State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,962 Arkansas births in 1985 across 811 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#52Billy#150 nationally
#94Shana#189 nationally
#90Tasha#181 nationally
#89Rodney#168 nationally
#45Misty#121 nationally
#53Miranda#128 nationally
#61Tabitha#135 nationally
#76Jimmy#149 nationally
#66Bobby#135 nationally
#95Kristi#163 nationally
#91Clayton#157 nationally
#87Christy#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley490US #2
#2Jessica452US #1
#3Amanda409US #4
#4Jennifer382US #3
#5Sarah261US #5
#6Amber259US #16
#7Heather249US #8
#8Brittany224US #17
#9Stephanie203US #6
#10Kimberly199US #19
#11Tiffany174US #23
#12Elizabeth165US #9
#13Rachel160US #13
#14Crystal150US #21
#15Megan147US #10
#16Laura135US #14
#17Lindsey135US #37
#18Mary131US #35
#19Lauren129US #15
#20Amy125US #20
#21Melissa117US #11
#22Rebecca117US #25
#23April116US #47
#24Samantha110US #29
#25Jamie109US #27
#26Christina104US #12
#27Sara101US #30
#28Angela100US #31
#29Emily99US #24
#30Andrea94US #33
#31Whitney94US #73
#32Brandi92US #69
#33Holly90US #56
#34Nicole88US #7
#35Courtney80US #43
#36Erica80US #34
#37Brandy78US #70
#38Brittney78US #84
#39Erin78US #26
#40Michelle75US #22
#41Kristen74US #38
#42Latoya72US #81
#43Krystal68US #53
#44Kelly67US #28
#45Misty67US #121
#46Alicia66US #45
#47Danielle62US #18
#48Anna61US #54
#49Lisa61US #36
#50Tara60US #51
#51Katie59US #39
#52Lindsay56US #40
#53Miranda56US #128
#54Katherine53US #32
#55Felicia52US #101
#56Candace51US #104
#57Kathryn49US #48
#58Leslie49US #76
#59Stacy49US #67
#60Candice48US #86
#61Tabitha48US #135
#62Allison47US #46
#63Kristin47US #49
#64Julie45US #55
#65Lacey44US #124
#66Carrie43US #96
#67Natasha43US #79
#68Kayla42US #109
#69Shannon42US #41
#70Sheena42US #91
#71Cassandra40US #62
#72Hannah40US #117
#73Natalie40US #58
#74Brooke38US #102
#75Jenna38US #50
#76Kara38US #98
#77Kristina38US #57
#78Vanessa38US #42
#79Victoria38US #59
#80Chelsea37US #75
#81Meagan37US #133
#82Leah36US #78
#83Monica36US #61
#84Dominique33US #83
#85Bethany32US #94
#86Catherine32US #65
#87Christy32US #151
#88Katrina32US #93
#89Kristy32US #145
#90Tasha32US #181
#91Cynthia31US #66
#92Alisha30US #131
#93Jacqueline30US #60
#94Shana30US #189
#95Kristi29US #163
#96Valerie29US #71
#97Casey28US #114
#98Ebony28US #160
#99Morgan28US #127
#100Rebekah28US #159

Boys

#1Christopher553US #2
#2Joshua498US #4
#3Michael482US #1
#4James449US #7
#5Brandon414US #13
#6Matthew411US #3
#7Justin338US #15
#8John318US #9
#9David301US #6
#10Robert282US #8
#11William279US #16
#12Jonathan265US #17
#13Jason248US #14
#14Daniel240US #5
#15Joseph219US #10
#16Jeremy208US #30
#17Charles186US #34
#18Steven183US #24
#19Andrew181US #11
#20Brian174US #18
#21Dustin163US #41
#22Kevin161US #23
#23Nicholas159US #19
#24Adam154US #22
#25Zachary146US #39
#26Eric144US #21
#27Aaron143US #33
#28Anthony143US #20
#29Cody139US #52
#30Thomas133US #25
#31Nathan132US #40
#32Ryan131US #12
#33Kyle128US #27
#34Timothy124US #26
#35Jacob123US #35
#36Bradley119US #53
#37Stephen111US #36
#38Richard109US #28
#39Jeffrey103US #29
#40Marcus102US #61
#41Benjamin99US #31
#42Kenneth98US #47
#43Bryan94US #48
#44Tyler93US #43
#45Mark90US #32
#46Shawn90US #55
#47Patrick83US #37
#48Jesse79US #51
#49Samuel79US #54
#50Travis75US #46
#51Gregory74US #45
#52Billy72US #150
#53Chad69US #57
#54Jared66US #58
#55Jeffery65US #96
#56Derek64US #56
#57Derrick64US #83
#58Sean59US #38
#59Jordan58US #62
#60Terry57US #119
#61Blake56US #100
#62Donald56US #66
#63Larry56US #97
#64Phillip54US #69
#65Jerry53US #116
#66Bobby52US #135
#67Keith52US #64
#68Antonio51US #73
#69Scott50US #44
#70Tony49US #114
#71Gary48US #82
#72Johnathan46US #118
#73Brent45US #89
#74Nathaniel45US #77
#75Cory44US #81
#76Jimmy44US #149
#77Wesley44US #94
#78Caleb42US #136
#79Casey42US #86
#80Shane41US #68
#81Corey40US #63
#82Ricky40US #145
#83Seth40US #104
#84Paul39US #42
#85Danny38US #141
#86Randy38US #102
#87Austin37US #107
#88George36US #72
#89Rodney34US #168
#90Adrian33US #93
#91Clayton33US #157
#92Curtis33US #98
#93Edward33US #59
#94Ronald33US #71
#95Carl32US #112
#96Micheal32US #155
#97Alex31US #80
#98Brett31US #70
#99Mitchell31US #115
#100Randall31US #146

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑31Brittney#38
↑26Blake#61
↑25Johnathan#72
↑24Kathryn#57
↑23Katie#51
↑23Kara#76
↑22Tony#70
↑21Tabitha#61

Falling

↓36Paul#84
↓21Ebony#98
↓20Natalie#73
↓20Cynthia#91
↓20Ronald#94
↓18Shannon#69
↓18Brooke#74
↓18Monica#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.