State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,956 Arkansas births in 1984 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.

#69Brittney#176 nationally
#90Marquita#195 nationally
#96Heathoutside the national top 200
#98Tommyoutside the national top 200
#80Caleb#163 nationally
#44Whitney#125 nationally
#59Billy#140 nationally
#80Cassie#158 nationally
#70Christy#145 nationally
#57Bobby#129 nationally
#62Jimmy#134 nationally
#73Clinton#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer481US #1
#2Ashley457US #3
#3Jessica424US #2
#4Amanda404US #4
#5Amber300US #18
#6Sarah279US #5
#7Stephanie214US #6
#8Heather209US #9
#9Tiffany204US #14
#10Crystal198US #12
#11Kimberly182US #22
#12Rachel171US #15
#13Amy162US #13
#14Melissa144US #8
#15Elizabeth132US #10
#16April128US #42
#17Megan128US #11
#18Mary121US #33
#19Rebecca117US #23
#20Lindsey115US #35
#21Laura112US #19
#22Andrea111US #28
#23Brittany111US #41
#24Brandy107US #64
#25Jamie103US #31
#26Emily102US #24
#27Lauren101US #21
#28Angela97US #26
#29Samantha97US #39
#30Courtney96US #46
#31Christina93US #20
#32Brandi88US #61
#33Erica88US #34
#34Latoya88US #60
#35Tara80US #49
#36Michelle75US #17
#37Misty75US #98
#38Nicole75US #7
#39Lisa73US #29
#40Sara72US #32
#41Alicia71US #40
#42Holly71US #53
#43Candice70US #86
#44Whitney70US #125
#45Erin69US #25
#46Kristen68US #38
#47Krystal68US #74
#48Danielle65US #16
#49Stacy62US #67
#50Katherine59US #30
#51Shannon59US #37
#52Kelly58US #27
#53Natalie58US #55
#54Candace57US #102
#55Kayla56US #100
#56Brooke55US #99
#57Allison52US #51
#58Natasha52US #77
#59Sheena52US #80
#60Lacey51US #116
#61Cassandra50US #63
#62Lindsay49US #36
#63Carrie48US #78
#64Julie47US #52
#65Monica47US #58
#66Anna46US #57
#67Victoria46US #59
#68Leah44US #83
#69Brittney43US #176
#70Christy43US #145
#71Cynthia43US #62
#72Leslie43US #75
#73Miranda42US #114
#74Katie40US #44
#75Kristin38US #47
#76Alisha37US #123
#77Ebony37US #137
#78Melanie37US #85
#79Patricia37US #66
#80Cassie36US #158
#81Kathryn36US #48
#82Tabitha36US #141
#83Chelsea34US #84
#84Tamara34US #124
#85Hannah33US #126
#86Rachael33US #103
#87Susan33US #90
#88Valerie33US #76
#89Katrina32US #105
#90Marquita32US #195
#91Kristy31US #135
#92Pamela31US #104
#93Tina31US #111
#94Tracy31US #91
#95Alexis30US #89
#96Casey30US #107
#97Bethany29US #93
#98Tonya29US #153
#99Kara28US #95
#100Karen28US #82

Boys

#1Christopher585US #2
#2Joshua505US #4
#3Michael492US #1
#4James484US #7
#5Matthew424US #3
#6Justin398US #13
#7John342US #8
#8Brandon323US #15
#9Jonathan288US #19
#10David278US #5
#11Robert278US #9
#12William273US #16
#13Jason272US #11
#14Joseph233US #10
#15Daniel224US #6
#16Jeremy209US #31
#17Brian178US #17
#18Charles177US #33
#19Eric175US #22
#20Steven174US #23
#21Dustin164US #41
#22Anthony162US #21
#23Aaron159US #29
#24Andrew159US #14
#25Adam158US #18
#26Nicholas144US #20
#27Kevin143US #24
#28Timothy143US #26
#29Thomas138US #25
#30Ryan134US #12
#31Richard128US #27
#32Stephen128US #35
#33Jacob123US #37
#34Cody118US #62
#35Nathan118US #38
#36Zachary115US #45
#37Mark114US #32
#38Jeffrey111US #28
#39Bradley108US #53
#40Kyle95US #34
#41Marcus93US #57
#42Travis89US #42
#43Chad88US #51
#44Benjamin87US #30
#45Gregory87US #44
#46Patrick83US #36
#47Kenneth79US #46
#48Paul78US #40
#49Bryan76US #48
#50Derrick75US #79
#51Derek73US #52
#52Scott73US #39
#53Jesse71US #50
#54Samuel69US #55
#55Jeffery68US #94
#56Tyler68US #47
#57Bobby67US #129
#58Jared67US #59
#59Billy64US #140
#60Gary61US #76
#61Larry60US #91
#62Jimmy59US #134
#63Shawn58US #56
#64Terry56US #118
#65Donald54US #63
#66Casey49US #82
#67Phillip48US #70
#68Ricky48US #138
#69Jerry46US #111
#70Wesley46US #101
#71Corey45US #69
#72Nathaniel44US #80
#73Clinton43US #145
#74Ronald42US #67
#75Sean41US #43
#76Keith40US #61
#77Jordan39US #65
#78Lance39US #127
#79Jeremiah38US #102
#80Caleb37US #163
#81Johnny37US #120
#82Antonio36US #77
#83Curtis36US #96
#84Edward36US #58
#85Randy36US #100
#86Dennis35US #97
#87Blake34US #103
#88Brent34US #89
#89Chase34US #133
#90Clayton34US #150
#91George34US #68
#92Tony34US #112
#93Carl33US #108
#94Shane33US #85
#95Allen32US #128
#96Heath32
#97Johnathan32US #132
#98Tommy32
#99Craig31US #75
#100Lee31US #124

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑35Brooke#56
↑31Natasha#58
↑30Victoria#67
↑29Candace#54
↑24Casey#66
↑24Nathaniel#72
↑24Ronald#74
↑23Latoya#34

Falling

↓52Marquita#90
↓26Leslie#72
↓25Pamela#92
↓22Karen#100
↓21Tonya#98
↓21Blake#87
↓20Kristin#75
↓19Erin#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.