State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,891 Arkansas births in 1979 across 842 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#93Cedricoutside the national top 200
#94Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#98Jessieoutside the national top 200
#76Miranda#174 nationally
#74Latasha#167 nationally
#71Ronnie#163 nationally
#86Candace#173 nationally
#99Shawna#177 nationally
#50Jimmy#123 nationally
#95Alisha#162 nationally
#63Kelli#129 nationally
#89Tabitha#155 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda589US #3
#2Jennifer528US #1
#3Melissa275US #2
#4Amy244US #5
#5Angela244US #8
#6Kimberly238US #12
#7Crystal222US #18
#8Sarah215US #6
#9Amber212US #22
#10April198US #23
#11Stephanie193US #15
#12Jessica182US #4
#13Heather177US #7
#14Brandy167US #39
#15Misty166US #42
#16Ashley158US #67
#17Rebecca139US #17
#18Jamie134US #19
#19Lisa132US #13
#20Elizabeth131US #11
#21Mary120US #24
#22Tiffany118US #28
#23Christina114US #14
#24Laura111US #20
#25Michelle106US #10
#26Rachel103US #27
#27Andrea102US #26
#28Julie98US #29
#29Shannon94US #25
#30Brandi93US #61
#31Christy90US #72
#32Kelly88US #16
#33Leslie83US #65
#34Tara78US #38
#35Erica77US #32
#36Carrie76US #41
#37Monica73US #40
#38Samantha73US #66
#39Kristy72US #56
#40Alicia69US #47
#41Tonya68US #86
#42Stacy65US #43
#43Teresa63US #87
#44Emily62US #34
#45Sara62US #30
#46Tina62US #58
#47Wendy62US #64
#48Cynthia61US #55
#49Patricia61US #44
#50Lori60US #69
#51Holly57US #48
#52Erin55US #21
#53Dana53US #54
#54Tracy52US #49
#55Katrina51US #99
#56Tammy50US #79
#57Katherine49US #36
#58Courtney48US #71
#59Natalie47US #68
#60Melanie46US #53
#61Mindy46US #81
#62Natasha46US #110
#63Kelli44US #129
#64Nicole44US #9
#65Allison43US #70
#66Kristen43US #62
#67Susan43US #51
#68Candice42US #128
#69Mandy42US #116
#70Kristi41US #109
#71Robin41US #95
#72Cheryl39US #94
#73Melinda39US #82
#74Latasha37US #167
#75Karen36US #46
#76Miranda36US #174
#77Pamela36US #90
#78Anna35US #59
#79Carla35US #142
#80Lindsey35US #113
#81Valerie35US #89
#82Donna34US #131
#83Kathryn34US #50
#84Latoya34US #148
#85Jill33US #52
#86Candace32US #173
#87Casey32US #144
#88Catherine32US #78
#89Tabitha32US #155
#90Tamara32US #104
#91Bethany31US #135
#92Kara31US #125
#93Kendra31US #137
#94Latonya31
#95Alisha30US #162
#96Felicia30US #153
#97Jacqueline30US #80
#98Sandra30US #77
#99Shawna30US #177
#100Megan29US #31

Boys

#1Michael586US #1
#2Christopher563US #2
#3James562US #5
#4Jason559US #3
#5John419US #7
#6Joshua417US #9
#7Jeremy408US #16
#8David366US #4
#9Robert313US #8
#10Matthew299US #6
#11William298US #13
#12Joseph232US #11
#13Charles226US #28
#14Justin215US #22
#15Brian209US #10
#16Eric199US #17
#17Daniel190US #12
#18Kevin183US #19
#19Jonathan175US #31
#20Nicholas171US #15
#21Timothy169US #18
#22Anthony168US #21
#23Steven166US #27
#24Brandon162US #35
#25Richard148US #25
#26Aaron142US #32
#27Adam135US #23
#28Thomas130US #26
#29Jeffrey123US #24
#30Ryan120US #14
#31Nathan119US #37
#32Travis119US #36
#33Mark116US #30
#34Benjamin105US #33
#35Bradley105US #47
#36Chad105US #38
#37Billy103US #97
#38Scott98US #29
#39Kenneth97US #41
#40Marcus96US #76
#41Stephen96US #40
#42Dustin95US #62
#43Bryan90US #46
#44Bobby89US #106
#45Jerry87US #85
#46Andrew86US #20
#47Larry85US #69
#48Patrick84US #39
#49Gregory83US #42
#50Jimmy78US #123
#51Derrick77US #80
#52Jeffery77US #87
#53Shawn75US #43
#54Wesley75US #89
#55Paul74US #34
#56Gary73US #59
#57Corey71US #63
#58Samuel71US #55
#59Jacob70US #45
#60Donald68US #51
#61Phillip65US #68
#62Shane65US #67
#63Ronald61US #54
#64Ricky59US #124
#65Terry59US #96
#66Jared55US #65
#67Kyle54US #56
#68Keith53US #52
#69Johnny51US #111
#70Brent50US #84
#71Ronnie50US #163
#72Zachary50US #74
#73Antonio48US #79
#74Jamie48US #88
#75Randy48US #86
#76Shaun48US #64
#77Dennis47US #75
#78Edward47US #48
#79Jeremiah47US #81
#80Casey45US #93
#81Danny45US #121
#82Micheal45US #127
#83Douglas43US #58
#84Jesse41US #50
#85Carl39US #100
#86Rodney39US #117
#87Tony39US #104
#88Russell38US #92
#89Sean37US #49
#90George36US #57
#91Joe35US #136
#92Lance35US #142
#93Cedric34
#94Randall34US #135
#95Shannon34US #159
#96Willie34US #125
#97Cory33US #82
#98Jessie33
#99Reginald33US #157
#100Curtis32US #91

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑43Katrina#55
↑31Allison#65
↑29Candice#68
↑24Travis#32
↑21Teresa#43
↑19Katherine#57
↑19Dennis#77
↑17Samantha#38

Falling

↓30Karen#75
↓27Rodney#86
↓25Megan#100
↓23Tabitha#89
↓22Cory#97
↓21Tony#87
↓18Tina#46
↓18Gary#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.