State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,296 Arkansas births in 1935 across 878 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#66Doyle#199 nationally
#71Melbaoutside the national top 200
#65Erma#189 nationally
#79Hueyoutside the national top 200
#47Rosie#166 nationally
#88Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#90Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#91Troyoutside the national top 200
#92Ollieoutside the national top 200
#85Junior#191 nationally
#95Eulaoutside the national top 200
#97Rebaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,229US #1
#2Betty876US #4
#3Shirley594US #2
#4Dorothy416US #6
#5Barbara392US #3
#6Wanda299US #49
#7Martha267US #24
#8Helen251US #10
#9Virginia234US #16
#10Doris219US #13
#11Patsy218US #56
#12Ruby214US #41
#13Joyce203US #12
#14Margaret202US #8
#15Patricia185US #5
#16Norma180US #29
#17Bonnie179US #62
#18Frances176US #19
#19Lois169US #21
#20Mildred168US #35
#21Billie161US #106
#22Wilma153US #70
#23Carolyn149US #28
#24Ruth145US #15
#25Anna142US #34
#26Peggy142US #36
#27Bobbie138US #116
#28Nancy135US #9
#29Willie133US #99
#30Annie117US #38
#31Evelyn116US #31
#32Juanita116US #72
#33Emma114US #89
#34Edna113US #67
#35Alice104US #25
#36Jo104US #73
#37Louise102US #45
#38Elizabeth95US #17
#39Clara91US #81
#40Hazel89US #92
#41Margie89US #100
#42Maxine88US #120
#43Sarah88US #61
#44Thelma87US #76
#45Joan85US #7
#46Lillie83US #118
#47Rosie82US #166
#48Marilyn81US #14
#49Ethel80US #82
#50Eva80US #110
#51Velma80US #147
#52Bernice76US #90
#53Jean76US #18
#54Marie76US #33
#55Ella75US #122
#56Geraldine75US #40
#57Gladys75US #78
#58Geneva74US #156
#59Georgia74US #123
#60Vera72US #124
#61Mattie70US #136
#62Edith69US #87
#63Minnie69US #139
#64Bertha67US #114
#65Erma67US #189
#66Jessie67US #135
#67Ann66US #30
#68Glenda66US #169
#69Ida66US #121
#70Gloria65US #32
#71Melba64
#72Bessie63US #129
#73Nellie63US #131
#74Rose62US #37
#75Mae61US #160
#76Sue61US #115
#77Christine59US #130
#78Charlene58US #146
#79Alma57US #132
#80Donna57US #23
#81Lillian57US #66
#82Carol56US #11
#83Joann55US #53
#84Nina55US #184
#85Loretta54US #69
#86Sylvia54US #60
#87Beatrice53US #107
#88Ruthie53
#89Pauline52US #80
#90Bettye51
#91Johnnie51US #193
#92Ollie51
#93Jane50US #43
#94Joy50US #148
#95Eula49
#96Lucille49US #85
#97Reba49
#98Catherine48US #42
#99Elsie47US #113
#100Lorene46

Boys

#1James1,376US #2
#2Charles801US #6
#3Billy673US #19
#4John650US #3
#5Robert638US #1
#6William609US #4
#7Bobby502US #24
#8Donald351US #7
#9Joe291US #25
#10George285US #8
#11Jimmy280US #47
#12Willie263US #30
#13Thomas249US #9
#14Jerry236US #22
#15Harold224US #20
#16Richard212US #5
#17Kenneth202US #15
#18David176US #11
#19Paul166US #14
#20Edward159US #13
#21Henry153US #27
#22Jimmie153US #69
#23Carl152US #28
#24Roy148US #40
#25Bill132US #60
#26Johnny132US #74
#27Don128US #51
#28Jack123US #18
#29Walter121US #23
#30Raymond120US #17
#31Earl108US #46
#32Clarence103US #48
#33Eugene101US #26
#34Frank101US #16
#35Albert97US #31
#36Leroy92US #50
#37Floyd88US #76
#38Wayne87US #49
#39Gerald85US #21
#40Tommy84US #95
#41Arthur83US #29
#42Joseph83US #10
#43Ralph82US #32
#44Howard81US #39
#45Cecil80US #109
#46Lee80US #80
#47Marvin79US #45
#48Fred76US #34
#49Louis76US #42
#50Bob75US #81
#51Eddie74US #87
#52Johnnie74US #118
#53Ray74US #64
#54Clyde73US #82
#55Curtis70US #108
#56Charlie69US #100
#57Ernest69US #55
#58Jackie69US #102
#59Leon69US #86
#60Samuel69US #62
#61Jesse68US #104
#62Herman67US #101
#63Jim67US #90
#64Jessie66US #140
#65Gene64US #66
#66Doyle62US #199
#67Franklin62US #71
#68Ronald61US #12
#69Billie60US #168
#70Norman60US #38
#71Melvin59US #57
#72Vernon58US #94
#73Herbert57US #58
#74Alvin56US #91
#75Freddie56US #145
#76Larry56US #33
#77Dale55US #61
#78Alfred54US #63
#79Huey54
#80Glen53US #124
#81Glenn53US #78
#82Harvey50US #99
#83Lawrence50US #35
#84Earnest49US #163
#85Junior49US #191
#86Harry48US #37
#87Bennie45US #155
#88Leonard45US #54
#89Lloyd45US #84
#90Max45US #128
#91Troy45
#92Carroll44US #172
#93Elmer44US #115
#94Roosevelt44US #179
#95Calvin42US #127
#96Chester42US #121
#97Buddy40
#98Darrell40US #136
#99Clifford39US #88
#100Marion39US #134

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑34Cecil#45
↑30Bertha#64
↑24Norman#70
↑18Eva#50
↑17Margie#41
↑17Maxine#42
↑16Nina#84
↑15Ronald#68

Falling

↓32Franklin#67
↓25Joy#94
↓23Sue#76
↓23Pauline#89
↓22Harry#86
↓20Johnnie#91
↓19Curtis#55
↓18Erma#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.