State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,776 Arkansas births in 1969 across 797 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#51Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#96Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#65Charlotte#160 nationally
#82Shirley#173 nationally
#44Tommy#134 nationally
#56Eddie#146 nationally
#74Tammie#164 nationally
#42Amanda#122 nationally
#83Calvin#163 nationally
#62Tracy#141 nationally
#72Beverly#141 nationally
#57Sonya#123 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa355US #1
#2Angela343US #7
#3Kimberly306US #4
#4Melissa274US #5
#5Tammy272US #9
#6Michelle200US #2
#7Jennifer197US #3
#8Mary195US #8
#9Tina192US #22
#10Karen187US #13
#11Teresa183US #32
#12Rhonda163US #44
#13Donna159US #26
#14Shannon157US #31
#15Laura153US #10
#16Pamela152US #24
#17Patricia152US #18
#18Stephanie146US #19
#19Tracy142US #17
#20Amy136US #6
#21Cynthia135US #23
#22Sharon134US #36
#23Rebecca129US #28
#24Sandra127US #25
#25Brenda120US #38
#26Susan120US #11
#27Elizabeth114US #16
#28Tonya114US #54
#29Sherry112US #55
#30Kelly111US #15
#31Linda111US #33
#32Deborah96US #27
#33Lori93US #20
#34Dana92US #60
#35Stacy90US #53
#36Sheila87US #68
#37Barbara86US #39
#38Paula86US #50
#39Cheryl80US #41
#40Regina80US #86
#41Robin80US #46
#42Amanda78US #122
#43Carla77US #90
#44Debra75US #43
#45Carol74US #56
#46Julie74US #12
#47Cindy70US #74
#48Carolyn67US #71
#49Kathy65US #77
#50Monica65US #59
#51Shelia63
#52Shelly62US #102
#53Wendy60US #29
#54Nancy59US #45
#55Terri59US #93
#56Leslie58US #64
#57Sonya58US #123
#58Andrea57US #48
#59Dawn56US #21
#60Melinda56US #89
#61Tanya55US #91
#62Michele53US #30
#63Stacey53US #52
#64Connie52US #105
#65Charlotte51US #160
#66Melanie51US #92
#67Kelli49US #115
#68Christy47US #116
#69Heather47US #34
#70Janet47US #84
#71Tracey47US #65
#72Beverly45US #141
#73Tamara45US #78
#74Tammie45US #164
#75Christina44US #37
#76Jacqueline44US #62
#77Kristi44US #129
#78Sarah44US #72
#79Jamie43US #121
#80Gina42US #63
#81Holly42US #87
#82Shirley42US #173
#83Ann41US #57
#84Debbie40US #127
#85Rachel40US #69
#86Shelley40US #135
#87Yolanda40US #98
#88Anita39US #120
#89Felicia38US #146
#90Janice38US #131
#91Catherine37US #58
#92Margaret37US #73
#93Penny37US #142
#94Kim36US #66
#95Toni36US #159
#96Angelia35
#97Theresa35US #49
#98Anna34US #99
#99Carrie34US #94
#100Joyce34US #148

Boys

#1Michael682US #1
#2James674US #3
#3John479US #4
#4David472US #2
#5Robert468US #5
#6William346US #6
#7Charles288US #19
#8Mark268US #8
#9Christopher264US #7
#10Kevin235US #16
#11Steven213US #14
#12Brian210US #9
#13Timothy205US #17
#14Richard203US #10
#15Jeffrey188US #11
#16Anthony186US #20
#17Kenneth178US #23
#18Gary174US #35
#19Gregory174US #26
#20Thomas171US #13
#21Larry161US #40
#22Jerry159US #45
#23Terry154US #52
#24Stephen146US #27
#25Jimmy142US #79
#26Rodney139US #49
#27Billy138US #77
#28Donald137US #30
#29Paul137US #22
#30Eric129US #21
#31Bobby127US #82
#32Joseph125US #15
#33Jeffery123US #48
#34Tony122US #54
#35Scott118US #12
#36Jason117US #25
#37Ronald116US #29
#38Johnny110US #67
#39Danny100US #73
#40Bryan96US #51
#41Keith92US #36
#42Randy83US #55
#43Ricky82US #90
#44Tommy82US #134
#45Patrick81US #31
#46Daniel80US #18
#47Joe76US #83
#48Russell76US #57
#49Phillip75US #74
#50Bradley73US #53
#51George73US #38
#52Todd68US #28
#53Douglas66US #34
#54Willie66US #101
#55Roger64US #59
#56Eddie62US #146
#57Edward62US #32
#58Matthew62US #24
#59Carl61US #62
#60Chris60US #66
#61Corey59US #58
#62Tracy59US #141
#63Dennis57US #44
#64Jonathan54US #46
#65Raymond53US #50
#66Samuel53US #64
#67Shawn53US #41
#68Roy51US #105
#69Shannon51US #129
#70Andrew50US #33
#71Bruce50US #72
#72Randall49US #85
#73Ronnie49US #127
#74Kelly48US #115
#75Darrell46US #93
#76Darren46US #60
#77Micheal46US #120
#78Allen44US #111
#79Sean44US #37
#80Barry43US #99
#81Jon41US #68
#82Troy41US #42
#83Calvin40US #163
#84Craig40US #39
#85Lee40US #118
#86Chad39US #69
#87Curtis39US #81
#88Walter39US #84
#89Reginald38US #125
#90Travis37US #113
#91Marvin36US #139
#92Steve36US #98
#93Vincent36US #70
#94Gerald35US #65
#95Marcus35US #138
#96Wesley35US #157
#97Alan34US #76
#98Brad34US #145
#99Henry34US #100
#100Lawrence34US #71

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑42Monica#50
↑38Bradley#50
↑29Jonathan#64
↑28Jason#36
↑27Amanda#42
↑27Eddie#56
↑23Shelia#51
↑20Shannon#14

Falling

↓37Kim#94
↓30Jacqueline#76
↓27Anita#88
↓26Darrell#75
↓25Ronnie#73
↓25Lee#85
↓24Janice#90
↓22Joyce#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.