State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,668 Arkansas births in 1970 across 787 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#62Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#91Stacyoutside the national top 200
#94Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#99Mistyoutside the national top 200
#97Vickie#195 nationally
#81Betty#169 nationally
#61Tommy#148 nationally
#71Beverly#150 nationally
#55Ronnie#133 nationally
#56Sonya#131 nationally
#91Charlotte#166 nationally
#90Joyce#164 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly362US #3
#2Angela361US #6
#3Lisa333US #2
#4Melissa278US #7
#5Tammy236US #8
#6Jennifer235US #1
#7Mary228US #9
#8Shannon217US #22
#9Stephanie188US #17
#10Tina179US #21
#11Cynthia171US #25
#12Michelle171US #4
#13Tracy168US #10
#14Amy165US #5
#15Karen164US #12
#16Tonya157US #49
#17Pamela147US #26
#18Teresa144US #34
#19Rebecca140US #29
#20Sharon135US #37
#21Laura129US #13
#22Donna124US #32
#23Elizabeth122US #18
#24Rhonda116US #46
#25Kelly115US #20
#26Susan113US #15
#27Carla106US #94
#28Julie103US #11
#29Stacy103US #42
#30Sheila100US #75
#31Sandra97US #27
#32Patricia96US #24
#33Sherry95US #60
#34Lori90US #23
#35Brenda86US #40
#36Paula84US #57
#37Dana81US #54
#38Robin81US #51
#39Deborah79US #33
#40Leslie77US #64
#41Regina77US #86
#42Barbara76US #41
#43Linda76US #38
#44Christy72US #105
#45Stacey71US #48
#46Cindy70US #72
#47Amanda69US #108
#48Shelly67US #103
#49Tanya66US #76
#50Cheryl65US #44
#51Kathy65US #77
#52Wendy65US #28
#53Kristi64US #123
#54Melinda64US #93
#55Monica64US #56
#56Sonya62US #131
#57Dawn61US #16
#58Heather58US #19
#59Melanie58US #91
#60Anita57US #127
#61Sarah57US #65
#62Shelia57
#63Jacqueline55US #66
#64Terri54US #113
#65Tracey53US #55
#66Holly52US #74
#67Carol51US #71
#68Deanna48US #90
#69Debra48US #47
#70Andrea47US #43
#71Beverly46US #150
#72Connie46US #116
#73Yolanda46US #106
#74Jamie45US #120
#75Rachel45US #58
#76Veronica45US #110
#77Carolyn44US #84
#78Carrie44US #73
#79Shelley44US #144
#80Tamara44US #79
#81Betty43US #169
#82Cassandra43US #135
#83Janet43US #96
#84Christina42US #35
#85Nancy41US #50
#86April40US #82
#87Debbie40US #148
#88Catherine39US #59
#89Felicia39US #139
#90Joyce39US #164
#91Charlotte38US #166
#92Traci38US #100
#93Sherri37US #122
#94Ashley36
#95Kim36US #78
#96Michele36US #31
#97Vickie36US #195
#98Becky35US #161
#99Misty35
#100Theresa35US #53

Boys

#1James713US #2
#2Michael712US #1
#3David507US #3
#4John501US #4
#5Robert436US #5
#6William358US #7
#7Kevin326US #14
#8Christopher317US #6
#9Charles310US #21
#10Mark292US #9
#11Steven265US #15
#12Anthony212US #22
#13Brian211US #8
#14Jason207US #13
#15Timothy203US #20
#16Gregory198US #26
#17Richard195US #10
#18Jeffrey192US #11
#19Kenneth185US #25
#20Jerry176US #45
#21Eric175US #18
#22Larry170US #43
#23Thomas169US #17
#24Gary167US #35
#25Paul160US #23
#26Scott154US #12
#27Jeffery153US #50
#28Stephen146US #27
#29Jimmy144US #86
#30Billy140US #78
#31Joseph132US #16
#32Bobby127US #87
#33Donald120US #30
#34Johnny120US #65
#35Terry118US #54
#36Ronald116US #29
#37Keith114US #38
#38Rodney109US #55
#39Marcus106US #71
#40Daniel101US #19
#41Tony99US #57
#42Shawn95US #34
#43Matthew92US #24
#44Phillip92US #73
#45Patrick87US #33
#46Todd87US #28
#47Dennis86US #46
#48Bryan84US #53
#49Randy84US #59
#50Chris78US #63
#51Bradley76US #47
#52Danny75US #85
#53Edward70US #31
#54Joe70US #90
#55Ronnie68US #133
#56Douglas67US #36
#57George65US #40
#58Ricky64US #105
#59Roy63US #108
#60Curtis62US #88
#61Tommy62US #148
#62Carl60US #66
#63Russell60US #58
#64Shannon60US #128
#65Jon58US #68
#66Roger58US #61
#67Lance57US #76
#68Darrell56US #102
#69Jonathan56US #42
#70Willie56US #103
#71Travis54US #69
#72Chad53US #51
#73Shane51US #64
#74Brent49US #74
#75Andrew46US #32
#76Jeff46US #116
#77Raymond45US #49
#78Troy44US #41
#79Aaron42US #52
#80Brad42US #139
#81Derrick42US #96
#82Eddie41US #151
#83Micheal41US #126
#84Craig40US #39
#85Darren40US #75
#86Wesley40US #152
#87Henry39US #104
#88Randall39US #100
#89Tracy39US #162
#90Marvin38US #153
#91Stacy38
#92Jeremy37US #70
#93Kelly37US #135
#94Bruce36US #94
#95Barry35US #117
#96Brandon35US #131
#97Allen34US #113
#98Calvin34US #166
#99Corey34US #84
#100Gerald34US #67

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑56Marcus#39
↑28Anita#60
↑27Curtis#60
↑25Shawn#42
↑24Christy#44
↑24Kristi#53
↑22Jason#14
↑21Carrie#78

Falling

↓38Corey#99
↓34Michele#96
↓31Nancy#85
↓29Carolyn#77
↓27Tracy#89
↓26Charlotte#91
↓26Eddie#82
↓25Debra#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.