State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,821 Arkansas births in 1943 across 852 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#62Ermaoutside the national top 200
#63Rosie#193 nationally
#76Velmaoutside the national top 200
#74Johnnie#196 nationally
#30Bobbie#147 nationally
#87Troyoutside the national top 200
#90Melbaoutside the national top 200
#97Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#98Doyleoutside the national top 200
#56Lillie#158 nationally
#99Genevaoutside the national top 200
#91Bennie#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,226US #1
#2Betty730US #10
#3Linda705US #4
#4Barbara609US #2
#5Carolyn590US #11
#6Shirley511US #12
#7Patricia407US #3
#8Dorothy388US #19
#9Joyce301US #16
#10Patsy294US #61
#11Sharon282US #8
#12Martha272US #29
#13Wanda238US #56
#14Nancy237US #9
#15Margaret227US #14
#16Judy222US #13
#17Sandra211US #6
#18Helen203US #28
#19Brenda202US #35
#20Doris200US #40
#21Virginia187US #25
#22Peggy186US #41
#23Carol173US #5
#24Frances173US #31
#25Alice166US #38
#26Ruby164US #82
#27Elizabeth163US #23
#28Bonnie162US #34
#29Glenda159US #83
#30Bobbie146US #147
#31Gloria143US #30
#32Ruth139US #33
#33Donna136US #17
#34Jo132US #63
#35Norma130US #58
#36Judith128US #7
#37Marilyn124US #27
#38Annie111US #69
#39Janice105US #26
#40Emma104US #114
#41Charlotte102US #47
#42Willie102US #139
#43Phyllis100US #39
#44Lois97US #43
#45Evelyn96US #53
#46Wilma93US #120
#47Anna92US #64
#48Mildred90US #76
#49Edna87US #106
#50Billie80US #138
#51Janet79US #20
#52Sue79US #72
#53Thelma79US #127
#54Ann78US #37
#55Beverly78US #32
#56Lillie75US #158
#57Rose75US #50
#58Joan73US #21
#59Juanita73US #91
#60Bertha72US #150
#61Sarah72US #71
#62Erma71
#63Rosie71US #193
#64Connie70US #59
#65Georgia69US #119
#66Clara68US #133
#67Margie65US #128
#68Louise64US #70
#69Catherine61US #48
#70Jean61US #36
#71Maxine61US #153
#72Ethel60US #126
#73Katherine60US #78
#74Johnnie59US #196
#75Lynda59US #115
#76Velma59
#77Eva58US #148
#78Minnie57US #173
#79Rita57US #52
#80Charlene56US #121
#81Kathryn56US #75
#82Alma55US #174
#83Hazel55US #144
#84Karen55US #15
#85Bernice54US #143
#86Jane54US #44
#87Joann54US #60
#88Laura54US #117
#89Loretta53US #89
#90Melba53
#91Gladys52US #131
#92Vera52US #180
#93Kay50US #81
#94Marie49US #45
#95Paula49US #93
#96Rebecca49US #87
#97Bettye48
#98Ella48US #155
#99Geneva47
#100Sherry47US #123

Boys

#1James1,613US #1
#2Charles795US #7
#3John775US #3
#4Robert761US #2
#5William692US #4
#6Jerry657US #17
#7Billy490US #37
#8Larry485US #12
#9Jimmy420US #42
#10Bobby346US #46
#11David323US #6
#12Thomas318US #8
#13Donald317US #11
#14Richard292US #5
#15George285US #14
#16Joe273US #35
#17Willie269US #36
#18Kenneth234US #15
#19Johnny231US #52
#20Roy231US #38
#21Paul212US #19
#22Tommy211US #77
#23Harold189US #27
#24Ronald177US #9
#25Carl164US #33
#26Edward159US #18
#27Gary157US #16
#28Henry157US #31
#29Jimmie151US #95
#30Eddie147US #80
#31Ronnie124US #71
#32Raymond120US #22
#33Jackie114US #124
#34Walter114US #26
#35Joseph111US #13
#36Don110US #72
#37Douglas105US #28
#38Michael103US #10
#39Albert102US #43
#40Bill102US #65
#41Gerald102US #23
#42Danny101US #88
#43Jim101US #75
#44Jack98US #34
#45Frank95US #21
#46Earl91US #60
#47Clarence89US #68
#48Jesse88US #105
#49Wayne87US #41
#50Eugene86US #47
#51Melvin85US #63
#52Fred82US #45
#53Lee82US #91
#54Arthur80US #30
#55Ray79US #84
#56Floyd78US #112
#57Howard76US #48
#58Leon76US #103
#59Louis76US #53
#60Clyde73US #114
#61Curtis73US #100
#62Dennis73US #20
#63Freddie73US #143
#64Lonnie71US #144
#65Roger70US #24
#66Ralph68US #40
#67Alvin67US #113
#68Lawrence67US #32
#69Herman66US #129
#70Gene65US #89
#71Charlie64US #122
#72Dale64US #59
#73Bob62US #110
#74Johnnie62US #135
#75Marvin62US #66
#76Samuel62US #62
#77Alfred61US #78
#78Andrew59US #79
#79Harry59US #50
#80Allen58US #76
#81Franklin58US #119
#82Leroy58US #74
#83Vernon58US #117
#84Calvin55US #126
#85Cecil55US #132
#86Phillip54US #81
#87Troy53
#88Earnest52US #177
#89Sammy52US #183
#90Terry52US #49
#91Bennie49US #189
#92Benny49US #176
#93Chester49US #137
#94Ernest48US #61
#95Oscar48US #169
#96Lloyd47US #104
#97Norman47US #56
#98Doyle46
#99Glen46US #146
#100Glenn46US #85

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑30Thelma#53
↑28Ray#55
↑28Roger#65
↑24Danny#42
↑23Janet#51
↑23Katherine#73
↑21Rose#57
↑19Bob#73

Falling

↓39Rebecca#96
↓25Loretta#89
↓19Wilma#46
↓19Vera#92
↓19Gene#70
↓19Samuel#76
↓18Leroy#82
↓18Cecil#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.