State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,676 Arkansas births in 1958 across 841 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#77Rubyoutside the national top 200
#60Donnie#181 nationally
#82Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#82Freddieoutside the national top 200
#74Jackie#188 nationally
#69Shelia#180 nationally
#87Floyd#179 nationally
#80Lonnie#171 nationally
#58Glenda#141 nationally
#27Rickey#106 nationally
#81Marsha#158 nationally
#79Alvin#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary550US #1
#2Linda488US #3
#3Brenda399US #16
#4Patricia372US #5
#5Debra353US #6
#6Deborah325US #7
#7Karen322US #4
#8Barbara311US #9
#9Kathy308US #14
#10Donna301US #10
#11Sandra291US #15
#12Cynthia289US #8
#13Pamela280US #11
#14Sharon267US #17
#15Susan238US #2
#16Carolyn231US #37
#17Debbie217US #24
#18Teresa205US #26
#19Judy192US #36
#20Lisa184US #19
#21Shirley179US #52
#22Rebecca173US #41
#23Joyce168US #46
#24Janet160US #28
#25Betty159US #54
#26Nancy156US #12
#27Elizabeth153US #22
#28Cheryl150US #13
#29Carol147US #20
#30Janice137US #35
#31Connie134US #50
#32Peggy132US #42
#33Sheila129US #59
#34Sherry125US #67
#35Tammy125US #44
#36Phyllis122US #94
#37Paula121US #53
#38Marilyn120US #96
#39Vickie120US #75
#40Cindy117US #25
#41Rhonda117US #48
#42Cathy116US #34
#43Dorothy116US #86
#44Beverly112US #55
#45Rita104US #88
#46Martha99US #69
#47Wanda98US #66
#48Terri92US #51
#49Annette91US #76
#50Diane90US #18
#51Laura87US #29
#52Anita86US #82
#53Vicki86US #57
#54Jo85US #91
#55Rose84US #78
#56Diana83US #45
#57Margaret82US #31
#58Glenda81US #141
#59Gloria79US #77
#60Darlene73US #49
#61Doris73US #131
#62Terry73US #89
#63Regina72US #120
#64Julie70US #23
#65Becky67US #111
#66Robin67US #32
#67Charlotte63US #140
#68Melissa63US #130
#69Shelia62US #180
#70Virginia62US #85
#71Helen61US #100
#72Alice59US #115
#73Angela59US #83
#74Tina59US #71
#75Kim58US #40
#76Theresa58US #33
#77Ruby57
#78Catherine56US #38
#79Kimberly54US #39
#80Loretta54US #132
#81Marsha54US #158
#82Bobbie53
#83Frances53US #118
#84Sarah52US #117
#85Denise51US #27
#86Julia51US #119
#87Gail50US #72
#88Carla49US #126
#89Bonnie47US #63
#90Kathryn47US #58
#91Gwendolyn46US #151
#92Jane45US #61
#93Evelyn44US #134
#94Leslie44US #79
#95Dianne41US #143
#96Jackie41US #152
#97Ann40US #47
#98Kathleen40US #21
#99Patti40US #137
#100Valerie39US #64

Boys

#1James940US #3
#2Michael673US #1
#3David672US #2
#4Robert571US #4
#5John566US #5
#6Charles477US #11
#7William462US #6
#8Larry424US #22
#9Ricky346US #34
#10Jerry334US #35
#11Terry321US #33
#12Kenneth317US #14
#13Gary316US #17
#14Mark295US #7
#15Richard284US #8
#16Billy279US #64
#17Donald256US #18
#18Jimmy241US #73
#19Ronald236US #19
#20Bobby231US #69
#21Randy228US #32
#22Danny215US #45
#23Steven213US #10
#24Paul206US #15
#25Thomas205US #9
#26Dennis192US #29
#27Rickey192US #106
#28Johnny190US #61
#29Timothy174US #13
#30Willie174US #70
#31Stephen160US #26
#32Ronnie157US #66
#33Joe150US #56
#34Tony147US #57
#35Gregory141US #23
#36Tommy137US #104
#37George133US #31
#38Anthony123US #27
#39Mike123US #40
#40Eddie122US #100
#41Steve121US #44
#42Roger113US #47
#43Joseph106US #12
#44Keith106US #37
#45Carl103US #51
#46Edward100US #28
#47Randall92US #62
#48Roy92US #75
#49Bruce90US #36
#50Calvin89US #123
#51Douglas88US #30
#52Phillip87US #81
#53Daniel85US #16
#54Raymond80US #43
#55Stanley79US #88
#56Kevin75US #20
#57Micheal74US #91
#58Henry73US #83
#59Darrell72US #90
#60Donnie72US #181
#61Marvin72US #119
#62Alan71US #49
#63Curtis71US #82
#64Dale71US #46
#65Harold71US #84
#66Rodney68US #65
#67Barry65US #79
#68Ray64US #121
#69Lee63US #114
#70Samuel62US #85
#71Jeffrey61US #21
#72Allen60US #92
#73Don60US #112
#74Jackie59US #188
#75Frank58US #38
#76Jeffery58US #59
#77Brian57US #24
#78Scott57US #25
#79Alvin56US #154
#80Lonnie55US #171
#81Russell55US #54
#82Freddie52
#83Walter52US #63
#84Arthur51US #72
#85Melvin51US #122
#86Clarence50US #138
#87Floyd50US #179
#88Perry50US #132
#89Andrew49US #55
#90Wayne49US #48
#91Gerald48US #58
#92Jim48US #87
#93Patrick47US #42
#94Ralph46US #78
#95Tim44US #74
#96Lawrence43US #52
#97Philip43US #67
#98Albert42US #89
#99Earl42US #130
#100Jack42US #80

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑54Tammy#35
↑29Melissa#68
↑29Kevin#56
↑29Barry#67
↑26Mike#39
↑25Marvin#61
↑25Alan#62
↑21Anthony#38

Falling

↓36Evelyn#93
↓31Walter#83
↓28Gwendolyn#91
↓27Melvin#85
↓27Wayne#90
↓24Arthur#84
↓24Albert#98
↓21Kathryn#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.