State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,423 Arkansas births in 1977 across 826 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#87Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#88Clayton#197 nationally
#92Krystaloutside the national top 200
#70Tommy#177 nationally
#79Latasha#170 nationally
#26Ashley#106 nationally
#60Rhonda#131 nationally
#68Carla#137 nationally
#100Shanna#168 nationally
#89Shelly#151 nationally
#95Kristie#157 nationally
#67Felicia#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer577US #1
#2Amanda394US #9
#3Angela309US #6
#4Amy293US #3
#5Kimberly259US #8
#6Heather241US #5
#7Melissa221US #2
#8Stephanie204US #14
#9Misty178US #40
#10Crystal176US #25
#11Jessica170US #4
#12Jamie163US #18
#13Mary144US #21
#14Brandy142US #51
#15Kelly139US #10
#16April136US #29
#17Laura135US #20
#18Andrea131US #24
#19Lisa131US #12
#20Rebecca131US #17
#21Sarah129US #11
#22Amber124US #33
#23Christina124US #16
#24Shannon122US #19
#25Elizabeth110US #13
#26Ashley107US #106
#27Carrie101US #28
#28Christy100US #59
#29Michelle95US #7
#30Julie91US #22
#31Tonya91US #64
#32Stacy89US #42
#33Rachel88US #26
#34Leslie85US #65
#35Brandi84US #71
#36Tammy81US #55
#37Monica79US #39
#38Holly73US #52
#39Tiffany73US #34
#40Sara72US #27
#41Dana71US #62
#42Tracy71US #50
#43Tara67US #35
#44Erin65US #23
#45Kristy65US #68
#46Lori65US #57
#47Mandy62US #94
#48Tina62US #58
#49Susan59US #45
#50Patricia58US #47
#51Samantha58US #85
#52Melanie57US #53
#53Pamela57US #102
#54Karen56US #32
#55Emily54US #37
#56Teresa53US #79
#57Alicia52US #60
#58Cynthia51US #48
#59Natalie51US #69
#60Rhonda51US #131
#61Erica50US #38
#62Sabrina50US #63
#63Wendy49US #49
#64Kristi44US #104
#65Latoya44US #125
#66Nicole44US #15
#67Felicia43US #128
#68Carla42US #137
#69Melinda42US #96
#70Katherine41US #44
#71Natasha41US #116
#72Regina41US #124
#73Robin41US #84
#74Summer40US #119
#75Allison39US #66
#76Anna39US #74
#77Courtney39US #76
#78Jaime38US #46
#79Latasha38US #170
#80Tanya38US #67
#81Linda37US #99
#82Tamara37US #93
#83Valerie37US #86
#84Jill36US #41
#85Paula34US #144
#86Shawna34US #139
#87Latonya33
#88Leah33US #112
#89Shelly33US #151
#90Sharon32US #95
#91Stacey32US #56
#92Krystal31
#93Yolanda31US #134
#94Donna30US #113
#95Kristie30US #157
#96Sherry30US #140
#97Christie29US #156
#98Nancy29US #89
#99Kathryn28US #70
#100Shanna28US #168

Boys

#1Jason666US #2
#2Christopher573US #3
#3Michael567US #1
#4James547US #5
#5David385US #4
#6Jeremy385US #15
#7John348US #7
#8Robert319US #6
#9Kevin277US #13
#10Brian269US #8
#11William265US #12
#12Joshua242US #14
#13Charles224US #26
#14Matthew219US #9
#15Timothy203US #18
#16Daniel201US #11
#17Joseph199US #10
#18Anthony179US #21
#19Justin166US #30
#20Richard166US #20
#21Eric163US #17
#22Steven156US #23
#23Brandon146US #41
#24Mark145US #25
#25Jonathan137US #28
#26Thomas132US #22
#27Jeffrey126US #19
#28Chad120US #34
#29Bryan117US #42
#30Larry113US #62
#31Aaron112US #32
#32Kenneth109US #39
#33Bradley108US #49
#34Stephen108US #38
#35Scott98US #27
#36Gregory95US #35
#37Ryan94US #16
#38Shawn93US #37
#39Billy92US #91
#40Nathan92US #36
#41Corey90US #52
#42Jerry89US #75
#43Andrew88US #24
#44Wesley87US #66
#45Benjamin83US #29
#46Marcus83US #72
#47Bobby81US #105
#48Patrick80US #40
#49Travis77US #44
#50Gary75US #58
#51Jimmy75US #98
#52Paul75US #31
#53Terry75US #83
#54Jeffery73US #78
#55Johnny70US #93
#56Keith70US #48
#57Phillip69US #70
#58Adam68US #33
#59Donald64US #46
#60Shannon64US #120
#61Derrick63US #80
#62Tony62US #92
#63Samuel61US #60
#64Rodney58US #97
#65Antonio56US #77
#66Dustin56US #81
#67Jacob56US #56
#68Jesse54US #54
#69Randy53US #86
#70Tommy53US #177
#71Shane52US #61
#72Edward51US #47
#73Danny47US #111
#74Ronald47US #53
#75Brent46US #85
#76Ricky46US #136
#77Brad45US #106
#78Jamie45US #82
#79Cory43US #67
#80Micheal43US #122
#81Casey42US #102
#82Carl40US #99
#83Curtis39US #100
#84Douglas39US #59
#85Lance39US #139
#86Nicholas39US #51
#87Kyle37US #79
#88Clayton36US #197
#89Darrell36US #150
#90Todd36US #50
#91Bruce35US #148
#92George35US #57
#93Nathaniel35US #107
#94Roy35US #141
#95Randall34US #140
#96Raymond34US #65
#97Ronnie34US #156
#98Russell34US #89
#99Damon33US #112
#100Zachary33US #95

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑32Kristy#45
↑29Wesley#44
↑25Emily#55
↑25Natalie#59
↑25Jacob#67
↑23Kelly#15
↑21Benjamin#45
↑20Mandy#47

Falling

↓37Sharon#90
↓36Jaime#78
↓32Sherry#96
↓31George#92
↓29Christie#97
↓28Wendy#63
↓26Stacey#91
↓23Yolanda#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.