State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,283 Arkansas births in 1948 across 860 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#52Rosieoutside the national top 200
#41Bobbie#179 nationally
#78Rickey#197 nationally
#89Ermaoutside the national top 200
#52Donnie#162 nationally
#92Minnieoutside the national top 200
#60Willie#168 nationally
#57Thelma#163 nationally
#63Garry#167 nationally
#97Stellaoutside the national top 200
#63Wilma#164 nationally
#47Jackie#147 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,424US #1
#2Mary1,131US #2
#3Barbara640US #3
#4Brenda555US #17
#5Carolyn552US #14
#6Patricia530US #4
#7Betty522US #18
#8Shirley437US #20
#9Sharon416US #9
#10Judy414US #16
#11Sandra392US #6
#12Donna294US #11
#13Joyce290US #21
#14Dorothy275US #29
#15Nancy245US #7
#16Martha244US #32
#17Margaret231US #13
#18Peggy224US #38
#19Carol213US #8
#20Gloria207US #28
#21Helen199US #40
#22Wanda197US #57
#23Patsy187US #98
#24Phyllis185US #46
#25Glenda184US #92
#26Janice172US #23
#27Virginia171US #36
#28Karen162US #12
#29Marilyn161US #33
#30Doris156US #64
#31Rebecca155US #50
#32Susan152US #5
#33Elizabeth147US #26
#34Ruby138US #114
#35Frances136US #42
#36Pamela135US #22
#37Beverly126US #31
#38Ruth125US #45
#39Jo124US #56
#40Charlotte121US #69
#41Bobbie119US #179
#42Connie119US #43
#43Janet114US #24
#44Judith113US #15
#45Alice110US #49
#46Sherry110US #61
#47Evelyn102US #74
#48Deborah100US #30
#49Paula96US #52
#50Bonnie92US #34
#51Diane86US #19
#52Rosie85
#53Annie84US #97
#54Rita84US #59
#55Lois83US #70
#56Rose80US #62
#57Thelma77US #163
#58Cheryl75US #25
#59Sue74US #78
#60Willie74US #168
#61Jane72US #39
#62Ann71US #44
#63Wilma71US #164
#64Anna70US #89
#65Lynda69US #84
#66Cynthia68US #27
#67Juanita68US #107
#68Laura68US #73
#69Norma68US #103
#70Sarah68US #85
#71Sheila67US #71
#72Kathy66US #55
#73Emma65US #138
#74Louise64US #99
#75Vicki64US #81
#76Catherine63US #41
#77Diana63US #48
#78Georgia63US #130
#79Billie60US #178
#80Mildred60US #120
#81Kathryn59US #54
#82Loretta58US #115
#83Joan57US #37
#84Edna56US #139
#85Jean56US #47
#86Geraldine55US #83
#87Teresa55US #82
#88Anita53US #102
#89Erma53
#90Ethel52US #152
#91Janis52US #121
#92Minnie51
#93Katherine50US #68
#94Lillie50US #189
#95Margie50US #148
#96Marsha50US #76
#97Stella50
#98Charlene48US #105
#99Janie48US #176
#100Gwendolyn47US #124

Boys

#1James1,512US #1
#2Larry957US #11
#3Robert777US #2
#4John732US #3
#5Charles711US #9
#6William698US #4
#7Jerry584US #21
#8David527US #5
#9Gary462US #12
#10Jimmy412US #50
#11Billy371US #53
#12Michael369US #6
#13Richard351US #7
#14Donald349US #14
#15Ronald343US #10
#16Thomas343US #8
#17Bobby305US #62
#18Willie293US #40
#19Danny289US #39
#20Kenneth282US #15
#21Ronnie276US #59
#22Johnny271US #52
#23George264US #16
#24Joe236US #47
#25Roy231US #49
#26Tommy221US #79
#27Paul195US #18
#28Eddie181US #78
#29Roger177US #24
#30Harold164US #36
#31Terry163US #26
#32Dennis154US #17
#33Edward146US #19
#34Joseph143US #13
#35Carl140US #42
#36Henry125US #45
#37Raymond124US #27
#38Jimmie122US #120
#39Phillip117US #69
#40Walter117US #35
#41Frank104US #25
#42Don95US #91
#43Wayne92US #34
#44Arthur91US #44
#45Clarence91US #87
#46Bill89US #84
#47Jackie89US #147
#48Gerald86US #30
#49Samuel85US #70
#50Albert84US #55
#51Johnnie83US #150
#52Donnie82US #162
#53Melvin82US #81
#54Curtis81US #101
#55Jack81US #43
#56Freddie80US #152
#57Lonnie80US #135
#58Ralph80US #51
#59Jim79US #86
#60Calvin73US #117
#61Earl73US #83
#62Floyd73US #134
#63Garry72US #167
#64Fred71US #66
#65Stephen71US #20
#66Lee70US #93
#67Ricky69US #155
#68Harry68US #57
#69Marvin67US #90
#70Mike65US #68
#71Steve65US #60
#72Dale63US #56
#73Daniel63US #22
#74Eugene63US #61
#75Steven63US #23
#76Jesse61US #108
#77Ray61US #100
#78Rickey61US #197
#79Ernest60US #76
#80Lawrence60US #31
#81Howard59US #63
#82Stanley59US #65
#83Allen58US #72
#84Clyde58US #131
#85Jessie58US #185
#86Louis58US #64
#87Darrell57US #121
#88Sammy57US #186
#89Benny56US #189
#90Leroy55US #97
#91Randy55US #99
#92Alvin54US #124
#93Douglas53US #33
#94Bruce52US #28
#95Lloyd52US #118
#96Leon51US #119
#97Glen50US #133
#98Glenn49US #73
#99Leonard48US #71
#100Charlie47US #144

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑49Deborah#48
↑34Pamela#36
↑33Ricky#67
↑32Diane#51
↑29Cheryl#58
↑21Laura#68
↑20Garry#63
↑17Jane#61

Falling

↓30Norma#69
↓25Emma#73
↓24Edna#84
↓21Louis#86
↓20Margie#95
↓19Lee#66
↓18Kathryn#81
↓17Howard#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.