State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,392 Arkansas births in 1947 across 862 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#67Rosieoutside the national top 200
#47Bobbie#178 nationally
#78Doyleoutside the national top 200
#84Ermaoutside the national top 200
#57Willie#173 nationally
#89Troyoutside the national top 200
#90Maeoutside the national top 200
#59Donnie#168 nationally
#68Billie#175 nationally
#84Benny#191 nationally
#88Jessie#195 nationally
#94Ida#199 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,418US #1
#2Mary1,189US #2
#3Barbara656US #4
#4Carolyn613US #15
#5Betty607US #17
#6Patricia543US #3
#7Brenda487US #21
#8Shirley482US #19
#9Sharon437US #9
#10Judy429US #14
#11Sandra403US #5
#12Dorothy344US #26
#13Donna314US #10
#14Joyce304US #20
#15Peggy252US #42
#16Margaret244US #16
#17Phyllis235US #37
#18Nancy234US #7
#19Carol232US #6
#20Martha230US #32
#21Janice218US #22
#22Patsy213US #87
#23Wanda208US #66
#24Gloria206US #27
#25Glenda175US #96
#26Doris174US #58
#27Elizabeth174US #25
#28Rebecca171US #52
#29Helen162US #38
#30Jo160US #51
#31Marilyn159US #29
#32Virginia156US #34
#33Judith155US #12
#34Alice154US #47
#35Karen144US #13
#36Ruby133US #112
#37Beverly130US #31
#38Frances130US #39
#39Norma128US #82
#40Charlotte126US #68
#41Bonnie122US #35
#42Susan119US #8
#43Ruth118US #44
#44Sherry118US #67
#45Connie116US #43
#46Janet113US #23
#47Bobbie110US #178
#48Emma101US #141
#49Ann99US #41
#50Evelyn92US #72
#51Lois90US #63
#52Annie88US #103
#53Wilma86US #152
#54Rita85US #60
#55Sue85US #69
#56Anna82US #92
#57Willie82US #173
#58Lynda81US #77
#59Paula78US #54
#60Edna77US #131
#61Juanita76US #110
#62Cynthia75US #33
#63Kathryn72US #55
#64Thelma70US #153
#65Mildred69US #109
#66Rose68US #65
#67Rosie68
#68Billie67US #175
#69Georgia67US #129
#70Pamela66US #28
#71Loretta65US #113
#72Louise65US #99
#73Sarah65US #93
#74Joan64US #30
#75Margie64US #139
#76Sheila64US #73
#77Diana63US #48
#78Jane63US #36
#79Janis63US #108
#80Kathy62US #64
#81Clara60US #150
#82Delores60US #115
#83Diane58US #18
#84Erma58
#85Kay56US #104
#86Catherine55US #46
#87Cheryl54US #24
#88Jean54US #40
#89Laura53US #74
#90Mae53
#91Ella51US #177
#92Charlene50US #105
#93Hazel50US #183
#94Ida50US #199
#95Janie50US #161
#96Katherine49US #76
#97Deborah48US #62
#98Ethel48US #144
#99Kathleen48US #11
#100Anita47US #94

Boys

#1James1,621US #1
#2Larry920US #10
#3John880US #3
#4Robert832US #2
#5Charles797US #9
#6William733US #4
#7Jerry706US #20
#8David563US #6
#9Gary517US #12
#10Jimmy483US #44
#11Billy437US #51
#12Richard375US #5
#13Donald360US #13
#14Bobby354US #60
#15Michael340US #7
#16Thomas334US #8
#17Ronald320US #11
#18Johnny316US #49
#19Willie300US #42
#20Kenneth296US #15
#21George286US #16
#22Danny285US #39
#23Tommy259US #79
#24Joe253US #43
#25Ronnie236US #61
#26Paul200US #18
#27Eddie192US #80
#28Harold191US #35
#29Roy189US #48
#30Edward179US #19
#31Carl167US #40
#32Terry160US #26
#33Henry150US #46
#34Roger148US #25
#35Dennis142US #17
#36Joseph130US #14
#37Raymond120US #27
#38Wayne115US #30
#39Jimmie113US #113
#40Walter111US #34
#41Bill109US #76
#42Jackie107US #141
#43Curtis105US #99
#44Jack103US #37
#45Don102US #86
#46Arthur100US #38
#47Lee100US #92
#48Lonnie99US #137
#49Phillip99US #74
#50Albert98US #55
#51Frank98US #23
#52Floyd97US #130
#53Freddie94US #153
#54Melvin91US #85
#55Steve90US #58
#56Clarence87US #88
#57Jim85US #77
#58Gerald84US #28
#59Donnie83US #168
#60Earl81US #83
#61Ralph81US #50
#62Stephen80US #21
#63Mike79US #65
#64Howard78US #62
#65Louis78US #64
#66Samuel77US #72
#67Harry75US #54
#68Johnnie75US #148
#69Calvin73US #120
#70Jesse72US #107
#71Lawrence72US #32
#72Fred70US #56
#73Ray68US #97
#74Sammy67US #175
#75Daniel64US #22
#76Marvin64US #89
#77Allen63US #73
#78Doyle61
#79Alvin60US #129
#80Cecil60US #165
#81Eugene60US #59
#82Gene60US #103
#83Garry59US #164
#84Benny58US #191
#85Dale58US #63
#86Leon58US #117
#87Glen57US #138
#88Jessie57US #195
#89Troy56
#90Glenn55US #70
#91Charlie53US #145
#92Douglas53US #31
#93Stanley53US #67
#94Clyde52US #128
#95Herman52US #150
#96Lloyd52US #112
#97Earnest51
#98Lewis51US #118
#99Leonard50US #71
#100Ricky50US #173

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑26Steve#55
↑26Harry#67
↑25Edna#60
↑21Stephen#62
↑19Thelma#64
↑18Kathryn#63
↑18Georgia#69
↑18Margie#75

Falling

↓29Lloyd#96
↓23Lawrence#71
↓21Cheryl#87
↓21Earnest#97
↓20Joan#74
↓20Leon#86
↓18Janie#95
↓17Sarah#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.