State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,353 Arkansas births in 1974 across 810 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#83Latonya#197 nationally
#96Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#61Ashley#165 nationally
#99Sheliaoutside the national top 200
#84Heath#181 nationally
#65Tommy#155 nationally
#87Tracy#162 nationally
#41Christie#110 nationally
#39Shelly#107 nationally
#47Carla#114 nationally
#99Eddie#166 nationally
#76Ronnie#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer564US #1
#2Angela384US #5
#3Kimberly314US #6
#4Amy278US #2
#5Stephanie242US #9
#6Melissa240US #7
#7Heather183US #4
#8Michelle179US #3
#9Rebecca179US #10
#10Amanda169US #34
#11Mary165US #13
#12Tonya156US #37
#13Christy139US #57
#14Lisa131US #8
#15Tammy127US #24
#16Tracy124US #23
#17Shannon120US #18
#18Tina111US #25
#19Teresa99US #52
#20April98US #28
#21Misty98US #66
#22Laura96US #21
#23Rhonda95US #86
#24Stacy93US #38
#25Andrea92US #35
#26Elizabeth92US #12
#27Cynthia91US #33
#28Sarah90US #20
#29Christina89US #16
#30Julie89US #14
#31Kelly89US #15
#32Karen88US #26
#33Susan88US #27
#34Patricia86US #29
#35Lori84US #30
#36Wendy82US #32
#37Pamela79US #54
#38Tanya79US #46
#39Shelly78US #107
#40Crystal76US #49
#41Christie75US #110
#42Dana75US #55
#43Melanie73US #51
#44Brandy71US #80
#45Robin69US #63
#46Sharon68US #70
#47Carla67US #114
#48Holly66US #56
#49Carrie64US #42
#50Leslie64US #65
#51Monica64US #43
#52Regina64US #113
#53Rachel63US #36
#54Sherry62US #89
#55Dawn61US #22
#56Tiffany57US #41
#57Stacey56US #48
#58Donna54US #67
#59Tamara54US #64
#60Amber53US #92
#61Ashley53US #165
#62Linda51US #75
#63Cindy50US #103
#64Paula49US #96
#65Sandra48US #44
#66Barbara46US #77
#67Jamie45US #97
#68Tara44US #39
#69Jessica43US #17
#70Kristi42US #102
#71Nicole42US #11
#72Sheila42US #121
#73Carolyn41US #118
#74Kristy41US #133
#75Melinda41US #81
#76Sonya41US #132
#77Veronica39US #71
#78Brandi38US #106
#79Yolanda38US #112
#80Denise37US #53
#81Kristen37US #45
#82Shelley37US #142
#83Latonya36US #197
#84Katherine35US #62
#85Alicia34US #90
#86Cheryl34US #88
#87Debra34US #94
#88Erica32US #74
#89Nancy32US #78
#90Sara32US #61
#91Theresa32US #79
#92Brenda31US #59
#93Emily31US #69
#94Kristie31US #138
#95Terri31US #151
#96Charlotte30
#97Felicia30US #137
#98Gina30US #84
#99Shelia30
#100Valerie30US #93

Boys

#1Michael719US #1
#2Christopher625US #3
#3Jason580US #2
#4James575US #5
#5John407US #6
#6David379US #4
#7Robert352US #7
#8Brian316US #8
#9William291US #10
#10Kevin274US #14
#11Charles226US #23
#12Steven203US #19
#13Jeremy180US #24
#14Mark179US #16
#15Eric178US #13
#16Richard176US #17
#17Anthony174US #21
#18Matthew173US #9
#19Timothy166US #22
#20Joseph164US #12
#21Jeffrey153US #15
#22Thomas146US #20
#23Kenneth145US #34
#24Gregory138US #31
#25Chad132US #26
#26Daniel131US #11
#27Shawn131US #30
#28Billy126US #78
#29Scott125US #18
#30Jerry123US #61
#31Jonathan120US #33
#32Larry120US #55
#33Bobby106US #92
#34Gary106US #48
#35Paul106US #27
#36Bryan104US #45
#37Stephen103US #35
#38Marcus101US #73
#39Brandon100US #51
#40Jimmy98US #99
#41Terry98US #69
#42Jeffery94US #66
#43Donald92US #41
#44Justin89US #43
#45Aaron88US #32
#46Danny88US #91
#47Joshua88US #29
#48Keith85US #44
#49Rodney83US #72
#50Johnny82US #83
#51Patrick79US #38
#52Phillip79US #70
#53George74US #49
#54Ronald74US #42
#55Travis74US #54
#56Nathan72US #52
#57Shane72US #56
#58Shannon70US #101
#59Tony66US #81
#60Randy65US #79
#61Andrew63US #28
#62Bradley63US #58
#63Derrick63US #87
#64Samuel63US #60
#65Tommy61US #155
#66Ryan59US #25
#67Benjamin58US #46
#68Adam57US #36
#69Roy54US #122
#70Ricky48US #129
#71Roger48US #93
#72Brent46US #76
#73Chris46US #116
#74Dennis45US #59
#75Joe44US #113
#76Ronnie44US #141
#77Russell44US #84
#78Craig42US #57
#79Edward42US #40
#80Lee42US #124
#81Raymond42US #62
#82Douglas41US #53
#83Todd41US #39
#84Heath39US #181
#85Jon39US #94
#86Micheal39US #102
#87Tracy39US #162
#88Willie39US #119
#89Brad38US #105
#90Randall38US #123
#91Sean38US #37
#92Allen37US #125
#93Dustin37US #121
#94Carl36US #89
#95Harold36US #146
#96Jamie36US #68
#97Corey35US #77
#98Curtis35US #98
#99Eddie35US #166
#100Marvin35US #163

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑46Christie#41
↑32Tanya#38
↑29Nathan#56
↑26Amber#60
↑26Samuel#64
↑24Regina#52
↑24Jeremy#13
↑22Veronica#77

Falling

↓38Terri#95
↓35Sandra#65
↓31Melinda#75
↓29Donna#58
↓29Valerie#100
↓26Sean#91
↓25Alicia#85
↓23Edward#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.