State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,362 Arkansas births in 1952 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.

#62Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#66Rosieoutside the national top 200
#83Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#85Willieoutside the national top 200
#87Jessieoutside the national top 200
#65Freddie#177 nationally
#69Emma#180 nationally
#36Ruby#145 nationally
#94Sammyoutside the national top 200
#95Billieoutside the national top 200
#91Clara#196 nationally
#96Ermaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda951US #1
#2Mary840US #2
#3Brenda585US #15
#4Deborah551US #4
#5Patricia482US #3
#6Barbara398US #6
#7Betty372US #32
#8Carolyn368US #24
#9Shirley352US #28
#10Judy347US #26
#11Sandra343US #10
#12Sharon310US #14
#13Donna275US #13
#14Rebecca240US #30
#15Pamela234US #17
#16Debra232US #9
#17Joyce217US #27
#18Karen213US #8
#19Nancy213US #7
#20Kathy207US #29
#21Martha203US #40
#22Susan199US #5
#23Dorothy197US #46
#24Janice183US #23
#25Peggy173US #43
#26Glenda158US #97
#27Carol155US #12
#28Gloria154US #36
#29Margaret153US #21
#30Wanda148US #54
#31Beverly143US #35
#32Janet140US #19
#33Jo139US #55
#34Cynthia134US #18
#35Elizabeth133US #22
#36Ruby133US #145
#37Connie132US #44
#38Phyllis128US #65
#39Sherry127US #68
#40Virginia127US #49
#41Marilyn126US #38
#42Paula123US #47
#43Patsy118US #128
#44Doris117US #83
#45Charlotte113US #89
#46Vickie109US #76
#47Alice98US #69
#48Diane94US #16
#49Helen93US #63
#50Vicki93US #61
#51Rose91US #62
#52Annie90US #127
#53Cathy90US #56
#54Bonnie86US #41
#55Rita86US #66
#56Sheila85US #64
#57Evelyn82US #90
#58Frances82US #67
#59Catherine80US #34
#60Judith80US #25
#61Kathryn80US #48
#62Bobbie78
#63Ruth77US #57
#64Teresa76US #52
#65Marsha75US #75
#66Rosie73
#67Sarah66US #93
#68Cheryl63US #31
#69Emma62US #180
#70Anita59US #91
#71Rhonda59US #95
#72Gwendolyn58US #114
#73Edna56US #177
#74Norma55US #112
#75Diana54US #51
#76Jane54US #42
#77Katherine53US #59
#78Kathleen53US #11
#79Jacqueline52US #58
#80Lois52US #86
#81Ann51US #45
#82Mildred49US #159
#83Wilma49
#84Loretta48US #136
#85Willie48
#86Belinda47US #172
#87Georgia47US #176
#88Joan46US #37
#89Juanita45US #125
#90Christine44US #20
#91Clara44US #196
#92Laura44US #53
#93Gail42US #39
#94Lynda42US #129
#95Billie41
#96Erma41
#97Janie41US #189
#98Shelia41
#99Dianne40US #96
#100Lillie40

Boys

#1James1,271US #1
#2John726US #3
#3Larry702US #14
#4Robert695US #2
#5David654US #5
#6Charles642US #9
#7Michael638US #4
#8William617US #6
#9Gary491US #10
#10Jerry412US #26
#11Richard390US #7
#12Thomas333US #8
#13Billy320US #65
#14Danny316US #40
#15Kenneth294US #16
#16Jimmy289US #72
#17Donald286US #13
#18Ronald274US #15
#19Willie259US #48
#20Bobby247US #77
#21Johnny225US #53
#22Terry205US #29
#23Dennis201US #18
#24Paul198US #19
#25George197US #22
#26Ronnie184US #82
#27Joe183US #62
#28Roger169US #30
#29Roy168US #55
#30Tommy164US #97
#31Stephen163US #21
#32Edward157US #23
#33Steven156US #11
#34Ricky146US #81
#35Eddie135US #93
#36Joseph133US #12
#37Carl131US #45
#38Randy126US #41
#39Daniel122US #20
#40Rickey111US #140
#41Henry108US #50
#42Harold104US #51
#43Walter97US #44
#44Arthur94US #47
#45Mark94US #17
#46Raymond94US #33
#47Phillip93US #74
#48Frank91US #32
#49Jackie88US #144
#50Lee87US #92
#51Samuel87US #67
#52Bruce86US #25
#53Melvin86US #91
#54Donnie85US #156
#55Gerald85US #39
#56Earl83US #98
#57Calvin82US #108
#58Douglas82US #28
#59Stanley80US #58
#60Lawrence78US #35
#61Albert75US #66
#62Curtis74US #86
#63Don73US #120
#64Andrew72US #68
#65Freddie72US #177
#66Timothy71US #27
#67Steve70US #85
#68Eugene69US #71
#69Floyd69US #149
#70Gregory68US #24
#71Jack68US #52
#72Alvin66US #128
#73Allen65US #78
#74Jimmie61US #163
#75Darrell59US #109
#76Micheal59US #94
#77Fred58US #90
#78Clarence57US #102
#79Howard57US #73
#80Dale56US #46
#81Anthony55US #34
#82Ralph54US #56
#83Jesse53US #112
#84Leroy53US #116
#85Randall53US #63
#86Glenn52US #61
#87Jessie52
#88Lonnie51US #148
#89Dwight50US #123
#90Wayne48US #38
#91Clifford47US #99
#92Leon47US #124
#93Louis47US #79
#94Sammy47
#95Jim45US #172
#96Ernest44US #87
#97Herbert44US #115
#98Marvin44US #95
#99Ray44US #113
#100Alfred43US #104

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑37Earl#56
↑31Mark#45
↑22Vickie#46
↑21Steve#67
↑19Debra#16
↑19Cynthia#34
↑17Rhonda#71
↑17Gregory#70

Falling

↓27Lonnie#88
↓26Wayne#90
↓19Jack#71
↓19Clarence#78
↓18Louis#93
↓16Willie#85
↓16Allen#73
↓15Freddie#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.