State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,737 Arkansas births in 1980 across 845 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#91Clint#195 nationally
#98Cedricoutside the national top 200
#100Tommy#197 nationally
#86Ronnie#173 nationally
#97Shannon#184 nationally
#93Rhonda#179 nationally
#64Latasha#141 nationally
#54Jimmy#126 nationally
#56Miranda#128 nationally
#97Felicia#164 nationally
#75Joe#140 nationally
#95Summer#159 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda603US #2
#2Jennifer580US #1
#3Melissa274US #4
#4Sarah264US #5
#5Kimberly261US #11
#6Crystal241US #18
#7Angela230US #12
#8Jessica230US #3
#9Heather229US #6
#10Amy223US #8
#11Amber215US #22
#12Stephanie215US #13
#13Tiffany211US #14
#14Ashley203US #40
#15April201US #26
#16Brandy174US #42
#17Misty143US #49
#18Mary140US #25
#19Elizabeth130US #9
#20Laura129US #21
#21Rebecca127US #17
#22Andrea114US #28
#23Christina110US #15
#24Rachel109US #23
#25Jamie107US #24
#26Lisa106US #16
#27Michelle97US #10
#28Sara95US #27
#29Brandi93US #63
#30Leslie89US #61
#31Shannon88US #29
#32Courtney81US #48
#33Kelly81US #19
#34Nicole78US #7
#35Erin75US #20
#36Alicia74US #47
#37Carrie71US #46
#38Christy71US #83
#39Erica70US #34
#40Julie69US #32
#41Tonya69US #97
#42Stacy68US #53
#43Emily66US #31
#44Holly62US #52
#45Katrina60US #90
#46Natasha60US #89
#47Samantha60US #58
#48Monica59US #45
#49Susan59US #62
#50Kristin58US #37
#51Kristy58US #78
#52Tina58US #72
#53Cynthia57US #64
#54Wendy56US #75
#55Tara55US #43
#56Miranda54US #128
#57Teresa53US #94
#58Kristen52US #39
#59Lori52US #76
#60Katherine51US #35
#61Leah51US #84
#62Natalie48US #65
#63Pamela48US #86
#64Latasha47US #141
#65Melinda47US #92
#66Tracy47US #56
#67Karen46US #54
#68Brooke45US #57
#69Tamara45US #108
#70Dana43US #68
#71Lauren43US #38
#72Tammy43US #96
#73Allison42US #59
#74Anna42US #55
#75Candace42US #134
#76Patricia42US #51
#77Melanie41US #60
#78Tasha41US #130
#79Candice40US #99
#80Latoya40US #123
#81Lindsey40US #91
#82Catherine38US #77
#83Megan38US #30
#84Kathryn37US #50
#85Robin36US #109
#86Mindy35US #131
#87Katie34US #44
#88Kara33US #127
#89Lindsay33US #71
#90Mandy33US #132
#91Stacey33US #74
#92Kristi32US #122
#93Rhonda32US #179
#94Sabrina32US #113
#95Summer32US #159
#96Tanya32US #88
#97Felicia31US #164
#98Alisha29US #151
#99Bethany29US #124
#100Casey29US #135

Boys

#1Michael597US #1
#2Jason568US #3
#3Christopher529US #2
#4James515US #5
#5Joshua504US #7
#6John395US #8
#7Jeremy352US #18
#8Justin345US #13
#9David330US #4
#10William284US #14
#11Matthew282US #6
#12Robert269US #9
#13Brian252US #12
#14Jonathan247US #21
#15Joseph243US #10
#16Daniel231US #11
#17Charles219US #29
#18Brandon216US #31
#19Eric203US #16
#20Kevin198US #23
#21Timothy187US #20
#22Steven159US #28
#23Adam153US #22
#24Nicholas151US #17
#25Aaron144US #34
#26Richard144US #26
#27Dustin139US #44
#28Nathan137US #36
#29Thomas129US #25
#30Anthony127US #24
#31Ryan127US #15
#32Chad126US #39
#33Mark116US #30
#34Andrew115US #19
#35Kenneth113US #41
#36Jeffrey112US #27
#37Marcus106US #71
#38Billy102US #100
#39Stephen102US #40
#40Benjamin98US #32
#41Gary93US #63
#42Bradley91US #51
#43Shawn88US #47
#44Scott86US #33
#45Travis86US #37
#46Jacob85US #43
#47Gregory83US #42
#48Derek82US #50
#49Patrick82US #38
#50Bobby80US #109
#51Wesley79US #95
#52Jeffery78US #90
#53Derrick77US #74
#54Jimmy76US #126
#55Jerry75US #94
#56Bryan74US #49
#57Samuel71US #54
#58Antonio66US #77
#59Jesse66US #45
#60Phillip66US #65
#61Paul65US #35
#62Keith62US #56
#63Terry62US #101
#64Donald61US #53
#65Corey59US #68
#66Larry59US #70
#67Brent57US #84
#68Jared57US #61
#69Edward56US #52
#70Carl54US #103
#71Kyle53US #57
#72Rodney50US #121
#73Shane50US #69
#74Jeremiah49US #76
#75Joe49US #140
#76Ricky48US #122
#77Zachary48US #72
#78Johnny47US #113
#79Cory46US #83
#80Curtis46US #89
#81Tony45US #108
#82Clinton44US #131
#83Ronald44US #58
#84Jamie43US #105
#85Randy41US #87
#86Ronnie41US #173
#87Allen40US #124
#88Dennis39US #80
#89George39US #60
#90Willie38US #130
#91Clint36US #195
#92Nathaniel36US #86
#93Danny35US #120
#94Micheal35US #132
#95Douglas34US #62
#96Russell34US #92
#97Shannon34US #184
#98Cedric33
#99Roger32US #134
#100Tommy32US #197

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑30Nicole#34
↑26Courtney#32
↑25Jesse#59
↑21Tamara#69
↑20Miranda#56
↑20Curtis#80
↑18Susan#49
↑18Cory#79

Falling

↓27Patricia#76
↓25Mindy#86
↓22Kristi#92
↓21Tara#55
↓21Mandy#90
↓20Ronald#83
↓19Larry#66
↓17Dana#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.