State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,319 Arkansas births in 1978 across 790 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#71Miranda#183 nationally
#74Tommy#177 nationally
#93Melody#195 nationally
#88Latasha#185 nationally
#82Shelly#175 nationally
#84Christie#173 nationally
#90Casey#174 nationally
#81Rhonda#160 nationally
#87Ronnie#163 nationally
#78Sherry#151 nationally
#97Candice#168 nationally
#18Ashley#87 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer517US #1
#2Amanda422US #6
#3Amy262US #4
#4Angela262US #7
#5Melissa238US #2
#6Crystal217US #18
#7Heather216US #5
#8Sarah195US #8
#9Stephanie194US #16
#10Kimberly190US #13
#11Misty187US #43
#12Jessica168US #3
#13April165US #27
#14Brandy153US #37
#15Amber152US #30
#16Jamie145US #20
#17Christina142US #15
#18Ashley135US #87
#19Lisa135US #11
#20Mary132US #24
#21Kelly126US #12
#22Laura120US #19
#23Elizabeth117US #14
#24Andrea110US #23
#25Rebecca107US #17
#26Michelle105US #9
#27Christy100US #59
#28Tina97US #45
#29Stacy96US #44
#30Kristy95US #51
#31Shannon91US #22
#32Brandi88US #61
#33Tonya85US #77
#34Carrie81US #35
#35Tiffany81US #32
#36Leslie80US #63
#37Rachel78US #25
#38Tara73US #40
#39Sara72US #28
#40Cynthia68US #50
#41Tracy68US #47
#42Erin67US #21
#43Julie67US #26
#44Erica66US #34
#45Karen63US #39
#46Lori63US #60
#47Dana60US #71
#48Wendy60US #56
#49Holly58US #55
#50Alicia57US #58
#51Natalie57US #66
#52Monica55US #42
#53Melanie53US #54
#54Emily52US #33
#55Samantha52US #74
#56Tammy52US #67
#57Susan51US #49
#58Patricia49US #48
#59Courtney48US #68
#60Melinda45US #84
#61Nicole44US #10
#62Kristi43US #98
#63Linda43US #100
#64Teresa43US #88
#65Robin42US #89
#66Tabitha41US #126
#67Mandy40US #96
#68Regina40US #129
#69Stacey38US #53
#70Leah37US #108
#71Miranda37US #183
#72Natasha37US #114
#73Pamela36US #109
#74Cheryl34US #94
#75Megan34US #41
#76Katherine33US #38
#77Sharon33US #106
#78Sherry33US #151
#79Yolanda33US #138
#80Jill32US #46
#81Rhonda32US #160
#82Shelly32US #175
#83Tamara32US #105
#84Christie31US #173
#85Felicia31US #140
#86Kathryn31US #57
#87Kristina31US #64
#88Latasha31US #185
#89Carla30US #132
#90Casey30US #174
#91Kara30US #127
#92Latoya30US #135
#93Melody30US #195
#94Valerie30US #92
#95Veronica30US #73
#96Allison29US #75
#97Candice28US #168
#98Katrina28US #122
#99Nancy28US #97
#100Sabrina28US #91

Boys

#1Jason594US #2
#2Michael566US #1
#3Christopher551US #3
#4James538US #5
#5John394US #7
#6David362US #4
#7Jeremy329US #18
#8Joshua298US #12
#9Robert290US #8
#10William277US #13
#11Matthew260US #6
#12Brian239US #9
#13Eric212US #16
#14Kevin205US #15
#15Charles200US #27
#16Joseph184US #10
#17Steven180US #24
#18Justin177US #28
#19Jonathan163US #31
#20Timothy163US #17
#21Richard158US #21
#22Brandon151US #40
#23Daniel149US #11
#24Anthony127US #20
#25Mark127US #26
#26Aaron120US #32
#27Nicholas115US #25
#28Thomas114US #23
#29Jeffrey113US #19
#30Kenneth110US #41
#31Adam106US #29
#32Bradley103US #53
#33Nathan103US #36
#34Billy102US #99
#35Marcus96US #70
#36Stephen95US #37
#37Ryan92US #14
#38Gary87US #60
#39Larry87US #64
#40Corey86US #61
#41Shawn86US #39
#42Wesley86US #83
#43Chad85US #35
#44Andrew84US #22
#45Paul84US #33
#46Benjamin83US #34
#47Gregory81US #38
#48Jerry77US #82
#49Bobby76US #109
#50Dustin76US #68
#51Scott76US #30
#52Bryan75US #43
#53Terry74US #91
#54Patrick73US #42
#55Phillip72US #67
#56Travis72US #46
#57Jeffery71US #80
#58Derrick70US #76
#59Rodney69US #102
#60Donald66US #48
#61Jimmy65US #118
#62Johnny58US #101
#63Keith58US #49
#64Randy58US #86
#65Shane58US #65
#66Tony57US #97
#67Samuel56US #57
#68Shaun55US #52
#69Ricky54US #130
#70Ronald53US #55
#71Antonio51US #79
#72Jacob50US #50
#73Brent49US #87
#74Tommy49US #177
#75Cory46US #73
#76Jared46US #72
#77Jesse44US #51
#78Joe44US #128
#79Shannon44US #143
#80Danny42US #115
#81George42US #58
#82Lance41US #134
#83Carl40US #100
#84Edward40US #47
#85Curtis39US #96
#86Jamie39US #95
#87Ronnie39US #163
#88Russell38US #93
#89Willie38US #121
#90Douglas37US #59
#91Micheal37US #125
#92Cody36US #152
#93Raymond36US #69
#94Jeremiah35US #81
#95Jon35US #108
#96Dennis34US #71
#97Clinton33US #148
#98Philip33US #84
#99Randall33US #135
#100Todd33US #56

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑59Nicholas#27
↑27Adam#31
↑22Stacey#69
↑20Tina#28
↑18Cynthia#40
↑18Courtney#59
↑18Linda#63
↑18Leah#70

Falling

↓38Sabrina#100
↓27Latoya#92
↓23Bryan#52
↓21Rhonda#81
↓21Carla#89
↓21Allison#96
↓20Tammy#56
↓20Mandy#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.