State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,609 Arkansas births in 1933 across 870 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#50Doyle#196 nationally
#61Melbaoutside the national top 200
#80Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#85Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#66Erma#176 nationally
#95Loreneoutside the national top 200
#97Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#97Troyoutside the national top 200
#53Rosie#155 nationally
#99Dorthyoutside the national top 200
#44Jessie#143 nationally
#39Velma#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,148US #1
#2Betty879US #2
#3Dorothy470US #4
#4Helen312US #8
#5Barbara303US #3
#6Wanda285US #48
#7Ruby263US #43
#8Martha230US #27
#9Joyce214US #12
#10Doris211US #10
#11Patsy211US #65
#12Margaret210US #7
#13Virginia205US #15
#14Mildred190US #32
#15Frances186US #18
#16Ruth175US #13
#17Anna174US #29
#18Billie168US #92
#19Willie166US #93
#20Wilma165US #66
#21Norma162US #23
#22Bonnie161US #68
#23Peggy160US #36
#24Emma140US #75
#25Patricia137US #6
#26Louise136US #39
#27Bobbie134US #114
#28Juanita131US #63
#29Annie129US #37
#30Lois124US #19
#31Hazel121US #82
#32Alice113US #22
#33Thelma112US #57
#34Jessie109US #127
#35Carolyn104US #40
#36Shirley104US #9
#37Nancy97US #11
#38Evelyn96US #30
#39Velma96US #137
#40Elizabeth91US #17
#41Jean91US #14
#42Jo90US #90
#43Edna87US #55
#44Bernice86US #83
#45Minnie85US #135
#46Alma83US #124
#47Clara83US #67
#48Lillie83US #111
#49Ethel82US #71
#50Marie82US #33
#51Maxine82US #110
#52Gladys81US #60
#53Rosie79US #155
#54Sarah79US #58
#55Mattie78US #130
#56Georgia75US #126
#57Bertha74US #106
#58Joan73US #5
#59Mae73US #148
#60Margie73US #95
#61Melba73
#62Lillian72US #51
#63Geraldine71US #42
#64Pauline71US #64
#65Ella69US #113
#66Erma69US #176
#67Geneva69US #141
#68Christine67US #128
#69Rose67US #35
#70Ida66US #109
#71Edith64US #80
#72Eva62US #101
#73Bessie59US #117
#74Gloria59US #31
#75Joann59US #72
#76Sue59US #131
#77Vera59US #121
#78Charlene58US #156
#79Donna57US #24
#80Imogene57
#81Marjorie56US #41
#82Lucille55US #78
#83Lula55US #166
#84Opal55US #182
#85Bettye53
#86Irene52US #46
#87Sylvia52US #84
#88Ann50US #34
#89Lola49US #163
#90Marilyn49US #16
#91Nellie49US #120
#92Catherine47US #44
#93Ellen47US #104
#94Jane46US #47
#95Lorene46
#96Nina46US #177
#97Ernestine45
#98Vivian45US #98
#99Dorthy44
#100Katherine44US #100

Boys

#1James1,333US #2
#2Charles763US #6
#3Billy665US #20
#4John617US #3
#5William608US #4
#6Robert600US #1
#7Bobby447US #26
#8George260US #8
#9Willie252US #32
#10Thomas246US #10
#11Donald243US #7
#12Joe233US #27
#13Harold217US #18
#14Richard182US #5
#15Kenneth181US #15
#16Edward179US #11
#17Roy174US #39
#18Jimmy166US #64
#19Paul162US #14
#20Jerry161US #31
#21David155US #13
#22Henry146US #24
#23Carl145US #28
#24Franklin134US #33
#25Jimmie133US #72
#26Jack126US #17
#27Frank125US #16
#28Raymond121US #19
#29Walter117US #21
#30Eugene113US #23
#31Floyd104US #69
#32Don101US #54
#33Albert100US #30
#34Bill100US #59
#35Lee99US #79
#36Clarence95US #43
#37Joseph95US #9
#38Earl94US #41
#39Ralph91US #29
#40Johnny90US #90
#41Fred89US #34
#42Ray88US #62
#43Gerald86US #22
#44Jessie84US #143
#45Louis83US #40
#46Vernon82US #83
#47Arthur80US #25
#48Howard74US #36
#49Billie72US #146
#50Doyle71US #196
#51Leon71US #85
#52Eddie70US #93
#53Marvin70US #44
#54Samuel70US #61
#55Tommy70US #109
#56Herbert69US #49
#57Leroy69US #56
#58Bob65US #82
#59Curtis63US #107
#60Jesse63US #100
#61Wayne62US #52
#62Gene61US #66
#63Herman59US #96
#64Johnnie59US #115
#65Melvin59US #51
#66Lawrence57US #38
#67Cecil56US #111
#68Charlie56US #95
#69Norman56US #37
#70Clyde54US #87
#71Jim53US #98
#72Roosevelt51US #132
#73Glen50US #124
#74Leonard50US #47
#75Marion50US #133
#76Andrew49US #76
#77Dale49US #65
#78Harry49US #35
#79Alfred48US #57
#80Chester48US #119
#81Freddie48US #156
#82Alvin47US #88
#83Elmer47US #101
#84Ernest46US #50
#85Jackie46US #123
#86Lewis46US #92
#87Calvin45US #112
#88Junior43US #168
#89Luther43US #162
#90Leo42US #75
#91Lloyd42US #73
#92Bennie41US #169
#93Ronald41US #12
#94Larry40US #58
#95Lonnie39US #176
#96Clifford37US #86
#97Troy37
#98Daniel36US #42
#99Darrell36US #148
#100Carroll35US #174

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑27Jessie#34
↑24Shirley#36
↑24Franklin#24
↑24Jesse#60
↑22Nancy#37
↑22Edith#71
↑21Jean#41
↑20Sarah#54

Falling

↓50Junior#88
↓39Lucille#82
↓32Geneva#67
↓25Calvin#87
↓22Catherine#92
↓20Cecil#67
↓18Bessie#73
↓18Eddie#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.