State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,078 Arkansas births in 1945 across 789 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#54Rosie#186 nationally
#72Troyoutside the national top 200
#77Ermaoutside the national top 200
#44Lillie#167 nationally
#81Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#33Bobbie#150 nationally
#90Maeoutside the national top 200
#96Doyleoutside the national top 200
#98Velmaoutside the national top 200
#44Freddie#145 nationally
#75Sammy#174 nationally
#93Mattie#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary970US #1
#2Linda815US #2
#3Betty632US #11
#4Barbara507US #3
#5Carolyn477US #12
#6Shirley452US #14
#7Patricia394US #4
#8Judy307US #13
#9Dorothy291US #21
#10Brenda280US #29
#11Sharon276US #8
#12Joyce262US #18
#13Sandra247US #6
#14Martha223US #30
#15Carol206US #5
#16Nancy204US #7
#17Margaret198US #15
#18Helen182US #31
#19Wanda181US #58
#20Donna178US #17
#21Patsy173US #84
#22Gloria172US #23
#23Virginia157US #28
#24Peggy154US #45
#25Glenda153US #92
#26Doris148US #46
#27Frances135US #34
#28Ruby134US #95
#29Elizabeth127US #26
#30Janice126US #24
#31Marilyn126US #27
#32Ruth125US #33
#33Bobbie122US #150
#34Alice119US #41
#35Bonnie114US #35
#36Jo113US #60
#37Judith108US #9
#38Phyllis104US #40
#39Lois98US #48
#40Willie98US #137
#41Annie97US #69
#42Evelyn91US #57
#43Charlotte90US #55
#44Lillie88US #167
#45Mildred88US #93
#46Joan82US #25
#47Sarah81US #76
#48Ann80US #39
#49Beverly79US #37
#50Emma79US #123
#51Wilma79US #128
#52Norma78US #74
#53Sherry77US #104
#54Rosie74US #186
#55Sue74US #66
#56Susan74US #10
#57Juanita71US #108
#58Edna70US #119
#59Anna69US #73
#60Thelma69US #131
#61Connie68US #47
#62Janet63US #20
#63Louise62US #78
#64Paula61US #67
#65Karen60US #16
#66Katherine60US #82
#67Rebecca60US #85
#68Rose60US #54
#69Billie59US #152
#70Bertha58US #165
#71Georgia58US #116
#72Diana57US #43
#73Jean57US #38
#74Kay56US #91
#75Hazel54US #164
#76Kathryn54US #65
#77Erma53
#78Catherine52US #50
#79Margie52US #138
#80Jane51US #36
#81Johnnie51
#82Delores50US #112
#83Diane50US #22
#84Ella50US #158
#85Ethel50US #134
#86Laura50US #77
#87Clara49US #136
#88Cheryl48US #32
#89Carole47US #51
#90Mae47
#91Gladys46US #141
#92Lynda46US #111
#93Mattie46US #191
#94Bernice44US #157
#95Alma43US #188
#96Jessie43US #185
#97Marie42US #49
#98Velma42
#99Loretta41US #107
#100Janie40US #159

Boys

#1James1,430US #1
#2Charles704US #7
#3Robert654US #2
#4John640US #3
#5William610US #4
#6Larry577US #11
#7Jerry545US #20
#8Billy386US #42
#9Jimmy377US #41
#10David329US #6
#11Donald323US #12
#12Gary315US #13
#13Richard287US #5
#14Bobby286US #53
#15Thomas282US #8
#16Willie277US #31
#17Johnny261US #45
#18George251US #15
#19Ronald215US #10
#20Joe212US #36
#21Kenneth211US #16
#22Paul183US #17
#23Roy181US #40
#24Michael174US #9
#25Harold155US #28
#26Tommy155US #75
#27Edward142US #18
#28Carl141US #39
#29Danny137US #56
#30Eddie121US #81
#31Henry119US #37
#32Ronnie117US #67
#33Raymond110US #23
#34Walter106US #27
#35Albert100US #49
#36Jimmie100US #102
#37Frank97US #21
#38Roger95US #22
#39Bill93US #66
#40Gerald93US #25
#41Don92US #73
#42Lee92US #87
#43Joseph89US #14
#44Freddie85US #145
#45Clarence84US #82
#46Wayne81US #35
#47Dennis79US #19
#48Eugene77US #50
#49Melvin76US #78
#50Arthur75US #34
#51Earl74US #71
#52Floyd73US #114
#53Lonnie70US #143
#54Douglas69US #29
#55Leon69US #111
#56Terry69US #33
#57Louis68US #55
#58Samuel68US #62
#59Jack67US #32
#60Lawrence67US #30
#61Johnnie66US #133
#62Curtis65US #97
#63Harry63US #47
#64Ray62US #92
#65Fred61US #51
#66Leonard60US #57
#67Leroy60US #83
#68Jim59US #68
#69Ernest58US #60
#70Howard58US #54
#71Jesse58US #104
#72Troy58
#73Ralph57US #44
#74Phillip56US #85
#75Sammy56US #174
#76Calvin52US #124
#77Marvin52US #80
#78Alvin51US #120
#79Darrell51US #141
#80Donnie51US #168
#81Lloyd51US #103
#82Cecil49US #152
#83Dwight49US #126
#84Allen48US #74
#85Clyde48US #121
#86Charlie47US #128
#87Herman47US #146
#88Mike47US #69
#89Andrew46US #86
#90Herbert46US #94
#91Chester45US #144
#92Daniel45US #24
#93Jackie45US #142
#94Bob44US #107
#95Jessie43US #175
#96Doyle42
#97Norman42US #65
#98Gene41US #100
#99Glen41US #148
#100Stephen39US #26

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑32Dennis#47
↑30Sherry#53
↑28Lillie#44
↑28Katherine#66
↑27Bertha#70
↑26Troy#72
↑25Terry#56
↑22Edna#58

Falling

↓31Clara#87
↓31Velma#98
↓31Herman#87
↓29Jackie#93
↓26Jessie#95
↓24Ethel#85
↓22Billie#69
↓22Alma#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.