State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,303 Arkansas births in 1954 across 835 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#63Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#79Rosieoutside the national top 200
#81Etheloutside the national top 200
#82Lillieoutside the national top 200
#46Donnie#162 nationally
#85Janieoutside the national top 200
#89Georgia#200 nationally
#91Willieoutside the national top 200
#57Ruby#162 nationally
#98Wilmaoutside the national top 200
#81Freddie#179 nationally
#54Jackie#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary720US #1
#2Linda716US #2
#3Deborah584US #3
#4Brenda487US #18
#5Patricia472US #4
#6Barbara378US #7
#7Debra377US #6
#8Sandra336US #13
#9Carolyn317US #27
#10Sharon312US #16
#11Betty301US #36
#12Donna300US #11
#13Shirley288US #33
#14Pamela274US #12
#15Judy267US #29
#16Karen244US #8
#17Rebecca241US #26
#18Susan234US #5
#19Cynthia215US #10
#20Kathy215US #23
#21Joyce214US #28
#22Marilyn203US #35
#23Nancy199US #9
#24Janice183US #25
#25Beverly179US #31
#26Martha172US #46
#27Connie163US #39
#28Dorothy148US #55
#29Peggy145US #48
#30Janet141US #19
#31Jo138US #53
#32Sherry138US #62
#33Gloria137US #42
#34Margaret129US #21
#35Vicki129US #50
#36Elizabeth126US #20
#37Vickie122US #69
#38Carol120US #15
#39Rita119US #67
#40Teresa116US #34
#41Diane115US #17
#42Glenda112US #114
#43Wanda112US #58
#44Cathy110US #59
#45Phyllis110US #75
#46Rhonda110US #71
#47Rose104US #54
#48Doris103US #93
#49Alice101US #81
#50Virginia98US #61
#51Paula96US #38
#52Helen93US #72
#53Marsha93US #86
#54Sheila89US #60
#55Evelyn84US #109
#56Charlotte82US #113
#57Ruby82US #162
#58Debbie81US #92
#59Kathryn80US #51
#60Catherine79US #32
#61Patsy77US #155
#62Sarah77US #103
#63Bobbie63
#64Bonnie63US #52
#65Ruth62US #66
#66Gail61US #37
#67Christine60US #43
#68Annie58US #150
#69Frances58US #83
#70Gwendolyn58US #122
#71Judith57US #30
#72Lois55US #110
#73Darlene54US #76
#74Katherine54US #64
#75Laura54US #45
#76Anita53US #96
#77Jacqueline51US #68
#78Jane50US #49
#79Rosie50
#80Cheryl49US #22
#81Ethel49
#82Lillie48
#83Loretta48US #125
#84Carla47US #135
#85Janie46
#86Julia46US #127
#87Mildred46US #180
#88Diana45US #57
#89Georgia45US #200
#90Theresa45US #47
#91Willie45
#92Kay43US #146
#93Denise42US #24
#94Lisa42US #73
#95Norma42US #128
#96Robin42US #41
#97Dianne41US #116
#98Wilma41
#99Eva40US #187
#100Joan40US #40

Boys

#1James1,128US #3
#2Robert726US #2
#3David714US #5
#4Larry635US #19
#5John634US #4
#6Michael626US #1
#7Charles600US #10
#8William577US #6
#9Gary477US #9
#10Richard398US #7
#11Jerry382US #31
#12Donald314US #14
#13Billy302US #65
#14Danny298US #42
#15Thomas296US #8
#16Bobby279US #72
#17Terry277US #27
#18Jimmy269US #74
#19Kenneth269US #17
#20Ronald262US #15
#21Johnny238US #54
#22Ricky218US #46
#23Steven215US #11
#24Willie212US #53
#25Stephen192US #20
#26Dennis187US #21
#27Paul186US #16
#28Randy183US #33
#29George179US #24
#30Ronnie169US #78
#31Roger164US #34
#32Tommy163US #100
#33Joe159US #67
#34Roy159US #56
#35Mark154US #12
#36Edward146US #22
#37Carl142US #47
#38Eddie128US #91
#39Rickey125US #113
#40Joseph122US #13
#41Harold113US #60
#42Raymond106US #35
#43Henry96US #59
#44Calvin93US #117
#45Daniel93US #18
#46Donnie92US #162
#47Timothy91US #26
#48Phillip90US #75
#49Samuel90US #71
#50Stanley84US #58
#51Curtis83US #84
#52Gregory80US #25
#53Anthony79US #32
#54Jackie79US #150
#55Frank78US #36
#56Melvin77US #92
#57Bruce76US #30
#58Lee76US #96
#59Andrew75US #70
#60Douglas75US #29
#61Walter74US #49
#62Randall73US #55
#63Allen70US #82
#64Steve69US #76
#65Earl68US #98
#66Lawrence68US #39
#67Ray67US #118
#68Micheal66US #88
#69Ralph65US #61
#70Arthur64US #52
#71Gerald64US #44
#72Albert63US #73
#73Clarence63US #108
#74Lonnie63US #146
#75Jimmie62US #171
#76Don61US #120
#77Darrell60US #95
#78Tony60US #105
#79Jack58US #57
#80Wayne58US #41
#81Freddie57US #179
#82Floyd56US #152
#83Rodney55US #66
#84Alvin54US #135
#85Howard54US #80
#86Glenn52US #63
#87Marvin51US #97
#88Dale49US #50
#89Eugene49US #77
#90Fred49US #93
#91Herbert49US #128
#92Leonard48US #85
#93Garry47US #138
#94Dwight45US #145
#95Ernest45US #87
#96Herman45US #186
#97Jim45US #174
#98Mike45US #130
#99Barry43US #68
#100Jesse43US #119

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑32Christine#67
↑27Samuel#49
↑24Randall#62
↑23Andrew#59
↑22Gregory#52
↑21Ray#67
↑21Tony#78
↑18Allen#63

Falling

↓25Freddie#81
↓24Marvin#87
↓23Willie#91
↓21Eugene#89
↓20Norma#95
↓19Dwight#94
↓18Frances#69
↓17Don#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.