State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,525 Arkansas births in 1975 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#95Jodyoutside the national top 200
#36Ashley#138 nationally
#99Cedricoutside the national top 200
#100Belindaoutside the national top 200
#87Clifton#186 nationally
#86Calvin#178 nationally
#100Heath#188 nationally
#86Cassandra#168 nationally
#73Sonya#154 nationally
#78Tommy#156 nationally
#35Jimmy#111 nationally
#93Terri#165 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer524US #1
#2Angela354US #5
#3Amy334US #2
#4Amanda268US #14
#5Kimberly257US #7
#6Melissa256US #4
#7Heather212US #3
#8Stephanie211US #9
#9Misty173US #47
#10Michelle166US #6
#11Rebecca163US #11
#12Mary149US #19
#13Lisa147US #8
#14Crystal142US #43
#15Tammy133US #31
#16Tonya132US #45
#17Christy125US #53
#18April121US #25
#19Shannon121US #21
#20Christina119US #12
#21Sarah117US #17
#22Tracy109US #24
#23Elizabeth107US #15
#24Tina105US #35
#25Stacy103US #34
#26Brandy102US #57
#27Carrie99US #29
#28Cynthia96US #40
#29Julie96US #18
#30Susan90US #32
#31Amber87US #59
#32Wendy85US #33
#33Laura83US #20
#34Kelly81US #16
#35Karen80US #27
#36Ashley78US #138
#37Lori78US #39
#38Melanie75US #52
#39Andrea74US #28
#40Teresa74US #61
#41Leslie66US #71
#42Monica66US #49
#43Christie64US #96
#44Pamela64US #70
#45Dana62US #62
#46Patricia61US #36
#47Jessica60US #13
#48Rhonda60US #93
#49Holly59US #55
#50Sharon59US #75
#51Tanya59US #50
#52Yolanda58US #107
#53Brandi56US #88
#54Rachel56US #26
#55Robin56US #65
#56Sherry56US #95
#57Jamie54US #68
#58Tiffany54US #37
#59Alicia51US #76
#60Tara49US #41
#61Shelly48US #113
#62Linda47US #81
#63Nicole47US #10
#64Mandy46US #106
#65Kristi45US #109
#66Courtney44US #102
#67Donna43US #85
#68Regina42US #111
#69Stacey42US #44
#70Katrina40US #131
#71Leah40US #132
#72Paula40US #108
#73Sonya40US #154
#74Deborah39US #86
#75Felicia39US #116
#76Melinda39US #91
#77Tamara39US #77
#78Barbara38US #83
#79Erica38US #63
#80Kristy38US #141
#81Emily37US #48
#82Erin37US #38
#83Sandra37US #51
#84Valerie37US #92
#85Carla36US #122
#86Cassandra35US #168
#87Catherine35US #73
#88Dawn35US #23
#89Sara35US #54
#90Sheila35US #134
#91Brenda33US #67
#92Kristen32US #60
#93Terri32US #165
#94Katherine31US #58
#95Kelli31US #152
#96Christine30US #22
#97Cindy30US #112
#98Jacqueline30US #90
#99Allison29US #89
#100Belinda29

Boys

#1Michael662US #1
#2James596US #4
#3Jason570US #2
#4Christopher568US #3
#5John369US #7
#6David356US #5
#7Robert346US #6
#8William312US #10
#9Brian244US #8
#10Kevin240US #15
#11Charles223US #25
#12Jeremy219US #24
#13Anthony194US #21
#14Steven186US #18
#15Matthew171US #9
#16Richard165US #16
#17Chad157US #27
#18Eric157US #13
#19Daniel156US #11
#20Timothy148US #22
#21Joseph146US #12
#22Mark144US #19
#23Thomas133US #20
#24Jeffrey132US #14
#25Jonathan131US #30
#26Billy128US #84
#27Kenneth126US #35
#28Brandon123US #44
#29Justin120US #37
#30Scott118US #17
#31Bobby112US #93
#32Joshua111US #26
#33Marcus110US #68
#34Larry108US #56
#35Jimmy107US #111
#36Shawn106US #31
#37Stephen103US #34
#38Terry98US #67
#39Gregory95US #33
#40Bradley93US #52
#41Aaron91US #32
#42Jerry89US #65
#43Gary88US #50
#44Paul86US #29
#45Bryan84US #47
#46Patrick83US #39
#47Rodney83US #76
#48Keith82US #49
#49Benjamin81US #36
#50Phillip80US #72
#51Edward73US #41
#52Jeffery72US #70
#53Donald71US #42
#54Danny69US #94
#55Tony68US #80
#56Johnny67US #86
#57Nathan66US #45
#58Adam65US #38
#59Ryan64US #23
#60Andrew63US #28
#61Corey63US #71
#62Travis62US #51
#63Ronald61US #46
#64Shannon58US #101
#65Ricky55US #135
#66Shane55US #57
#67Dennis54US #59
#68Douglas50US #55
#69Brent49US #79
#70Derrick49US #90
#71Randy49US #78
#72Samuel48US #61
#73George47US #53
#74Jamie47US #62
#75Roy47US #122
#76Russell47US #82
#77Todd47US #43
#78Tommy46US #156
#79Dustin43US #96
#80Micheal43US #104
#81Carl42US #91
#82Willie41US #118
#83Chris40US #132
#84Randall39US #121
#85Ronnie39US #151
#86Calvin38US #178
#87Clifton37US #186
#88Jacob37US #75
#89Sean37US #40
#90Tyrone37US #146
#91Antonio36US #77
#92Joe36US #116
#93Reginald36US #162
#94Allen35US #127
#95Jody33
#96Jon33US #102
#97Clinton32US #154
#98Raymond32US #63
#99Cedric31
#100Heath31US #188

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑36Corey#61
↑29Amber#31
↑28Edward#51
↑27Yolanda#52
↑26Crystal#14
↑26Alicia#59
↑25Ashley#36
↑25Brandi#53

Falling

↓38Carla#85
↓34Cindy#97
↓33Dawn#88
↓25Rhonda#48
↓22Shelly#61
↓21Teresa#40
↓20George#73
↓18Tamara#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.