State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,004 Arkansas births in 1981 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.

#91Tommyoutside the national top 200
#88Jessie#196 nationally
#93Sherryoutside the national top 200
#97Rhonda#199 nationally
#100Whitneyoutside the national top 200
#92Clayton#185 nationally
#87Summer#179 nationally
#77Felicia#168 nationally
#90Ronnie#181 nationally
#52Jimmy#129 nationally
#82Blake#159 nationally
#90Brittany#165 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda518US #3
#2Jennifer508US #1
#3Jessica354US #2
#4Crystal268US #16
#5Sarah241US #4
#6Amber232US #20
#7Ashley223US #34
#8Amy205US #6
#9Kimberly202US #13
#10Melissa200US #5
#11Tiffany197US #14
#12Angela188US #15
#13Stephanie187US #8
#14April183US #25
#15Heather177US #10
#16Brandy165US #41
#17Rebecca159US #12
#18Rachel157US #22
#19Mary133US #27
#20Elizabeth131US #9
#21Jamie125US #28
#22Andrea119US #24
#23Brandi117US #50
#24Laura116US #21
#25Lisa116US #18
#26Misty115US #61
#27Courtney85US #43
#28Leslie85US #56
#29Michelle85US #11
#30Erin84US #19
#31Christina82US #17
#32Erica77US #36
#33Sara77US #26
#34Julie76US #37
#35Shannon76US #32
#36Emily73US #29
#37Latoya70US #69
#38Samantha70US #51
#39Kelly69US #23
#40Carrie66US #55
#41Tara66US #45
#42Holly64US #63
#43Natalie59US #60
#44Lindsey58US #58
#45Natasha58US #85
#46Katherine57US #39
#47Alicia56US #46
#48Christy56US #99
#49Patricia56US #53
#50Brooke55US #52
#51Lauren55US #35
#52Kristin53US #31
#53Kristen52US #38
#54Nicole52US #7
#55Cynthia51US #59
#56Leah51US #81
#57Dana50US #70
#58Pamela50US #76
#59Tonya50US #110
#60Katrina49US #95
#61Tina48US #80
#62Candace46US #118
#63Candice45US #86
#64Kristy44US #94
#65Lori44US #91
#66Megan44US #33
#67Miranda44US #128
#68Stacy44US #65
#69Casey41US #122
#70Krystal41US #131
#71Monica40US #49
#72Robin40US #102
#73Anna39US #54
#74Latasha38US #139
#75Tasha38US #141
#76Susan37US #71
#77Felicia35US #168
#78Lindsay35US #47
#79Mandy35US #136
#80Melanie35US #66
#81Tracy35US #77
#82Alisha34US #142
#83Bethany33US #114
#84Cassandra33US #104
#85Danielle33US #30
#86Julia33US #88
#87Summer33US #179
#88Tammy33US #117
#89Allison32US #57
#90Brittany32US #165
#91Linda32US #111
#92Rebekah32US #149
#93Sherry32
#94Jenny31US #123
#95Katie31US #44
#96Regina31US #151
#97Rhonda31US #199
#98Stacey31US #83
#99Tabitha31US #147
#100Whitney31

Boys

#1Joshua519US #6
#2Michael512US #1
#3James500US #7
#4Christopher478US #2
#5Jason431US #4
#6John392US #8
#7Matthew352US #3
#8David331US #5
#9Brandon327US #19
#10Justin317US #12
#11Robert312US #9
#12Jeremy303US #22
#13William287US #15
#14Jonathan266US #16
#15Joseph245US #11
#16Brian205US #14
#17Daniel193US #10
#18Charles174US #31
#19Kevin171US #25
#20Steven167US #28
#21Timothy163US #24
#22Eric158US #17
#23Nicholas156US #21
#24Aaron154US #30
#25Adam151US #20
#26Dustin148US #42
#27Richard136US #27
#28Anthony134US #23
#29Ryan133US #13
#30Thomas131US #26
#31Benjamin114US #32
#32Nathan113US #36
#33Stephen109US #39
#34Travis109US #40
#35Chad107US #47
#36Bradley106US #50
#37Andrew101US #18
#38Jacob96US #43
#39Marcus96US #67
#40Jeffrey94US #29
#41Mark93US #33
#42Patrick89US #38
#43Kenneth81US #41
#44Bobby78US #110
#45Jesse78US #37
#46Billy77US #103
#47Paul77US #35
#48Larry75US #73
#49Gary74US #62
#50Derrick73US #78
#51Jared73US #57
#52Jimmy70US #129
#53Jeffery68US #93
#54Keith68US #58
#55Scott67US #34
#56Antonio64US #75
#57Phillip64US #66
#58Shawn63US #49
#59Jerry62US #97
#60Terry59US #105
#61Gregory58US #46
#62Kyle58US #52
#63Zachary57US #63
#64Cody56US #119
#65Brent55US #88
#66Corey53US #69
#67Wesley53US #99
#68Bryan52US #48
#69Derek52US #53
#70Ricky51US #122
#71Casey50US #85
#72Ronald50US #59
#73Donald48US #56
#74Edward48US #51
#75Randy45US #91
#76Samuel45US #54
#77Johnny44US #113
#78Danny43US #130
#79Jeremiah40US #77
#80Sean40US #44
#81Raymond39US #68
#82Blake37US #159
#83Clinton37US #124
#84Douglas36US #64
#85Johnathan36US #158
#86Nathaniel36US #80
#87Tony36US #111
#88Jessie35US #196
#89Lucas35US #89
#90Ronnie35US #181
#91Tommy35
#92Clayton34US #185
#93George34US #61
#94Joe34US #149
#95Rodney34US #135
#96Adrian33US #115
#97Micheal33US #136
#98Randall33US #137
#99Lee32US #123
#100Shane32US #81

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑43Latoya#37
↑37Lindsey#44
↑31Casey#69
↑27Patricia#49
↑20Lauren#51
↑20Felicia#77
↑19Natalie#43
↑18Brooke#50

Falling

↓27Susan#76
↓27Shane#100
↓26Stacy#68
↓23Monica#71
↓23Rodney#95
↓21Derek#69
↓20Nicole#54
↓19Samuel#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.