State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,125 Arkansas births in 1982 across 800 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#82Tommyoutside the national top 200
#89Whitney#185 nationally
#100Ronnie#196 nationally
#65Latasha#153 nationally
#54Kayla#133 nationally
#91Caleb#170 nationally
#97Hannah#175 nationally
#55Jimmy#132 nationally
#84Clayton#161 nationally
#42Billy#116 nationally
#94Angel#166 nationally
#44Bobby#113 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer528US #1
#2Amanda461US #3
#3Jessica374US #2
#4Ashley318US #17
#5Sarah296US #4
#6Crystal273US #9
#7Amber255US #18
#8Tiffany231US #13
#9Amy201US #10
#10Melissa201US #5
#11Kimberly195US #14
#12Stephanie190US #7
#13April175US #32
#14Elizabeth160US #8
#15Angela151US #16
#16Rachel146US #21
#17Rebecca145US #15
#18Brandy144US #50
#19Heather143US #12
#20Andrea123US #27
#21Mary123US #30
#22Jamie113US #29
#23Lindsey113US #40
#24Sara110US #28
#25Laura108US #22
#26Misty105US #74
#27Christina104US #19
#28Courtney103US #43
#29Lisa98US #23
#30Erica97US #35
#31Emily92US #24
#32Kristen87US #33
#33Michelle87US #11
#34Brandi80US #55
#35Kelly79US #25
#36Samantha75US #44
#37Tara74US #47
#38Erin72US #20
#39Leslie72US #60
#40Carrie71US #57
#41Nicole71US #6
#42Julie70US #41
#43Natalie69US #51
#44Alicia68US #53
#45Latoya68US #91
#46Lauren64US #26
#47Candice63US #78
#48Kristin60US #37
#49Shannon58US #38
#50Krystal57US #83
#51Natasha56US #71
#52Brittany53US #94
#53Cassandra49US #62
#54Kayla49US #133
#55Lindsay49US #39
#56Katherine48US #36
#57Stacy47US #72
#58Holly46US #61
#59Anna45US #56
#60Candace45US #103
#61Pamela45US #82
#62Megan44US #34
#63Brooke43US #92
#64Kristy43US #104
#65Latasha42US #153
#66Patricia42US #59
#67Tonya42US #126
#68Casey41US #119
#69Melanie41US #65
#70Cassie40US #137
#71Dana40US #67
#72Danielle39US #31
#73Katrina39US #87
#74Leah39US #79
#75Christy38US #115
#76Miranda38US #117
#77Lacey37US #125
#78Tina37US #90
#79Karen36US #68
#80Sandra36US #80
#81Kathryn35US #48
#82Cynthia34US #64
#83Susan34US #76
#84Allison33US #58
#85Lori33US #98
#86Monica33US #52
#87Robin33US #108
#88Tracy33US #88
#89Whitney33US #185
#90Alisha32US #145
#91Tasha32US #158
#92Catherine31US #73
#93Tabitha31US #152
#94Angel29US #166
#95Bethany29US #112
#96Christine28US #46
#97Hannah28US #175
#98Kristi27US #140
#99Jill26US #89
#100Rebekah26US #143

Boys

#1Christopher585US #2
#2Joshua508US #7
#3Michael493US #1
#4James465US #6
#5Jason422US #4
#6Matthew392US #3
#7Justin391US #12
#8John373US #8
#9David306US #5
#10William306US #15
#11Robert297US #9
#12Brandon289US #18
#13Jeremy282US #28
#14Jonathan269US #16
#15Joseph227US #11
#16Daniel200US #10
#17Brian197US #14
#18Charles193US #31
#19Steven168US #26
#20Aaron167US #30
#21Timothy156US #24
#22Adam155US #19
#23Anthony152US #21
#24Nicholas152US #22
#25Kevin150US #25
#26Thomas147US #23
#27Eric145US #20
#28Richard143US #27
#29Dustin138US #42
#30Ryan137US #13
#31Andrew119US #17
#32Jacob112US #41
#33Nathan109US #36
#34Bradley103US #51
#35Travis103US #39
#36Jeffrey102US #29
#37Kenneth102US #45
#38Bryan97US #49
#39Stephen94US #38
#40Benjamin93US #33
#41Gregory92US #40
#42Billy89US #116
#43Marcus84US #63
#44Bobby83US #113
#45Mark81US #32
#46Patrick81US #37
#47Chad80US #48
#48Jesse78US #43
#49Derek77US #50
#50Larry76US #77
#51Samuel73US #56
#52Paul71US #35
#53Derrick70US #78
#54Phillip70US #67
#55Jimmy68US #132
#56Jared67US #54
#57Zachary67US #55
#58Gary66US #64
#59Donald63US #58
#60Jeffery60US #92
#61Kyle60US #47
#62Scott60US #34
#63Wesley60US #98
#64Casey58US #86
#65Jerry57US #100
#66Shawn56US #52
#67Antonio54US #76
#68Edward51US #53
#69Keith49US #59
#70Randy49US #94
#71Terry49US #105
#72Ronald47US #60
#73Blake46US #120
#74Cody46US #95
#75Ricky46US #129
#76Corey44US #74
#77Tony44US #112
#78Johnny43US #118
#79Brent42US #91
#80Sean42US #44
#81Nathaniel41US #75
#82Tommy38
#83Carl37US #104
#84Clayton36US #161
#85Clinton36US #133
#86Micheal36US #148
#87Johnathan35US #152
#88Jordan35US #85
#89Allen34US #122
#90Brett34US #72
#91Caleb34US #170
#92Jeremiah33US #89
#93Seth33US #102
#94Shane33US #84
#95Tyler33US #66
#96Douglas32US #68
#97Raymond32US #70
#98Curtis31US #101
#99Randall31US #130
#100Ronnie31US #196

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑38Brittany#52
↑31Cassandra#53
↑30Bryan#38
↑25Samuel#51
↑23Lindsay#55
↑21Lindsey#23
↑21Kristen#32
↑20Krystal#50

Falling

↓27Christy#75
↓27Cynthia#82
↓20Lori#85
↓18Leah#74
↓17Patricia#66
↓17Tina#78
↓16Holly#58
↓16Tasha#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.