State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,422 Arkansas births in 1941 across 844 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#63Ermaoutside the national top 200
#65Doyleoutside the national top 200
#60Rosie#177 nationally
#75Johnnie#192 nationally
#73Velma#188 nationally
#87Sammyoutside the national top 200
#78Mae#191 nationally
#33Bobbie#145 nationally
#90Troyoutside the national top 200
#79Carroll#188 nationally
#80Earnest#185 nationally
#99Melbaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,223US #1
#2Betty766US #7
#3Barbara557US #2
#4Linda520US #5
#5Shirley513US #10
#6Carolyn427US #11
#7Patsy352US #52
#8Dorothy350US #14
#9Patricia346US #3
#10Wanda290US #53
#11Joyce275US #13
#12Martha256US #25
#13Margaret243US #12
#14Helen235US #24
#15Peggy217US #39
#16Doris200US #38
#17Nancy191US #8
#18Virginia191US #23
#19Ruby187US #69
#20Alice150US #34
#21Brenda148US #41
#22Elizabeth148US #21
#23Judy147US #16
#24Bonnie145US #33
#25Frances143US #31
#26Glenda137US #96
#27Anna136US #56
#28Sandra136US #9
#29Norma135US #47
#30Lois122US #43
#31Jo121US #66
#32Marilyn121US #30
#33Bobbie120US #145
#34Gloria119US #26
#35Annie116US #59
#36Wilma116US #106
#37Ruth115US #28
#38Judith113US #6
#39Carol111US #4
#40Mildred108US #64
#41Donna102US #20
#42Emma101US #99
#43Evelyn101US #50
#44Edna98US #89
#45Phyllis97US #35
#46Willie94US #136
#47Margie93US #122
#48Billie90US #149
#49Janice90US #22
#50Louise87US #62
#51Hazel86US #131
#52Sarah86US #60
#53Thelma84US #108
#54Ann80US #37
#55Sue80US #75
#56Juanita79US #84
#57Beverly75US #29
#58Sharon75US #15
#59Charlotte72US #55
#60Rosie72US #177
#61Clara71US #111
#62Lillie70US #144
#63Erma68
#64Mattie67US #164
#65Alma65US #163
#66Georgia64US #127
#67Jean63US #32
#68Maxine63US #139
#69Sylvia63US #65
#70Julia62US #88
#71Rose62US #49
#72Ida61US #148
#73Velma61US #188
#74Joann60US #58
#75Johnnie59US #192
#76Ethel58US #116
#77Loretta58US #81
#78Mae58US #191
#79Bessie56US #173
#80Jane56US #46
#81Joan55US #17
#82Rebecca55US #86
#83Vera55US #170
#84Bertha54US #140
#85Pat54US #134
#86Bernice53US #133
#87Ellen53US #67
#88Eva53US #135
#89Charlene52US #125
#90Edith52US #103
#91Gladys52US #118
#92Lynda51US #153
#93Ella50US #141
#94Jessie49US #165
#95Laura49US #115
#96Geneva48US #180
#97Marie48US #42
#98Anita46US #91
#99Melba46
#100Bettye45

Boys

#1James1,460US #1
#2John776US #3
#3Charles741US #6
#4William698US #4
#5Robert671US #2
#6Jerry625US #14
#7Billy526US #27
#8Bobby462US #35
#9Jimmy377US #45
#10Donald333US #10
#11Thomas325US #8
#12Larry324US #11
#13Joe301US #30
#14David300US #7
#15George285US #13
#16Willie257US #36
#17Richard248US #5
#18Kenneth225US #15
#19Carl197US #29
#20Roy192US #39
#21Harold183US #24
#22Johnny183US #55
#23Tommy178US #71
#24Paul169US #18
#25Henry157US #28
#26Edward147US #17
#27Ronald141US #9
#28Jimmie136US #89
#29Gary128US #19
#30Raymond124US #22
#31Walter124US #26
#32Joseph123US #12
#33Curtis116US #100
#34Don114US #66
#35Frank110US #21
#36Earl107US #58
#37Eddie107US #78
#38Gerald107US #20
#39Albert95US #40
#40Bill93US #68
#41Jack93US #32
#42Arthur91US #33
#43Jackie90US #110
#44Floyd89US #102
#45Lee88US #81
#46Leon84US #93
#47Melvin84US #56
#48Eugene82US #42
#49Gene81US #72
#50Louis79US #50
#51Clarence78US #62
#52Wayne78US #37
#53Fred76US #43
#54Howard75US #47
#55Lonnie73US #148
#56Jesse72US #99
#57Bob70US #103
#58Ralph70US #38
#59Johnnie69US #131
#60Marvin69US #63
#61Samuel69US #65
#62Freddie66US #138
#63Lawrence66US #34
#64Norman66US #49
#65Doyle65
#66Ray65US #83
#67Harvey64US #106
#68Jim64US #80
#69Charlie63US #115
#70Cecil61US #132
#71Michael61US #16
#72Dale59US #59
#73Jessie57US #162
#74Leroy57US #67
#75Clyde56US #113
#76Franklin56US #98
#77Calvin55US #133
#78Herman55US #114
#79Carroll54US #188
#80Earnest54US #185
#81Ernest54US #61
#82Danny53US #120
#83Phillip53US #77
#84Bennie52US #180
#85Leonard51US #54
#86Roger51US #25
#87Sammy51
#88Vernon51US #108
#89Ronnie50US #79
#90Troy48
#91Wendell48US #157
#92Alvin47US #107
#93Alfred44US #74
#94Dennis44US #23
#95Herbert44US #76
#96Luther43US #179
#97Lloyd42US #96
#98Tom42US #88
#99Chester41US #136
#100Darrell41US #130

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑33Sharon#58
↑28Alma#65
↑28Julia#70
↑27Lonnie#55
↑25Mattie#64
↑25Ida#72
↑25Norman#64
↑21Brenda#21

Falling

↓45Wendell#91
↓32Anita#98
↓27Bertha#84
↓27Gladys#91
↓25Juanita#56
↓25Melba#99
↓24Chester#99
↓23Ella#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.