State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,488 Arkansas births in 1944 across 812 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#67Velmaoutside the national top 200
#63Rosie#193 nationally
#76Bettyeoutside the national top 200
#84Ermaoutside the national top 200
#88Ruthieoutside the national top 200
#89Genevaoutside the national top 200
#90Doyleoutside the national top 200
#91Maeoutside the national top 200
#41Bobbie#144 nationally
#73Alma#176 nationally
#98Troyoutside the national top 200
#80Earnest#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,114US #1
#2Linda744US #3
#3Betty670US #10
#4Carolyn559US #11
#5Barbara550US #2
#6Shirley449US #15
#7Patricia357US #4
#8Dorothy316US #19
#9Sharon284US #8
#10Sandra258US #6
#11Joyce256US #18
#12Martha244US #29
#13Patsy244US #72
#14Judy239US #12
#15Margaret224US #14
#16Nancy215US #7
#17Brenda210US #30
#18Wanda207US #58
#19Helen186US #31
#20Peggy175US #45
#21Carol173US #5
#22Ruby169US #87
#23Doris162US #42
#24Glenda159US #79
#25Gloria159US #25
#26Virginia158US #26
#27Bonnie148US #34
#28Donna145US #17
#29Alice144US #38
#30Frances135US #33
#31Ruth131US #32
#32Elizabeth126US #23
#33Jo123US #61
#34Judith123US #9
#35Marilyn123US #27
#36Phyllis121US #40
#37Janice114US #28
#38Emma112US #118
#39Norma110US #66
#40Evelyn104US #57
#41Bobbie99US #144
#42Wilma97US #125
#43Mildred93US #81
#44Willie91US #138
#45Annie89US #71
#46Janet88US #21
#47Billie87US #142
#48Charlotte86US #50
#49Joan85US #22
#50Anna84US #74
#51Sue80US #62
#52Georgia76US #114
#53Thelma76US #131
#54Lois75US #47
#55Sarah74US #67
#56Clara73US #134
#57Juanita72US #94
#58Susan71US #13
#59Jane70US #41
#60Ann69US #39
#61Ethel69US #127
#62Jean65US #37
#63Rosie65US #193
#64Catherine64US #49
#65Louise64US #69
#66Paula64US #82
#67Velma63
#68Beverly62US #35
#69Rebecca62US #84
#70Rose62US #52
#71Rita60US #54
#72Lillie59US #159
#73Alma58US #176
#74Geraldine58US #53
#75Maxine58US #153
#76Bettye57
#77Connie57US #51
#78Julia57US #102
#79Margie57US #130
#80Edna56US #112
#81Jessie54US #177
#82Karen54US #16
#83Sherry54US #100
#84Erma53
#85Hazel53US #147
#86Loretta53US #98
#87Mattie53US #185
#88Ruthie53
#89Geneva51
#90Johnnie50US #192
#91Mae50
#92Delores48US #97
#93Ellen48US #63
#94Katherine48US #77
#95Kay47US #88
#96Marie47US #48
#97Bertha46US #151
#98Cheryl45US #36
#99Minnie45US #175
#100Bernice44US #149

Boys

#1James1,471US #1
#2Charles733US #7
#3John690US #3
#4Robert673US #2
#5William664US #4
#6Jerry624US #19
#7Larry562US #12
#8Billy434US #38
#9David378US #6
#10Jimmy375US #41
#11Thomas321US #8
#12Donald316US #11
#13Bobby315US #50
#14Richard301US #5
#15George290US #14
#16Willie270US #31
#17Johnny261US #45
#18Gary250US #15
#19Joe243US #33
#20Kenneth235US #16
#21Roy211US #39
#22Ronald202US #10
#23Paul192US #17
#24Tommy192US #70
#25Harold175US #27
#26Edward146US #18
#27Henry144US #35
#28Carl139US #36
#29Danny134US #76
#30Raymond133US #22
#31Michael130US #9
#32Ronnie127US #69
#33Walter123US #26
#34Eddie116US #79
#35Don115US #72
#36Joseph114US #13
#37Frank110US #21
#38Jimmie108US #98
#39Bill106US #66
#40Jack103US #30
#41Melvin97US #67
#42Gerald95US #24
#43Clarence94US #74
#44Roger93US #23
#45Albert91US #44
#46Earl91US #65
#47Lee90US #85
#48Wayne90US #37
#49Freddie87US #138
#50Howard82US #53
#51Arthur80US #29
#52Curtis79US #97
#53Fred78US #47
#54Ralph78US #42
#55Eugene77US #48
#56Herman77US #129
#57Johnnie77US #131
#58Douglas76US #34
#59Floyd76US #110
#60Samuel76US #62
#61Jim75US #68
#62Lawrence75US #32
#63Lonnie74US #148
#64Jackie73US #128
#65Leon70US #108
#66Louis68US #54
#67Jesse67US #103
#68Ernest66US #59
#69Jessie65US #167
#70Leroy65US #78
#71Vernon61US #119
#72Marvin59US #75
#73Clyde58US #111
#74Ray58US #86
#75Calvin57US #124
#76Cecil56US #142
#77Daniel56US #25
#78Gene56US #95
#79Dennis55US #20
#80Earnest55US #182
#81Terry54US #43
#82Franklin53US #121
#83Donnie51US #171
#84Harry51US #49
#85Sammy51US #173
#86Charlie50US #120
#87Glen50US #147
#88Leonard50US #56
#89Norman50US #58
#90Doyle49
#91Phillip49US #83
#92Russell49US #63
#93Alvin48US #115
#94Herbert48US #90
#95Lloyd48US #102
#96Otis48US #198
#97Alfred47US #82
#98Troy47
#99Benny45US #181
#100Allen43US #77

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑29Paula#66
↑27Jane#59
↑27Rebecca#69
↑26Ernest#68
↑21Bettye#76
↑21Roger#44
↑17Sherry#83
↑17Johnnie#57

Falling

↓37Bertha#97
↓31Edna#80
↓31Jackie#64
↓26Alvin#93
↓22Erma#84
↓21Katherine#94
↓21Minnie#99
↓21Douglas#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.