State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,235 Arkansas births in 1976 across 791 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#93Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#97Melody#199 nationally
#95Latasha#185 nationally
#85Tommy#170 nationally
#36Ashley#115 nationally
#69Shelly#145 nationally
#79Ronnie#155 nationally
#90Sonya#166 nationally
#97Eddie#169 nationally
#68Christie#139 nationally
#88Chris#154 nationally
#86Clinton#151 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer541US #1
#2Amanda342US #10
#3Amy335US #2
#4Angela315US #5
#5Melissa258US #3
#6Kimberly241US #7
#7Heather232US #4
#8Stephanie190US #11
#9Jamie172US #18
#10Misty167US #46
#11Rebecca156US #12
#12Lisa151US #9
#13Shannon141US #17
#14Brandy131US #55
#15Crystal130US #36
#16Christina128US #14
#17Christy122US #60
#18Sarah122US #15
#19April121US #30
#20Jessica121US #8
#21Mary120US #22
#22Michelle116US #6
#23Laura115US #20
#24Julie102US #21
#25Tonya101US #58
#26Elizabeth95US #16
#27Amber93US #49
#28Tammy93US #41
#29Stacy87US #38
#30Tiffany87US #32
#31Carrie84US #28
#32Tracy84US #37
#33Andrea81US #25
#34Tina81US #48
#35Wendy78US #39
#36Ashley73US #115
#37Melanie72US #53
#38Kelly70US #19
#39Rachel67US #23
#40Brandi66US #79
#41Monica65US #45
#42Jaime64US #29
#43Leslie64US #65
#44Susan64US #40
#45Teresa64US #66
#46Pamela63US #84
#47Sara63US #27
#48Karen61US #31
#49Lori61US #47
#50Dana60US #64
#51Tara58US #42
#52Cynthia57US #44
#53Sharon57US #81
#54Holly53US #56
#55Rhonda53US #107
#56Erin51US #24
#57Patricia51US #43
#58Kristi49US #104
#59Carla48US #122
#60Samantha48US #85
#61Courtney47US #76
#62Nicole47US #13
#63Robin47US #75
#64Sherry47US #111
#65Stacey46US #51
#66Erica45US #54
#67Mandy44US #100
#68Christie43US #139
#69Shelly43US #145
#70Yolanda43US #117
#71Donna42US #93
#72Sandra42US #59
#73Tanya42US #61
#74Barbara41US #98
#75Alicia40US #71
#76Allison39US #67
#77Kristy39US #113
#78Paula39US #121
#79Regina39US #116
#80Emily38US #50
#81Felicia38US #130
#82Linda38US #90
#83Melinda38US #95
#84Natalie36US #80
#85Dawn34US #35
#86Jill33US #52
#87Tamara33US #91
#88Valerie33US #83
#89Katrina31US #110
#90Sonya31US #166
#91Anna30US #78
#92Deborah30US #96
#93Latonya30
#94Kara29US #138
#95Latasha29US #185
#96Margaret29US #103
#97Melody29US #199
#98Nancy29US #87
#99Theresa29US #89
#100Kendra28US #157

Boys

#1Jason642US #2
#2Michael612US #1
#3Christopher520US #3
#4James507US #5
#5John406US #6
#6David342US #4
#7Jeremy330US #14
#8Robert323US #7
#9William271US #11
#10Kevin235US #15
#11Charles222US #26
#12Brian221US #8
#13Eric216US #13
#14Joseph207US #12
#15Matthew206US #9
#16Anthony185US #22
#17Timothy179US #21
#18Steven174US #20
#19Daniel169US #10
#20Joshua155US #18
#21Mark136US #25
#22Richard134US #19
#23Billy131US #85
#24Justin131US #33
#25Brandon129US #40
#26Jonathan127US #31
#27Scott126US #24
#28Thomas126US #23
#29Chad124US #29
#30Aaron119US #30
#31Jeffrey116US #17
#32Larry111US #60
#33Bryan110US #43
#34Travis103US #46
#35Gregory100US #35
#36Jerry98US #67
#37Stephen96US #37
#38Jimmy95US #101
#39Bobby94US #96
#40Kenneth94US #38
#41Marcus93US #74
#42Paul93US #28
#43Bradley85US #51
#44Patrick81US #41
#45Adam80US #36
#46Phillip80US #69
#47Terry80US #75
#48Shawn79US #34
#49Andrew77US #27
#50Nathan77US #39
#51Gary76US #52
#52Jeffery73US #76
#53Ronald73US #49
#54Ryan69US #16
#55Shannon69US #98
#56Keith68US #48
#57Antonio65US #71
#58Corey65US #64
#59Donald64US #47
#60Rodney63US #88
#61George58US #53
#62Shane57US #57
#63Derrick56US #91
#64Dustin55US #82
#65Jamie55US #62
#66Benjamin54US #32
#67Edward54US #45
#68Tony54US #86
#69Johnny53US #92
#70Samuel50US #59
#71Joe47US #117
#72Randy47US #79
#73Wesley47US #119
#74Dennis46US #66
#75Micheal46US #116
#76Brent44US #78
#77Douglas44US #56
#78Jesse44US #55
#79Ronnie44US #155
#80Russell44US #87
#81Curtis43US #105
#82Danny43US #102
#83Randall40US #133
#84Ricky40US #132
#85Tommy40US #170
#86Clinton39US #151
#87Raymond39US #65
#88Chris38US #154
#89Cory38US #83
#90Sean37US #42
#91Roger36US #103
#92Jacob35US #63
#93Brad34US #108
#94Jeremiah34US #93
#95Roy34US #139
#96Willie34US #121
#97Eddie32US #169
#98Tyrone32US #146
#99Damon31US #104
#100Henry31US #122

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑48Jamie#9
↑42Sara#47
↑34Antonio#57
↑28Tiffany#30
↑28Travis#34
↑27Jessica#20
↑26Erin#56
↑26Carla#59

Falling

↓28Danny#82
↓25Christie#68
↓24Cynthia#52
↓22Tanya#73
↓20Linda#82
↓20Roy#95
↓19Katrina#89
↓19Ricky#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.