #162
#62Herman58US #83
#63Calvin57US #119
#64Tommy57US #115
#65Elmer56US #82
#66Ernest56US #47
#67Cecil55US #102
#68Charlie55US #94
#69Harry55US #30
#70Lloyd55US #68
#71Wayne55US #58
#72Junior54US #150
#73Oscar52US #129
#74Troy52
#75Bob51US #78
#76Gene51US #64
#77Glen50US #112
#78Norman50US #36
#79Clyde48US #77
#80Harvey48US #93
#81Leo48US #69
#82Melvin48US #51
#83Alfred46US #50
#84Marion46US #133
#85Leonard45US #48
#86Andrew44US #65
#87Jim44US #116
#88Dale43US #62
#89Chester41US #106
#90Bennie40US #169
#91Homer39US #144
#92Lewis39US #87
#93Hugh38US #131
#94Luther38US #156
#95Allen36US #79
#96Bobbie36US #178
#97Freddie36US #171
#98Tom35US #125
#99Ben34US #163
#100Lester34US #96

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑36Doyle#51
↑30Tommy#64
↑24Lula#53
↑23Earnest#61
↑22Don#57
↑21Joan#63
↑21Norman#78
↑19Patsy#15

Falling

↓27Junior#72
↓23Ella#81
↓22Wayne#71
↓22Clyde#79
↓19Myrtle#92
↓17Bessie#70
↓17Rose#80
↓17Mae#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.