State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,473 Arkansas births in 1973 across 783 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#72Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#89Stacyoutside the national top 200
#95Tammieoutside the national top 200
#98Christioutside the national top 200
#97Charlotte#194 nationally
#87Christie#179 nationally
#100Beverly#192 nationally
#99Jody#185 nationally
#57Terri#137 nationally
#54Ricky#133 nationally
#42Carla#114 nationally
#88Eddie#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer546US #1
#2Angela351US #7
#3Kimberly284US #4
#4Stephanie248US #9
#5Amy243US #2
#6Melissa235US #6
#7Michelle192US #3
#8Lisa189US #5
#9Rebecca183US #10
#10Tonya161US #36
#11Tammy145US #15
#12Heather139US #8
#13Mary139US #14
#14Amanda131US #51
#15Christy119US #73
#16Tina119US #24
#17Tracy119US #20
#18Shannon114US #22
#19Teresa112US #45
#20Cynthia110US #26
#21Stacy104US #32
#22Julie103US #12
#23Misty103US #90
#24April101US #33
#25Laura98US #19
#26Elizabeth93US #13
#27Kelly90US #18
#28Pamela89US #47
#29Donna85US #55
#30Sandra85US #39
#31Christina83US #16
#32Sharon83US #57
#33Karen82US #23
#34Rhonda82US #70
#35Crystal78US #48
#36Susan77US #25
#37Melanie76US #43
#38Monica76US #40
#39Patricia76US #27
#40Andrea73US #30
#41Lori73US #28
#42Carla71US #114
#43Holly70US #54
#44Melinda70US #72
#45Brandy67US #82
#46Sarah67US #35
#47Leslie65US #75
#48Dana63US #59
#49Sherry62US #76
#50Robin61US #60
#51Wendy61US #29
#52Kristi60US #108
#53Shelly57US #104
#54Stacey56US #41
#55Barbara55US #63
#56Carrie55US #46
#57Terri54US #137
#58Rachel51US #42
#59Tiffany51US #52
#60Alicia48US #91
#61Cindy48US #92
#62Linda48US #61
#63Sheila48US #101
#64Sonya48US #131
#65Yolanda48US #113
#66Deborah47US #56
#67Paula47US #87
#68Tara47US #37
#69Dawn46US #21
#70Tanya45US #50
#71Valerie45US #96
#72Ashley44
#73Brandi44US #109
#74Cheryl44US #74
#75Felicia44US #138
#76Regina44US #110
#77Nicole43US #11
#78Shelley43US #128
#79Tamara42US #66
#80Jamie41US #103
#81Erica40US #81
#82Jessica40US #34
#83Kristy40US #147
#84Brenda39US #53
#85Denise39US #38
#86Amber37US #130
#87Christie37US #179
#88Jacqueline37US #88
#89Nancy37US #77
#90Gina36US #83
#91Katrina36US #118
#92Connie35US #144
#93Debra35US #84
#94Christine34US #17
#95Tammie34
#96Anita33US #142
#97Charlotte33US #194
#98Christi33
#99Veronica33US #71
#100Beverly32US #192

Boys

#1Michael719US #1
#2James577US #4
#3Christopher571US #2
#4Jason465US #3
#5David400US #5
#6John395US #6
#7Brian341US #8
#8Robert326US #7
#9William304US #9
#10Kevin254US #14
#11Charles229US #23
#12Steven205US #20
#13Timothy203US #22
#14Eric199US #13
#15Mark198US #15
#16Anthony176US #21
#17Kenneth155US #28
#18Matthew155US #10
#19Joseph154US #12
#20Jeffrey152US #17
#21Richard151US #16
#22Thomas151US #19
#23Gregory146US #26
#24Daniel145US #11
#25Larry127US #50
#26Shawn126US #27
#27Gary122US #44
#28Jerry121US #57
#29Scott115US #18
#30Jimmy109US #95
#31Billy106US #76
#32Bryan106US #43
#33Keith104US #41
#34Chad103US #25
#35Stephen102US #32
#36Bobby101US #93
#37Jeremy101US #33
#38Jonathan98US #31
#39Jeffery97US #64
#40Donald96US #38
#41Danny93US #83
#42Paul93US #24
#43Terry93US #65
#44Johnny91US #82
#45Marcus87US #72
#46Phillip85US #71
#47Rodney84US #68
#48Ronald79US #40
#49Brandon76US #58
#50Tony75US #78
#51Bradley73US #62
#52Chris71US #96
#53Patrick69US #37
#54Ricky68US #133
#55Aaron65US #34
#56Edward64US #39
#57Justin64US #51
#58Derrick63US #87
#59Shane63US #54
#60Travis62US #53
#61Randy60US #79
#62Ryan59US #30
#63Shannon59US #100
#64George58US #46
#65Sean58US #36
#66Joshua54US #42
#67Andrew53US #29
#68Tracy53US #126
#69Lee52US #123
#70Willie51US #109
#71Carl50US #90
#72Adam49US #45
#73Roy49US #117
#74Dennis48US #56
#75Micheal48US #106
#76Curtis47US #98
#77Todd47US #35
#78Corey46US #89
#79Douglas46US #47
#80Ronnie46US #136
#81Tommy46US #143
#82Russell45US #77
#83Benjamin44US #55
#84Joe44US #105
#85Nathan44US #63
#86Jon43US #94
#87Roger42US #84
#88Eddie40US #156
#89Stacy40
#90Samuel39US #66
#91Brent38US #80
#92Harold38US #140
#93Craig37US #48
#94Randall37US #121
#95Raymond37US #60
#96Tyrone36US #139
#97Darrell34US #131
#98Henry34US #111
#99Jody33US #185
#100Kelly32US #147

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑31Holly#43
↑31Melinda#44
↑26Jeremy#37
↑23Monica#38
↑22Misty#23
↑22Sarah#46
↑22Lee#69
↑21Tamara#79

Falling

↓34Debra#93
↓28Brenda#84
↓28Darrell#97
↓25Tommy#81
↓24Nancy#89
↓23Todd#77
↓22Deborah#66
↓22Nicole#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.