State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,595 Arkansas births in 1950 across 842 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#51Bobbie#195 nationally
#69Rosieoutside the national top 200
#47Rickey#173 nationally
#75Willieoutside the national top 200
#82Ermaoutside the national top 200
#83Hazeloutside the national top 200
#84Lillieoutside the national top 200
#89Billieoutside the national top 200
#94Earnestoutside the national top 200
#49Freddie#155 nationally
#98Veraoutside the national top 200
#42Jimmie#141 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,188US #1
#2Mary974US #2
#3Brenda680US #14
#4Barbara523US #4
#5Patricia488US #3
#6Shirley456US #19
#7Carolyn450US #20
#8Betty443US #26
#9Sandra366US #8
#10Judy341US #25
#11Sharon338US #11
#12Deborah310US #7
#13Donna276US #13
#14Nancy258US #6
#15Dorothy249US #35
#16Joyce249US #27
#17Janice226US #22
#18Martha208US #32
#19Peggy191US #41
#20Carol190US #9
#21Karen189US #12
#22Gloria186US #30
#23Margaret178US #15
#24Phyllis178US #53
#25Beverly171US #31
#26Connie171US #44
#27Wanda170US #52
#28Susan168US #5
#29Rebecca167US #36
#30Pamela162US #17
#31Glenda160US #87
#32Elizabeth157US #24
#33Virginia156US #43
#34Kathy151US #38
#35Patsy151US #117
#36Alice148US #57
#37Janet148US #18
#38Doris128US #74
#39Helen123US #50
#40Marilyn123US #37
#41Jo121US #64
#42Sherry121US #62
#43Paula120US #54
#44Charlotte117US #80
#45Ruby116US #130
#46Judith112US #21
#47Rita110US #56
#48Frances109US #51
#49Evelyn107US #86
#50Bonnie104US #33
#51Bobbie94US #195
#52Ruth93US #49
#53Vicki93US #61
#54Cynthia92US #23
#55Kathryn91US #46
#56Annie85US #106
#57Sarah83US #88
#58Norma81US #104
#59Sheila80US #70
#60Catherine79US #34
#61Gwendolyn79US #113
#62Marsha75US #68
#63Emma72US #154
#64Debra69US #59
#65Diane68US #16
#66Diana67US #47
#67Juanita67US #115
#68Vickie67US #108
#69Rosie65
#70Joan63US #40
#71Katherine63US #58
#72Lois63US #83
#73Cheryl62US #29
#74Georgia61US #152
#75Willie61
#76Wilma61US #171
#77Ann60US #45
#78Anna60US #93
#79Teresa57US #81
#80Anita56US #99
#81Rhonda56US #125
#82Erma55
#83Hazel55
#84Lillie55
#85Loretta55US #120
#86Mildred55US #135
#87Cathy54US #75
#88Christine54US #28
#89Billie53
#90Rose53US #69
#91Sue53US #100
#92Thelma53US #187
#93Ethel51US #176
#94Gail51US #42
#95Jane51US #39
#96Janie51US #164
#97Lynda51US #107
#98Vera51
#99Kathleen50US #10
#100Darlene49US #79

Boys

#1James1,429US #1
#2Larry900US #11
#3Robert743US #2
#4John729US #3
#5Charles712US #9
#6William652US #6
#7David539US #5
#8Jerry513US #24
#9Michael477US #4
#10Gary473US #10
#11Ronald361US #12
#12Richard357US #7
#13Billy346US #57
#14Thomas331US #8
#15Jimmy323US #55
#16Danny309US #39
#17Donald300US #14
#18Kenneth297US #15
#19Willie296US #42
#20Bobby287US #65
#21Johnny259US #50
#22George258US #20
#23Joe211US #54
#24Terry209US #30
#25Ronnie202US #76
#26Roger189US #27
#27Dennis183US #17
#28Paul177US #18
#29Tommy171US #94
#30Roy166US #51
#31Eddie159US #89
#32Stephen153US #19
#33Edward142US #22
#34Harold142US #45
#35Joseph132US #13
#36Carl118US #44
#37Henry117US #47
#38Walter106US #40
#39Phillip100US #64
#40Samuel98US #62
#41Lonnie97US #135
#42Jimmie96US #141
#43Steven96US #16
#44Lee95US #91
#45Raymond94US #31
#46Jack92US #48
#47Rickey88US #173
#48Curtis87US #97
#49Freddie87US #155
#50Arthur86US #46
#51Jackie86US #140
#52Clarence85US #95
#53Randy81US #80
#54Gerald80US #34
#55Frank79US #29
#56Bruce78US #26
#57Ricky78US #128
#58Donnie77US #150
#59Wayne77US #35
#60Douglas76US #28
#61Steve76US #83
#62Melvin75US #87
#63Fred72US #84
#64Daniel71US #21
#65Allen70US #71
#66Albert68US #56
#67Lawrence68US #33
#68Dale67US #49
#69Stanley67US #60
#70Harry66US #61
#71Calvin64US #105
#72Bill63US #131
#73Earl63US #92
#74Louis63US #66
#75Ralph63US #52
#76Randall63US #70
#77Garry62US #164
#78Floyd60US #143
#79Don59US #107
#80Timothy58US #32
#81Eugene57US #58
#82Herbert56US #112
#83Leon56US #119
#84Howard55US #63
#85Johnnie55US #157
#86Alvin53US #121
#87Darrell53US #116
#88Herman53US #159
#89Jim53US #139
#90Leroy53US #102
#91Clyde52US #136
#92Dwight51US #146
#93Lloyd51US #127
#94Earnest50
#95Marvin50US #93
#96Andrew48US #68
#97Gregory47US #25
#98Lester47US #148
#99Ernest46US #81
#100Patrick46US #38

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑39Bruce#56
↑37Gwendolyn#61
↑34Randy#53
↑32Sheila#59
↑29Dale#68
↑25Rickey#47
↑23Lonnie#41
↑19Anita#80

Falling

↓31Don#79
↓28Floyd#78
↓24Ethel#93
↓22Rose#90
↓22Lynda#97
↓21Ernest#99
↓19Marvin#95
↓18Diane#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.