State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,701 Arkansas births in 1966 across 798 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#51Shelia#181 nationally
#75Rickeyoutside the national top 200
#80Glendaoutside the national top 200
#82Donnieoutside the national top 200
#88Timmyoutside the national top 200
#89Tammieoutside the national top 200
#95Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#97Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#90Terry#191 nationally
#69Felicia#161 nationally
#81Phyllis#173 nationally
#86Marilyn#170 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa509US #1
#2Angela321US #9
#3Kimberly310US #2
#4Mary295US #3
#5Tammy269US #8
#6Karen260US #5
#7Tina227US #23
#8Pamela215US #15
#9Donna212US #12
#10Cynthia207US #11
#11Melissa206US #22
#12Teresa200US #29
#13Patricia194US #7
#14Rhonda190US #39
#15Sandra173US #17
#16Brenda171US #25
#17Linda156US #18
#18Sharon153US #28
#19Susan140US #6
#20Tracy136US #31
#21Sheila135US #51
#22Sherry132US #53
#23Deborah126US #14
#24Rebecca121US #40
#25Barbara120US #27
#26Jennifer114US #10
#27Stephanie114US #38
#28Paula113US #50
#29Laura112US #19
#30Debra110US #35
#31Michelle109US #4
#32Elizabeth108US #16
#33Carolyn105US #60
#34Cheryl96US #34
#35Carla92US #77
#36Julie87US #13
#37Robin86US #42
#38Lori85US #21
#39Dana84US #68
#40Jacqueline79US #47
#41Kelly75US #26
#42Regina75US #82
#43Terri75US #72
#44Kathy73US #59
#45Connie72US #70
#46Cindy71US #56
#47Leslie71US #71
#48Carol67US #48
#49Janice67US #80
#50Nancy66US #33
#51Shelia66US #181
#52Janet64US #57
#53Melinda64US #102
#54Kim63US #43
#55Shirley62US #124
#56Tonya61US #96
#57Stacy60US #91
#58Beverly58US #109
#59Gina58US #58
#60Judy57US #97
#61Sarah53US #85
#62Andrea52US #52
#63Cathy52US #99
#64Jamie52US #138
#65Joyce52US #100
#66Anita51US #88
#67Dawn51US #24
#68Debbie51US #73
#69Felicia50US #161
#70Vickie49US #147
#71Betty47US #121
#72Shannon47US #120
#73Charlotte46US #151
#74Sherri46US #92
#75Amy45US #30
#76Martha45US #106
#77Vicki45US #115
#78Margaret44US #55
#79Sonya44US #126
#80Glenda43
#81Phyllis43US #173
#82Stacey42US #76
#83Theresa42US #46
#84Deanna41US #105
#85Denise41US #32
#86Marilyn41US #170
#87Valerie41US #74
#88Michele40US #36
#89Tammie38
#90Terry38US #191
#91Dorothy37US #136
#92Gloria37US #127
#93Peggy37US #139
#94Rita36US #135
#95Angelia35
#96Melanie35US #116
#97Gwendolyn34
#98Wanda34US #84
#99Wendy34US #41
#100Catherine33US #54

Boys

#1James737US #3
#2Michael604US #1
#3John519US #4
#4David493US #2
#5Robert414US #5
#6William333US #6
#7Charles327US #20
#8Mark268US #7
#9Steven247US #13
#10Kenneth222US #21
#11Kevin217US #17
#12Gregory210US #23
#13Jerry210US #41
#14Richard207US #8
#15Timothy201US #11
#16Terry197US #40
#17Gary187US #28
#18Billy180US #80
#19Paul174US #18
#20Larry172US #38
#21Anthony170US #22
#22Jimmy157US #77
#23Rodney157US #35
#24Thomas157US #10
#25Donald152US #27
#26Jeffrey149US #9
#27Ronald145US #24
#28Randy143US #45
#29Tony143US #49
#30Jeffery142US #42
#31Christopher138US #12
#32Brian134US #14
#33Bobby133US #82
#34Keith124US #32
#35Stephen121US #26
#36Ricky120US #64
#37Danny118US #62
#38Joseph113US #15
#39Scott111US #16
#40Johnny109US #73
#41Eric106US #25
#42Roger97US #51
#43Carl85US #56
#44Daniel84US #19
#45Edward84US #30
#46Dennis82US #44
#47George82US #37
#48Ronnie82US #108
#49Tommy82US #124
#50Joe81US #74
#51Randall77US #70
#52Patrick74US #31
#53Douglas73US #33
#54Bryan72US #52
#55Curtis71US #75
#56Willie71US #93
#57Roy70US #94
#58Tracy66US #98
#59Eddie64US #121
#60Marvin64US #113
#61Darrell62US #95
#62Harold62US #99
#63Darren59US #63
#64Phillip57US #71
#65Raymond56US #47
#66Samuel56US #81
#67Chris55US #55
#68Todd53US #29
#69Micheal52US #115
#70Russell52US #61
#71Barry50US #87
#72Steve49US #67
#73Bruce48US #53
#74Lee47US #106
#75Rickey47
#76Tim46US #103
#77Allen45US #97
#78Troy45US #48
#79Melvin44US #142
#80Gerald43US #60
#81Mike43US #69
#82Donnie42
#83Frank42US #43
#84Henry42US #92
#85Jon42US #76
#86Alan40US #57
#87Jeff39US #72
#88Timmy38
#89Andrew37US #36
#90Bradley37US #68
#91Stanley37US #128
#92Vincent37US #58
#93Matthew36US #34
#94Shawn36US #54
#95Clarence35US #176
#96Darryl35US #88
#97Jack35US #107
#98Jason35US #89
#99Reginald35US #131
#100Calvin34US #159

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑39Sarah#61
↑27Leslie#47
↑27Dawn#67
↑27Harold#62
↑23Martha#76
↑21Jamie#64
↑20Michelle#31
↑20Marvin#60

Falling

↓31Debbie#68
↓27Wanda#98
↓24Calvin#100
↓20Marilyn#86
↓20Valerie#87
↓19Darryl#96
↓18Betty#71
↓18Theresa#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.