State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,195 Arkansas births in 1936 across 808 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#61Doyleoutside the national top 200
#70Ermaoutside the national top 200
#74Jimmieoutside the national top 200
#75Troyoutside the national top 200
#52Rosie#173 nationally
#80Melbaoutside the national top 200
#77Johnnie#193 nationally
#91Frankieoutside the national top 200
#66Lula#175 nationally
#60Velma#167 nationally
#96Ernestineoutside the national top 200
#91Junior#194 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,088US #1
#2Betty818US #4
#3Shirley722US #2
#4Dorothy388US #6
#5Barbara349US #3
#6Wanda248US #56
#7Martha245US #24
#8Patsy233US #52
#9Helen219US #11
#10Patricia203US #5
#11Virginia199US #14
#12Carolyn189US #23
#13Joyce189US #12
#14Ruby189US #51
#15Doris185US #15
#16Peggy182US #35
#17Margaret170US #9
#18Frances167US #19
#19Norma158US #29
#20Mildred142US #40
#21Wilma141US #78
#22Bonnie135US #65
#23Anna129US #36
#24Willie128US #108
#25Alice125US #27
#26Ruth122US #16
#27Annie120US #45
#28Bobbie119US #119
#29Jo119US #72
#30Emma116US #85
#31Nancy116US #8
#32Billie114US #117
#33Lois113US #26
#34Juanita111US #75
#35Elizabeth106US #18
#36Evelyn91US #34
#37Louise91US #46
#38Thelma88US #74
#39Edna87US #71
#40Hazel86US #96
#41Ethel82US #90
#42Lillie81US #124
#43Clara79US #91
#44Sarah78US #63
#45Gladys76US #84
#46Georgia75US #128
#47Donna73US #22
#48Jessie73US #140
#49Marilyn72US #13
#50Jean71US #20
#51Geneva70US #153
#52Rosie70US #173
#53Joan68US #7
#54Alma67US #137
#55Carol67US #10
#56Bertha64US #122
#57Margie63US #102
#58Marie62US #33
#59Rose62US #37
#60Velma62US #167
#61Bessie61US #136
#62Gloria61US #32
#63Maxine60US #127
#64Ann59US #28
#65Loretta59US #70
#66Lula59US #175
#67Ella58US #126
#68Mattie58US #143
#69Bernice57US #95
#70Erma57
#71Geraldine57US #41
#72Minnie57US #148
#73Vera57US #142
#74Jimmie56
#75Edith54US #87
#76Eva54US #116
#77Johnnie54US #193
#78Sue53US #109
#79Sylvia53US #53
#80Melba52
#81Ida51US #130
#82Linda51US #97
#83Glenda50US #150
#84Nellie50US #135
#85Janice47US #31
#86Joann47US #55
#87Joy47US #144
#88June47US #62
#89Lola47US #187
#90Charlene46US #145
#91Frankie46
#92Anita44US #104
#93Catherine44US #44
#94Jane44US #42
#95Elsie43US #123
#96Ernestine43
#97Myrtle43US #160
#98Delores42US #58
#99Lucille42US #92
#100Katherine41US #100

Boys

#1James1,292US #2
#2Charles679US #6
#3John591US #3
#4Billy587US #22
#5Robert571US #1
#6William545US #4
#7Bobby517US #24
#8Donald343US #7
#9Joe327US #23
#10Jimmy296US #46
#11Jerry279US #18
#12George275US #9
#13Willie269US #32
#14Thomas229US #8
#15Harold197US #21
#16David176US #10
#17Roy174US #42
#18Kenneth171US #14
#19Richard166US #5
#20Carl162US #27
#21Jimmie156US #71
#22Paul155US #15
#23Henry139US #28
#24Edward132US #13
#25Tommy126US #91
#26Raymond125US #17
#27Jack120US #20
#28Walter103US #26
#29Johnny101US #72
#30Joseph100US #11
#31Albert99US #34
#32Don98US #51
#33Frank98US #16
#34Eugene96US #29
#35Bill94US #61
#36Earl93US #47
#37Lee92US #76
#38Leroy90US #57
#39Gerald88US #19
#40Fred86US #36
#41Eddie83US #79
#42Leon83US #82
#43Marvin79US #49
#44Clarence77US #52
#45Ray77US #65
#46Wayne76US #45
#47Franklin74US #64
#48Howard73US #40
#49Curtis71US #107
#50Jesse71US #104
#51Freddie70US #134
#52Ralph70US #31
#53Arthur68US #30
#54Louis68US #44
#55Herman66US #105
#56Jessie64US #151
#57Ronald64US #12
#58Samuel64US #67
#59Jackie63US #106
#60Vernon62US #93
#61Doyle61
#62Ernest61US #55
#63Johnnie61US #117
#64Clyde59US #89
#65Floyd59US #86
#66Billie58US #167
#67Charlie58US #103
#68Melvin58US #53
#69Cecil55US #114
#70Larry55US #25
#71Bob54US #77
#72Gene53US #66
#73Alvin52US #96
#74Alfred51US #60
#75Troy51
#76Dale50US #59
#77Calvin47US #124
#78Gary47US #38
#79Leonard46US #54
#80Lloyd46US #88
#81Andrew45US #83
#82Elmer45US #121
#83Glen45US #119
#84Norman44US #43
#85Bennie43US #162
#86Herbert43US #62
#87Jim43US #85
#88Harry42US #39
#89Lewis42US #101
#90Earnest41US #170
#91Junior41US #194
#92Lawrence41US #37
#93Chester39US #127
#94Harvey39US #97
#95Lonnie38US #177
#96Sam36US #131
#97Daniel35US #41
#98Lester35US #115
#99Roger35US #35
#100Travis35

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑33Donna#47
↑27Carol#55
↑25Alma#54
↑24Freddie#51
↑20Loretta#65
↑20Franklin#47
↑18Jessie#48
↑18Calvin#77

Falling

↓28Floyd#65
↓26Eva#76
↓24Cecil#69
↓24Jim#87
↓21Maxine#63
↓21Bob#71
↓17Bernice#69
↓16Margie#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.