State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,768 Arkansas births in 1955 across 819 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#77Emmaoutside the national top 200
#82Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#58Patsy#172 nationally
#63Donnie#169 nationally
#67Ruby#173 nationally
#75Shelia#181 nationally
#96Rosieoutside the national top 200
#48Jackie#148 nationally
#91Jackie#187 nationally
#92Freddie#186 nationally
#98Jimmie#192 nationally
#99Johnnie#190 nationally

Girls

#1Mary681US #1
#2Linda661US #3
#3Deborah505US #2
#4Brenda461US #18
#5Patricia452US #6
#6Debra417US #4
#7Sandra311US #13
#8Donna310US #10
#9Sharon310US #16
#10Barbara303US #7
#11Carolyn278US #30
#12Shirley260US #37
#13Pamela251US #12
#14Betty246US #36
#15Susan232US #5
#16Kathy228US #22
#17Joyce227US #29
#18Karen220US #8
#19Judy216US #32
#20Nancy208US #9
#21Rebecca197US #27
#22Cynthia194US #11
#23Janice191US #25
#24Janet184US #20
#25Teresa180US #26
#26Marilyn169US #49
#27Beverly154US #34
#28Connie154US #35
#29Martha152US #53
#30Sherry150US #56
#31Dorothy147US #64
#32Elizabeth142US #21
#33Paula141US #39
#34Gloria138US #47
#35Peggy137US #51
#36Vickie128US #68
#37Carol127US #15
#38Cheryl125US #19
#39Rose118US #54
#40Jo116US #58
#41Sheila116US #57
#42Cathy112US #44
#43Glenda111US #128
#44Diane109US #14
#45Doris107US #101
#46Rita107US #72
#47Margaret106US #24
#48Vicki106US #52
#49Rhonda102US #71
#50Debbie101US #63
#51Wanda100US #61
#52Phyllis97US #74
#53Helen87US #78
#54Alice85US #87
#55Charlotte82US #129
#56Catherine80US #28
#57Virginia80US #66
#58Patsy76US #172
#59Evelyn75US #112
#60Lisa73US #48
#61Marsha72US #106
#62Katherine71US #65
#63Anita70US #94
#64Robin68US #33
#65Gwendolyn65US #122
#66Bonnie64US #45
#67Ruby64US #173
#68Terry63US #83
#69Kathryn62US #59
#70Annie61US #160
#71Theresa61US #38
#72Laura59US #41
#73Lois58US #124
#74Ruth58US #70
#75Shelia58US #181
#76Judith57US #31
#77Emma56
#78Sarah56US #108
#79Frances55US #96
#80Loretta55US #123
#81Kathleen53US #17
#82Bobbie52
#83Vivian52US #154
#84Diana49US #55
#85Jane48US #50
#86Melissa47US #149
#87Regina47US #127
#88Jacqueline46US #73
#89Belinda44US #170
#90Darlene43US #76
#91Jackie43US #187
#92Julia43US #131
#93Ann42US #43
#94Juanita42US #145
#95Gail41US #42
#96Rosie41
#97Christine39US #40
#98Ellen38US #81
#99Terri38US #85
#100Angela37US #109

Boys

#1James1,099US #3
#2David642US #2
#3Robert641US #4
#4John609US #5
#5Michael606US #1
#6Charles564US #11
#7Larry547US #19
#8William541US #6
#9Gary447US #12
#10Jerry349US #33
#11Richard314US #7
#12Kenneth285US #15
#13Billy283US #69
#14Donald270US #14
#15Thomas268US #8
#16Ricky262US #46
#17Terry262US #28
#18Danny246US #45
#19Jimmy242US #78
#20Bobby237US #75
#21Steven227US #10
#22Johnny225US #55
#23Randy217US #30
#24Ronald209US #18
#25Dennis200US #23
#26Mark190US #9
#27Paul188US #16
#28Willie183US #54
#29George181US #26
#30Stephen174US #21
#31Joe172US #68
#32Ronnie169US #80
#33Rickey161US #114
#34Carl149US #47
#35Edward145US #25
#36Joseph141US #13
#37Roger138US #37
#38Tommy136US #108
#39Roy133US #58
#40Eddie127US #92
#41Gregory118US #24
#42Harold109US #63
#43Timothy109US #22
#44Phillip98US #74
#45Henry94US #61
#46Raymond94US #36
#47Walter93US #51
#48Jackie92US #148
#49Stanley92US #64
#50Bruce89US #32
#51Samuel88US #71
#52Calvin87US #110
#53Lee86US #96
#54Anthony85US #31
#55Curtis85US #79
#56Daniel84US #17
#57Douglas80US #29
#58Frank79US #34
#59Tony76US #93
#60Randall74US #53
#61Ray73US #113
#62Steve73US #72
#63Donnie72US #169
#64Melvin64US #95
#65Micheal63US #87
#66Keith62US #39
#67Lawrence62US #42
#68Ralph62US #67
#69Russell59US #57
#70Clarence58US #117
#71Fred57US #97
#72Gerald56US #48
#73Albert55US #76
#74Don55US #125
#75Alvin54US #134
#76Allen53US #84
#77Andrew53US #66
#78Eugene53US #81
#79Marvin53US #94
#80Darrell52US #91
#81Arthur51US #56
#82Garry51US #140
#83Lonnie51US #155
#84Dale50US #52
#85Leon50US #143
#86Earl49US #106
#87Howard49US #83
#88Wayne49US #44
#89Louis48US #82
#90Patrick48US #41
#91Alan47US #43
#92Freddie47US #186
#93Rodney47US #65
#94Dwight46US #142
#95Floyd46US #165
#96Jack46US #60
#97Herbert43US #129
#98Jimmie43US #192
#99Johnnie43US #190
#100Kevin41US #27

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑42Cheryl#38
↑34Lisa#60
↑32Robin#64
↑19Theresa#71
↑19Tony#59
↑19Fred#71
↑18Paula#33
↑15Teresa#25

Falling

↓30Christine#97
↓29Gail#95
↓23Jimmie#98
↓21Earl#86
↓19Bobbie#82
↓18Andrew#77
↓17Darlene#90
↓17Rosie#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.