State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,214 Arkansas births in 1987 across 809 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#92Tashaoutside the national top 200
#71Haley#178 nationally
#65Billy#168 nationally
#68Misty#162 nationally
#90Britney#177 nationally
#74Jimmy#155 nationally
#60Miranda#140 nationally
#66Jordan#146 nationally
#68Bobby#147 nationally
#79Cassie#155 nationally
#87Rebekah#161 nationally
#64Meagan#136 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley565US #2
#2Jessica546US #1
#3Amanda359US #3
#4Jennifer275US #4
#5Sarah274US #5
#6Brittany267US #7
#7Amber259US #15
#8Heather204US #9
#9Samantha184US #11
#10Whitney183US #32
#11Megan181US #12
#12Tiffany176US #18
#13Stephanie174US #6
#14Kimberly154US #23
#15Rachel150US #17
#16Lauren137US #16
#17Kayla134US #27
#18Elizabeth132US #10
#19Crystal131US #26
#20Emily121US #19
#21Courtney120US #33
#22Amy116US #24
#23Lindsey112US #41
#24Melissa107US #13
#25Laura102US #22
#26Brittney98US #61
#27Christina97US #20
#28Mary97US #37
#29Rebecca97US #25
#30April88US #58
#31Sara87US #29
#32Jamie83US #39
#33Angela76US #35
#34Chelsea72US #47
#35Danielle72US #14
#36Erica72US #31
#37Hannah72US #66
#38Andrea69US #36
#39Katie68US #38
#40Nicole64US #8
#41Casey63US #81
#42Alicia62US #46
#43Brandi60US #88
#44Katherine60US #28
#45Kendra59US #77
#46Kristen59US #42
#47Michelle57US #21
#48Natalie56US #56
#49Victoria55US #50
#50Anna54US #52
#51Brandy54US #92
#52Tara54US #69
#53Allison53US #44
#54Natasha53US #73
#55Kelly52US #30
#56Mallory52US #91
#57Holly51US #71
#58Erin50US #34
#59Lindsay48US #49
#60Miranda48US #140
#61Kathryn47US #51
#62Lacey43US #117
#63Leslie42US #89
#64Meagan42US #136
#65Bethany41US #87
#66Jordan41US #146
#67Krystal41US #70
#68Misty41US #162
#69Monica41US #64
#70Candace40US #120
#71Haley40US #178
#72Felicia39US #96
#73Julie39US #65
#74Kristin39US #55
#75Morgan39US #95
#76Shannon39US #45
#77Vanessa39US #43
#78Lisa38US #40
#79Cassie36US #155
#80Alisha35US #118
#81Brooke35US #94
#82Jasmine35US #79
#83Kristina34US #62
#84Leah34US #82
#85Patricia33US #76
#86Catherine32US #74
#87Rebekah32US #161
#88Jacqueline31US #54
#89Kelsey30US #67
#90Britney29US #177
#91Tabitha29US #151
#92Tasha29
#93Candice28US #121
#94Cassandra28US #68
#95Rachael28US #98
#96Robin28US #145
#97Dana27US #83
#98Kara27US #104
#99Alyssa25US #60
#100Christine25US #48

Boys

#1Christopher504US #2
#2Joshua446US #4
#3Michael428US #1
#4James423US #8
#5Matthew394US #3
#6Justin393US #9
#7Brandon309US #14
#8John286US #11
#9Jeremy271US #29
#10William267US #15
#11Jonathan265US #18
#12Robert262US #10
#13David255US #5
#14Andrew242US #6
#15Daniel211US #7
#16Ryan210US #13
#17Cody202US #49
#18Joseph201US #12
#19Timothy181US #26
#20Dustin179US #44
#21Zachary169US #33
#22Charles158US #35
#23Thomas156US #24
#24Jacob149US #31
#25Steven148US #25
#26Aaron141US #34
#27Anthony141US #17
#28Kevin141US #19
#29Nicholas140US #16
#30Brian137US #20
#31Jason135US #23
#32Eric134US #21
#33Bradley133US #56
#34Tyler124US #39
#35Adam122US #27
#36Kyle117US #22
#37Nathan110US #45
#38Stephen109US #38
#39Jeffrey108US #32
#40Jordan96US #52
#41Samuel91US #50
#42Travis91US #42
#43Bryan89US #51
#44Derek88US #54
#45Richard88US #30
#46Benjamin80US #28
#47Patrick79US #41
#48Jesse78US #55
#49Marcus77US #67
#50Gregory75US #47
#51Corey72US #57
#52Cory72US #62
#53Kenneth72US #53
#54Blake71US #106
#55Derrick71US #86
#56Casey68US #80
#57Jared68US #58
#58Chad64US #63
#59Paul64US #46
#60Shawn64US #59
#61Caleb63US #115
#62Mark62US #36
#63Sean60US #40
#64Shane60US #65
#65Billy56US #168
#66Scott55US #43
#67Seth54US #89
#68Bobby53US #147
#69Alex52US #60
#70Austin52US #76
#71Jeffery52US #109
#72Phillip51US #68
#73Wesley51US #92
#74Jimmy48US #155
#75Gary47US #87
#76Johnathan47US #116
#77Mitchell47US #101
#78Donald44US #70
#79Jerry44US #125
#80Keith43US #69
#81Terry42US #133
#82Alexander41US #37
#83Cameron40US #96
#84Larry39US #114
#85Antonio37US #72
#86Clayton36US #153
#87Curtis36US #100
#88Lance36US #142
#89Brent35US #103
#90Jonathon35US #132
#91Philip35US #84
#92Edward33US #61
#93Johnny33US #127
#94Chase32US #139
#95Logan32US #144
#96Randy32US #105
#97Allen31US #128
#98Brett31US #71
#99Randall31US #150
#100Taylor31US #117

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑34Chelsea#34
↑24Kayla#17
↑22Haley#71
↑21Austin#70
↑19Kendra#45
↑19Meagan#64
↑17Lacey#62
↑17Morgan#75

Falling

↓33Krystal#67
↓33Shannon#76
↓26Lisa#78
↓26Robin#96
↓24Kristin#74
↓22Holly#57
↓21Mark#62
↓19Candice#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.