State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,637 Arkansas births in 1951 across 831 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#48Bobbie#192 nationally
#69Willieoutside the national top 200
#40Rickey#166 nationally
#76Rosieoutside the national top 200
#80Jackie#197 nationally
#50Freddie#165 nationally
#62Emma#174 nationally
#89Earnestoutside the national top 200
#70Wilma#178 nationally
#94Veraoutside the national top 200
#92Margie#198 nationally
#95Billieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda984US #1
#2Mary893US #2
#3Brenda603US #14
#4Patricia524US #3
#5Carolyn473US #22
#6Barbara465US #5
#7Deborah447US #4
#8Betty384US #29
#9Shirley368US #27
#10Judy348US #26
#11Sandra346US #9
#12Sharon345US #13
#13Donna297US #12
#14Joyce259US #28
#15Martha233US #38
#16Susan220US #6
#17Rebecca212US #32
#18Nancy211US #7
#19Janice206US #21
#20Pamela205US #16
#21Dorothy203US #42
#22Karen194US #8
#23Peggy194US #40
#24Margaret177US #17
#25Gloria170US #31
#26Phyllis170US #57
#27Wanda166US #52
#28Carol161US #11
#29Elizabeth159US #23
#30Kathy158US #35
#31Janet157US #19
#32Connie148US #44
#33Glenda148US #89
#34Beverly143US #33
#35Debra141US #18
#36Marilyn141US #41
#37Helen139US #54
#38Doris133US #80
#39Virginia123US #47
#40Alice122US #62
#41Jo116US #67
#42Rose116US #65
#43Patsy112US #121
#44Sherry112US #70
#45Ruby111US #140
#46Charlotte109US #84
#47Paula106US #51
#48Bobbie103US #192
#49Annie97US #113
#50Evelyn95US #88
#51Rita95US #61
#52Judith93US #25
#53Cynthia92US #20
#54Kathryn92US #45
#55Diane90US #15
#56Bonnie87US #37
#57Vicki85US #58
#58Ruth84US #53
#59Teresa83US #63
#60Sheila80US #69
#61Frances79US #59
#62Emma77US #174
#63Sarah75US #91
#64Marsha72US #76
#65Cathy71US #71
#66Lois68US #85
#67Anita67US #96
#68Vickie66US #87
#69Willie65
#70Wilma65US #178
#71Catherine62US #34
#72Gwendolyn62US #112
#73Jane62US #43
#74Katherine61US #55
#75Jacqueline60US #56
#76Rosie60
#77Mildred59US #146
#78Cheryl58US #30
#79Diana58US #50
#80Jackie58US #197
#81Kathleen58US #10
#82Ann57US #46
#83Loretta57US #135
#84Christine55US #24
#85Laura55US #60
#86Norma54US #107
#87Anna53US #94
#88Rhonda52US #111
#89Lynda50US #116
#90Ethel49US #191
#91Juanita49US #126
#92Margie49US #198
#93Sue47US #106
#94Vera47
#95Billie46
#96Erma46
#97Gail46US #36
#98Thelma46US #189
#99Ella45
#100Regina45US #137

Boys

#1James1,368US #1
#2Larry865US #11
#3Robert728US #2
#4John699US #3
#5Charles694US #9
#6William694US #6
#7David647US #5
#8Michael580US #4
#9Jerry503US #24
#10Gary468US #10
#11Richard390US #7
#12Thomas318US #8
#13Kenneth317US #16
#14Ronald315US #12
#15Billy314US #64
#16Jimmy306US #62
#17Donald302US #15
#18Danny287US #41
#19Johnny258US #50
#20Willie250US #45
#21Dennis247US #17
#22Bobby220US #77
#23George218US #22
#24Joe196US #57
#25Roy195US #52
#26Roger191US #29
#27Paul189US #18
#28Terry189US #30
#29Tommy178US #94
#30Ronnie176US #82
#31Edward170US #23
#32Carl144US #43
#33Eddie137US #89
#34Joseph134US #14
#35Henry133US #47
#36Harold131US #46
#37Stephen121US #19
#38Steven120US #13
#39Phillip114US #79
#40Rickey109US #166
#41Raymond103US #32
#42Ricky103US #102
#43Calvin97US #106
#44Walter97US #42
#45Lee95US #92
#46Samuel95US #67
#47Jackie94US #133
#48Daniel93US #21
#49Randy92US #56
#50Freddie88US #165
#51Douglas87US #27
#52Jack86US #48
#53Arthur83US #44
#54Frank83US #31
#55Bruce79US #26
#56Lawrence78US #33
#57Allen77US #72
#58Curtis76US #91
#59Clarence75US #98
#60Eugene75US #65
#61Lonnie75US #139
#62Donnie74US #150
#63Albert73US #60
#64Wayne73US #37
#65Jimmie72US #145
#66Melvin72US #88
#67Gerald71US #36
#68Don70US #117
#69Stanley69US #54
#70Timothy68US #28
#71Darrell66US #109
#72Glenn66US #58
#73Alvin65US #121
#74Andrew64US #69
#75Louis63US #76
#76Mark63US #20
#77Micheal62US #97
#78Floyd61US #140
#79Fred61US #87
#80Randall61US #66
#81Leon60US #122
#82Dale59US #49
#83Howard59US #74
#84Ray59US #114
#85Johnnie58US #162
#86Ralph56US #51
#87Gregory55US #25
#88Steve55US #86
#89Earnest54
#90Ernest52US #83
#91Leroy52US #111
#92Marvin52US #96
#93Earl51US #95
#94Harry50US #70
#95Jesse50US #115
#96Clyde48US #132
#97Herman48US #167
#98Jim48US #164
#99Charlie47US #153
#100Garry46US #154

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑48Rose#42
↑29Debra#35
↑28Calvin#43
↑22Cathy#65
↑22Jane#73
↑22Andrew#74
↑21Eugene#60
↑20Teresa#59

Falling

↓28Norma#86
↓27Steve#88
↓24Juanita#91
↓24Harry#94
↓23Jimmie#65
↓23Garry#100
↓20Lonnie#61
↓20Earl#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.