State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,175 Arkansas births in 1986 across 780 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#93Haleyoutside the national top 200
#100Latashaoutside the national top 200
#100Prestonoutside the national top 200
#89Britney#189 nationally
#62Billy#159 nationally
#54Misty#145 nationally
#68Jimmy#150 nationally
#57Miranda#137 nationally
#94Christy#174 nationally
#81Savannah#155 nationally
#90Clayton#161 nationally
#60Bobby#130 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley553US #2
#2Jessica506US #1
#3Amanda413US #3
#4Jennifer311US #4
#5Sarah292US #5
#6Brittany269US #8
#7Amber253US #13
#8Heather229US #9
#9Whitney210US #32
#10Stephanie190US #6
#11Tiffany179US #17
#12Kimberly161US #18
#13Rachel158US #15
#14Megan154US #11
#15Samantha148US #21
#16Crystal141US #25
#17Lauren136US #14
#18Elizabeth127US #10
#19Amy126US #22
#20Laura124US #20
#21April119US #53
#22Lindsey119US #39
#23Mary119US #37
#24Erica117US #31
#25Courtney115US #35
#26Emily111US #24
#27Rebecca109US #26
#28Jamie104US #34
#29Brittney97US #65
#30Sara97US #27
#31Melissa96US #12
#32Christina92US #19
#33Angela86US #33
#34Krystal76US #61
#35Holly75US #63
#36Andrea71US #36
#37Danielle70US #16
#38Brandy69US #84
#39Kristen69US #41
#40Nicole69US #7
#41Kayla66US #64
#42Katherine63US #28
#43Shannon62US #44
#44Alicia61US #45
#45Casey61US #80
#46Katie61US #38
#47Anna59US #51
#48Michelle58US #23
#49Tara58US #56
#50Kristin57US #50
#51Hannah55US #82
#52Lisa55US #40
#53Brandi54US #79
#54Misty52US #145
#55Allison51US #42
#56Natalie51US #52
#57Miranda50US #137
#58Felicia49US #89
#59Erin46US #30
#60Mallory45US #83
#61Latoya44US #111
#62Natasha44US #70
#63Victoria44US #54
#64Kendra43US #101
#65Leslie42US #86
#66Kelly41US #29
#67Alisha40US #125
#68Chelsea40US #73
#69Kathryn40US #48
#70Robin40US #122
#71Candace38US #114
#72Bethany36US #91
#73Lindsay36US #46
#74Candice35US #108
#75Jordan35US #135
#76Julie35US #58
#77Monica35US #59
#78Tamara35US #134
#79Lacey34US #121
#80Leah34US #78
#81Savannah34US #155
#82Carrie33US #109
#83Meagan33US #123
#84Vanessa33US #43
#85Tabitha32US #140
#86Cassandra31US #60
#87Cassie31US #156
#88Stacy31US #87
#89Britney30US #189
#90Brooke30US #104
#91Christine30US #47
#92Morgan30US #113
#93Haley29
#94Christy28US #174
#95Kara28US #102
#96Katrina28US #99
#97Kristina28US #62
#98Dominique27US #98
#99Krista26US #93
#100Latasha26

Boys

#1Christopher530US #2
#2Joshua464US #4
#3Michael453US #1
#4Matthew384US #3
#5James378US #7
#6Brandon343US #13
#7Justin332US #14
#8John305US #10
#9William295US #15
#10Robert278US #9
#11Jonathan265US #16
#12David258US #5
#13Jeremy245US #28
#14Daniel237US #6
#15Andrew216US #8
#16Joseph201US #12
#17Dustin191US #42
#18Jason180US #18
#19Steven173US #25
#20Ryan170US #11
#21Zachary169US #38
#22Charles165US #34
#23Kevin164US #21
#24Timothy161US #27
#25Cody160US #56
#26Jacob156US #31
#27Eric150US #22
#28Kyle145US #23
#29Nicholas145US #17
#30Brian138US #20
#31Adam137US #24
#32Aaron131US #33
#33Anthony126US #19
#34Thomas121US #26
#35Bradley120US #54
#36Stephen112US #36
#37Nathan111US #43
#38Richard111US #29
#39Jesse103US #48
#40Benjamin99US #30
#41Mark92US #35
#42Kenneth90US #50
#43Marcus85US #63
#44Jeffrey83US #32
#45Tyler83US #40
#46Corey79US #62
#47Chad75US #59
#48Patrick75US #39
#49Bryan74US #47
#50Derek71US #57
#51Jared71US #58
#52Samuel71US #52
#53Travis71US #49
#54Jordan69US #53
#55Paul68US #45
#56Shawn68US #55
#57Phillip65US #70
#58Gregory62US #46
#59Blake61US #101
#60Bobby61US #130
#61Jeffery61US #102
#62Billy58US #159
#63Sean54US #37
#64Casey53US #83
#65Cory53US #68
#66Wesley53US #96
#67Derrick52US #87
#68Jimmy52US #150
#69Scott51US #44
#70Antonio50US #73
#71Larry50US #108
#72Caleb49US #131
#73Donald49US #71
#74Seth47US #97
#75Terry47US #122
#76Johnny46US #125
#77Gary45US #84
#78Keith45US #66
#79Nathaniel45US #78
#80Shane45US #67
#81Ronald44US #75
#82Alex41US #64
#83Jerry41US #121
#84Brent40US #94
#85Johnathan40US #115
#86Randy37US #103
#87Carl36US #114
#88Joel36US #72
#89Alexander34US #41
#90Clayton34US #161
#91Austin33US #90
#92Ricky33US #144
#93Chase31US #142
#94Lance31US #134
#95George30US #74
#96Jeremiah30US #118
#97Micheal30US #153
#98Raymond29US #77
#99Curtis28US #100
#100Preston28

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑52Casey#45
↑35Corey#46
↑29Paul#55
↑27Kayla#41
↑26Shannon#43
↑25Alisha#67
↑22Whitney#9
↑21Hannah#51

Falling

↓29Stacy#88
↓24Tabitha#85
↓22Kelly#66
↓21Brandi#53
↓21Lindsay#73
↓20Erin#59
↓20Kristina#97
↓19Latoya#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.