State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,242 Arkansas births in 1937 across 795 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#68Ermaoutside the national top 200
#46Rosie#178 nationally
#76Doyleoutside the national top 200
#81Troyoutside the national top 200
#80Johnnie#198 nationally
#42Geneva#158 nationally
#86Donnie#199 nationally
#74Mae#185 nationally
#91Frankieoutside the national top 200
#92Buddyoutside the national top 200
#93Earnestineoutside the national top 200
#75Lula#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,148US #1
#2Betty821US #5
#3Shirley589US #4
#4Barbara453US #2
#5Dorothy374US #8
#6Patsy308US #54
#7Martha281US #24
#8Helen250US #12
#9Joyce228US #11
#10Patricia227US #3
#11Virginia223US #16
#12Carolyn211US #20
#13Wanda211US #55
#14Ruby202US #52
#15Doris197US #22
#16Frances182US #19
#17Margaret181US #10
#18Peggy178US #31
#19Norma143US #33
#20Nancy142US #7
#21Alice136US #28
#22Annie134US #46
#23Bonnie132US #64
#24Willie130US #114
#25Mildred128US #43
#26Anna127US #39
#27Ruth127US #15
#28Wilma122US #80
#29Bobbie121US #122
#30Elizabeth110US #17
#31Evelyn108US #36
#32Billie105US #126
#33Emma104US #89
#34Jo103US #73
#35Linda101US #49
#36Lois101US #29
#37Thelma97US #78
#38Louise94US #48
#39Juanita89US #75
#40Jean83US #23
#41Edna81US #74
#42Geneva81US #158
#43Ann80US #30
#44Sarah80US #65
#45Hazel79US #106
#46Rosie78US #178
#47Alma77US #138
#48Ethel77US #88
#49Glenda76US #146
#50Bertha74US #121
#51Georgia74US #132
#52Carol73US #6
#53Gloria73US #32
#54Shelby73US #119
#55Clara70US #100
#56Jessie70US #144
#57Joan70US #9
#58Velma70US #164
#59Ella69US #134
#60Loretta68US #63
#61Marilyn68US #13
#62Maxine68US #136
#63Margie66US #111
#64Rose66US #38
#65Sue66US #101
#66Sylvia66US #50
#67Gladys65US #86
#68Erma64
#69Vera64US #150
#70Janice61US #25
#71Lillie60US #131
#72Geraldine59US #44
#73Joann59US #58
#74Mae58US #185
#75Lula57US #182
#76Jane56US #42
#77Mattie56US #148
#78Donna55US #21
#79Edith54US #96
#80Johnnie53US #198
#81Minnie53US #156
#82Marie51US #35
#83Bessie50US #143
#84Charlene49US #141
#85Eva49US #117
#86Bernice48US #104
#87Catherine48US #47
#88Laura48US #105
#89Cora47US #176
#90Myrtle47US #169
#91Frankie46
#92Nina46US #196
#93Earnestine45
#94Kathryn45US #108
#95Pauline45US #87
#96Bettye44
#97Joy44US #162
#98Reba43
#99Ruthie43
#100Charlotte41US #67

Boys

#1James1,304US #2
#2Charles784US #6
#3John640US #3
#4Robert620US #1
#5William573US #4
#6Billy566US #22
#7Bobby508US #24
#8Donald320US #7
#9Joe316US #25
#10Jerry301US #17
#11Jimmy294US #45
#12George281US #10
#13Willie266US #32
#14Thomas240US #9
#15Kenneth219US #14
#16Harold200US #21
#17Carl188US #28
#18David181US #8
#19Richard172US #5
#20Jimmie160US #72
#21Paul157US #15
#22Henry155US #30
#23Roy151US #40
#24Raymond135US #19
#25Tommy132US #84
#26Edward131US #13
#27Johnny126US #69
#28Walter121US #26
#29Jack107US #23
#30Bill103US #64
#31Don103US #51
#32Albert102US #37
#33Gerald96US #20
#34Larry95US #16
#35Eugene94US #33
#36Fred92US #35
#37Earl91US #48
#38Floyd91US #80
#39Joseph91US #12
#40Eddie88US #83
#41Jackie87US #107
#42Frank86US #18
#43Clarence80US #54
#44Leroy80US #56
#45Lee79US #78
#46Howard76US #42
#47Johnnie74US #118
#48Jesse73US #102
#49Jessie73US #148
#50Ralph73US #34
#51Ronald73US #11
#52Wayne73US #44
#53Arthur71US #31
#54Melvin71US #50
#55Marvin69US #49
#56Bob68US #81
#57Cecil67US #114
#58Leon67US #85
#59Louis67US #46
#60Curtis66US #109
#61Ray66US #71
#62Clyde65US #93
#63Gene65US #61
#64Herman65US #101
#65Herbert63US #65
#66Lawrence63US #38
#67Franklin62US #77
#68Freddie60US #134
#69Jim60US #82
#70Ernest59US #53
#71Charlie58US #110
#72Vernon57US #96
#73Alvin56US #99
#74Glen56US #122
#75Dale54US #59
#76Doyle54
#77Chester53US #129
#78Samuel52US #66
#79Lloyd51US #91
#80Norman50US #43
#81Troy50
#82Earnest47US #174
#83Alfred46US #60
#84Harvey45US #95
#85Leonard42US #58
#86Donnie41US #199
#87Marion40US #140
#88Lonnie39US #171
#89Calvin38US #125
#90Daniel38US #39
#91Lester38US #116
#92Buddy36
#93Clifford36US #90
#94Gary36US #29
#95Harry36US #41
#96Leo36US #97
#97Luther36US #169
#98Benny35US #179
#99Homer35US #165
#100Andrew34US #79

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑47Linda#35
↑36Larry#34
↑34Glenda#49
↑27Floyd#38
↑26Lawrence#66
↑21Ann#43
↑21Herbert#65
↑18Jane#76

Falling

↓31Donna#78
↓29Lillie#71
↓24Marie#82
↓22Gladys#67
↓22Bessie#83
↓20Franklin#67
↓20Samuel#78
↓19Andrew#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.