State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,106 Arkansas births in 1983 across 794 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#88Tommyoutside the national top 200
#60Whitney#164 nationally
#85Cassie#173 nationally
#38Marquita#112 nationally
#87Caleb#159 nationally
#77Tonya#147 nationally
#85Willie#155 nationally
#55Billy#124 nationally
#59Jimmy#127 nationally
#52Bobby#118 nationally
#97Joe#163 nationally
#79Alisha#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer469US #1
#2Amanda452US #3
#3Ashley425US #4
#4Jessica385US #2
#5Amber265US #17
#6Sarah264US #5
#7Tiffany254US #14
#8Crystal239US #11
#9Heather201US #9
#10Amy193US #12
#11Melissa179US #6
#12Stephanie176US #8
#13Kimberly172US #15
#14Elizabeth160US #10
#15Rachel145US #20
#16Angela144US #22
#17Rebecca141US #19
#18Mary130US #32
#19Jamie125US #28
#20April124US #39
#21Lindsey121US #35
#22Andrea120US #30
#23Laura119US #23
#24Brandy117US #57
#25Brandi104US #56
#26Erin100US #18
#27Christina98US #16
#28Misty98US #87
#29Alicia97US #41
#30Michelle97US #13
#31Holly90US #48
#32Lauren87US #24
#33Megan87US #21
#34Nicole85US #7
#35Sara85US #31
#36Emily83US #25
#37Brittany80US #64
#38Marquita80US #112
#39Erica76US #33
#40Samantha76US #40
#41Lisa74US #27
#42Kelly71US #26
#43Kayla70US #81
#44Courtney69US #44
#45Candice63US #84
#46Leslie63US #67
#47Julie61US #46
#48Natalie61US #52
#49Tara60US #51
#50Stacy58US #61
#51Lindsay56US #36
#52Krystal55US #78
#53Katherine53US #34
#54Kristen53US #37
#55Kristin53US #42
#56Carrie51US #65
#57Latoya51US #90
#58Miranda49US #118
#59Shannon49US #38
#60Whitney46US #164
#61Katie45US #45
#62Leah44US #82
#63Monica44US #54
#64Anna43US #55
#65Danielle43US #29
#66Allison42US #59
#67Pamela42US #91
#68Cynthia41US #62
#69Kathryn41US #50
#70Katrina41US #108
#71Lacey41US #128
#72Sheena41US #107
#73Melanie40US #79
#74Cassandra39US #70
#75Susan39US #86
#76Tabitha39US #137
#77Tonya39US #147
#78Karen38US #77
#79Alisha37US #141
#80Catherine37US #66
#81Patricia37US #60
#82Casey36US #110
#83Candace35US #104
#84Tamara35US #131
#85Cassie34US #173
#86Christy34US #146
#87Stacey34US #76
#88Kristina33US #63
#89Natasha33US #71
#90Teresa33US #103
#91Brooke32US #96
#92Tina32US #100
#93Wendy32US #125
#94Tasha31US #156
#95Hannah30US #124
#96Tracy30US #89
#97Victoria30US #58
#98Dana29US #72
#99Robin29US #127
#100Vanessa29US #49

Boys

#1Christopher596US #2
#2Joshua499US #5
#3Michael489US #1
#4Matthew453US #3
#5James447US #6
#6Brandon369US #17
#7Justin351US #12
#8Jason341US #7
#9David334US #4
#10John332US #9
#11Robert305US #10
#12Jonathan282US #19
#13William278US #16
#14Jeremy246US #30
#15Daniel233US #8
#16Joseph233US #11
#17Brian206US #14
#18Steven180US #23
#19Eric175US #20
#20Adam171US #18
#21Charles170US #33
#22Dustin160US #43
#23Aaron152US #29
#24Kevin152US #25
#25Ryan149US #13
#26Anthony139US #22
#27Timothy135US #26
#28Andrew133US #15
#29Thomas130US #24
#30Richard127US #27
#31Nicholas121US #21
#32Marcus115US #58
#33Jeffrey111US #28
#34Chad105US #49
#35Kyle105US #34
#36Bradley100US #52
#37Benjamin98US #32
#38Jacob97US #36
#39Mark96US #31
#40Travis95US #41
#41Stephen91US #35
#42Kenneth90US #45
#43Nathan89US #40
#44Derek86US #51
#45Jared81US #56
#46Patrick81US #37
#47Bryan75US #47
#48Gregory74US #42
#49Paul74US #39
#50Zachary74US #50
#51Jesse71US #46
#52Bobby70US #118
#53Cody70US #81
#54Larry68US #85
#55Billy66US #124
#56Scott63US #38
#57Gary61US #68
#58Jeffery60US #91
#59Jimmy60US #127
#60Samuel60US #54
#61Derrick59US #78
#62Jerry58US #103
#63Shawn56US #53
#64Phillip54US #66
#65Wesley53US #101
#66Blake52US #109
#67Antonio51US #76
#68Johnny51US #116
#69Tyler51US #57
#70Ricky50US #128
#71Terry49US #110
#72Keith47US #61
#73Donald46US #60
#74George44US #65
#75Sean44US #44
#76Corey43US #74
#77Lance42US #135
#78Tony42US #119
#79Randy41US #96
#80Jordan40US #72
#81Randall40US #129
#82Raymond40US #71
#83Danny39US #133
#84Edward37US #55
#85Willie37US #155
#86Brent36US #94
#87Caleb35US #159
#88Tommy35
#89Carl34US #106
#90Casey34US #90
#91Curtis34US #100
#92Jamie34US #153
#93Johnathan34US #137
#94Jeremiah33US #99
#95Joel33US #67
#96Nathaniel33US #79
#97Joe32US #163
#98Ronald32US #64
#99Allen31US #120
#100Dennis31US #92

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑29Megan#33
↑29Whitney#60
↑27Holly#31
↑26Kyle#35
↑26Tyler#69
↑23Monica#63
↑21Cody#53
↑18Miranda#58

Falling

↓38Natasha#89
↓28Brooke#91
↓27Dana#98
↓26Casey#90
↓26Ronald#98
↓23Candace#83
↓22Kristen#54
↓21Cassandra#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.