State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,480 Arkansas births in 1932 across 866 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#67Melbaoutside the national top 200
#68Doyleoutside the national top 200
#81Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#83Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#84Rebaoutside the national top 200
#40Rosie#152 nationally
#79Nina#187 nationally
#38Junior#145 nationally
#95Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#35Geneva#137 nationally
#99Loydoutside the national top 200
#100Ernestineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,249US #1
#2Betty960US #2
#3Dorothy490US #4
#4Wanda293US #52
#5Helen281US #8
#6Barbara253US #3
#7Martha241US #27
#8Ruby236US #38
#9Virginia220US #14
#10Margaret212US #7
#11Doris204US #10
#12Mildred197US #26
#13Ruth197US #11
#14Joyce188US #12
#15Patsy188US #77
#16Norma185US #22
#17Billie178US #93
#18Peggy175US #40
#19Frances168US #19
#20Juanita165US #58
#21Wilma165US #65
#22Bonnie160US #64
#23Bobbie147US #113
#24Louise140US #36
#25Willie140US #91
#26Anna139US #24
#27Patricia139US #6
#28Lois138US #20
#29Annie130US #41
#30Hazel128US #75
#31Emma126US #76
#32Evelyn125US #23
#33Alice112US #21
#34Thelma112US #51
#35Geneva108US #137
#36Elizabeth104US #17
#37Carolyn100US #46
#38Gladys100US #54
#39Mattie97US #125
#40Rosie96US #152
#41Velma95US #133
#42Clara93US #70
#43Lucille93US #63
#44Margie93US #102
#45Jo92US #103
#46Bernice91US #71
#47Minnie91US #129
#48Edna90US #50
#49Georgia90US #118
#50Pauline90US #59
#51Joan86US #5
#52Lillie84US #111
#53Ethel83US #66
#54Geraldine83US #42
#55Bessie82US #117
#56Ella82US #108
#57Maxine82US #110
#58Alma78US #119
#59Nancy77US #13
#60Shirley77US #9
#61Jessie76US #126
#62Jean75US #15
#63Marie75US #31
#64Ida73US #105
#65Bertha70US #101
#66Erma70US #166
#67Melba70
#68Eva69US #98
#69Vera67US #121
#70Catherine66US #39
#71Elsie66US #97
#72Gloria65US #25
#73Irene65US #43
#74Sarah64US #67
#75Lillian62US #48
#76Rose62US #33
#77Christine59US #127
#78Mae59US #141
#79Nina59US #187
#80Ann58US #34
#81Bettye58
#82Laura58US #88
#83Dorthy57
#84Reba57
#85Opal56US #179
#86Sue56US #139
#87Charlene55US #170
#88Lena54US #155
#89Nellie54US #123
#90Johnnie52US #190
#91Joy52US #147
#92Beatrice50US #87
#93Edith49US #69
#94Lula49US #157
#95Ruthie49
#96Kathryn48US #107
#97Vivian48US #90
#98June47US #44
#99Marjorie47US #37
#100Ernestine46

Boys

#1James1,332US #2
#2Charles725US #6
#3Robert693US #1
#4John679US #3
#5William657US #4
#6Billy631US #20
#7Bobby431US #30
#8George279US #8
#9Willie262US #31
#10Donald249US #7
#11Joe249US #29
#12Harold240US #18
#13Thomas233US #10
#14Kenneth189US #14
#15David167US #12
#16Edward165US #11
#17Richard164US #5
#18Paul154US #13
#19Roy151US #38
#20Carl149US #28
#21Jack142US #17
#22Jimmy141US #76
#23Henry137US #23
#24Jerry137US #34
#25Jimmie136US #75
#26Raymond134US #19
#27Walter120US #21
#28Frank118US #15
#29Albert115US #26
#30Earl109US #41
#31Eugene108US #22
#32Joseph96US #9
#33Clarence95US #40
#34Eddie92US #91
#35Lee92US #86
#36Leon90US #83
#37Arthur89US #25
#38Junior89US #145
#39Floyd88US #68
#40Ray88US #59
#41Johnny87US #96
#42Bill86US #58
#43Herbert85US #44
#44Don84US #55
#45Fred84US #33
#46Leroy84US #53
#47Cecil80US #108
#48Franklin79US #66
#49Tommy79US #109
#50Marvin78US #46
#51Melvin78US #51
#52Samuel78US #56
#53Gerald77US #24
#54Wayne77US #57
#55Jessie75US #137
#56Ralph75US #27
#57Billie74US #141
#58Curtis74US #103
#59Louis72US #39
#60Howard70US #36
#61Vernon70US #78
#62Calvin69US #119
#63Bob66US #79
#64Charlie63US #90
#65Herman63US #89
#66Johnnie63US #113
#67Clyde62US #82
#68Doyle62
#69Chester60US #112
#70Ernest60US #47
#71Gene60US #64
#72Norman59US #37
#73Alfred57US #49
#74Earnest57US #169
#75Alvin56US #87
#76Harry56US #32
#77Leonard56US #48
#78Andrew55US #69
#79Lawrence53US #35
#80Glen52US #118
#81Lloyd52US #71
#82Harvey51US #95
#83Luther51US #157
#84Jesse50US #99
#85Lonnie50US #179
#86Roosevelt49US #171
#87Dale48US #61
#88Larry47US #65
#89Sam47US #120
#90Marion46US #132
#91Jim45US #104
#92Lewis45US #92
#93Freddie44US #166
#94Virgil44US #139
#95Elmer43US #94
#96Leo43US #74
#97Bennie41US #167
#98Lester41US #101
#99Loyd41
#100Otis41US #174

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑34Junior#38
↑31Melvin#51
↑30Carolyn#37
↑27Melba#67
↑25Mattie#39
↑25Minnie#47
↑25Ella#56
↑25Shirley#60

Falling

↓49Marjorie#99
↓41Lula#94
↓37Jesse#84
↓30Elmer#95
↓29Opal#85
↓26Billie#57
↓24Lawrence#79
↓20Edith#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.