State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,049 Arkansas births in 1988 across 810 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#60Billy#185 nationally
#82Summeroutside the national top 200
#80Misty#194 nationally
#92Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#94Courtneyoutside the national top 200
#76Cassie#176 nationally
#73Bobby#163 nationally
#83Autumn#169 nationally
#57Britney#138 nationally
#67Haley#143 nationally
#46Candace#117 nationally
#81Clayton#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica561US #1
#2Ashley489US #2
#3Amanda313US #3
#4Brittany304US #6
#5Sarah300US #4
#6Whitney233US #39
#7Amber228US #15
#8Tiffany224US #13
#9Heather210US #14
#10Jennifer197US #5
#11Megan193US #12
#12Samantha186US #8
#13Kayla174US #20
#14Lauren174US #11
#15Stephanie170US #7
#16Elizabeth142US #10
#17Rachel140US #19
#18Courtney137US #24
#19Brittney130US #52
#20Emily129US #18
#21Mary128US #34
#22Kimberly118US #25
#23Crystal103US #28
#24Christina98US #22
#25Lindsey95US #48
#26Sara94US #30
#27Chelsea87US #33
#28Melissa87US #16
#29Amy86US #29
#30April83US #65
#31Andrea80US #35
#32Erica80US #31
#33Holly79US #72
#34Hannah78US #61
#35Laura78US #23
#36Danielle75US #17
#37Nicole74US #9
#38Jasmine73US #53
#39Rebecca71US #26
#40Jamie67US #45
#41Angela66US #38
#42Anna65US #54
#43Katie64US #40
#44Kristen64US #36
#45Kendra63US #80
#46Candace62US #117
#47Allison59US #46
#48Tara59US #67
#49Alicia57US #50
#50Cassandra57US #59
#51Katherine57US #27
#52Erin56US #37
#53Brandy52US #107
#54Victoria52US #42
#55Lisa51US #43
#56Brandi50US #91
#57Britney49US #138
#58Michelle49US #21
#59Leslie48US #94
#60Morgan47US #78
#61Shannon45US #56
#62Caitlin44US #44
#63Kelly44US #32
#64Krystal44US #74
#65Felicia43US #105
#66Candice41US #130
#67Haley41US #143
#68Lacey41US #129
#69Natasha40US #73
#70Julie38US #71
#71Kathryn38US #55
#72Mallory37US #120
#73Alisha36US #126
#74Catherine36US #69
#75Kelsey36US #64
#76Cassie35US #176
#77Kristin35US #58
#78Leah35US #82
#79Miranda35US #144
#80Misty35US #194
#81Natalie35US #63
#82Summer34
#83Autumn32US #169
#84Casey32US #92
#85Lindsay32US #57
#86Bethany31US #89
#87Meagan31US #141
#88Monica31US #70
#89Alyssa30US #47
#90Brooke30US #87
#91Taylor30US #102
#92Kasey29
#93Molly29US #86
#94Patricia29US #77
#95Jordan28US #136
#96Kara28US #95
#97Tabitha28US #154
#98Kelli27US #150
#99Alexandra26US #49
#100Sasha25US #147

Boys

#1Christopher508US #2
#2Joshua478US #4
#3Justin438US #7
#4Michael436US #1
#5James386US #9
#6Matthew368US #3
#7Brandon311US #17
#8John289US #11
#9William273US #16
#10Robert263US #10
#11David245US #6
#12Andrew238US #5
#13Jonathan222US #15
#14Cody212US #43
#15Joseph209US #12
#16Jacob207US #28
#17Jeremy191US #35
#18Zachary187US #29
#19Daniel174US #8
#20Aaron172US #31
#21Timothy163US #25
#22Tyler161US #33
#23Ryan160US #13
#24Dustin158US #48
#25Nicholas158US #14
#26Anthony151US #18
#27Charles145US #37
#28Steven142US #24
#29Kyle127US #21
#30Jason125US #27
#31Thomas125US #23
#32Adam122US #26
#33Eric122US #19
#34Benjamin121US #30
#35Kevin120US #20
#36Brian118US #22
#37Nathan115US #44
#38Stephen106US #40
#39Richard99US #32
#40Travis92US #41
#41Kenneth90US #51
#42Bradley88US #57
#43Derek86US #53
#44Mark86US #39
#45Jordan85US #52
#46Patrick83US #42
#47Jesse79US #55
#48Jeffrey77US #36
#49Marcus76US #66
#50Samuel76US #45
#51Corey73US #56
#52Cory73US #59
#53Blake72US #103
#54Bryan65US #54
#55Cameron65US #69
#56Gregory64US #50
#57Jared62US #60
#58Chad61US #65
#59Jeffery61US #120
#60Billy58US #185
#61Alex57US #58
#62Sean55US #38
#63Shawn55US #61
#64Wesley54US #93
#65Seth52US #90
#66Alexander50US #34
#67Austin49US #63
#68Nathaniel49US #81
#69Paul49US #46
#70Casey47US #83
#71Jerry46US #130
#72Shane46US #67
#73Bobby45US #163
#74Caleb45US #108
#75Scott45US #47
#76Donald43US #76
#77Phillip43US #71
#78Johnathan42US #115
#79Derrick41US #97
#80Antonio40US #72
#81Clayton40US #147
#82Spencer40US #114
#83Taylor39US #91
#84Gary37US #100
#85Larry36US #123
#86Ricky36US #148
#87Curtis35US #105
#88Edward35US #62
#89Douglas34US #88
#90Randy34US #113
#91Chase33US #127
#92Mitchell33US #95
#93Brent32US #107
#94Courtney32
#95Terry32US #141
#96Danny31US #145
#97Jimmy31US #161
#98Johnny31US #129
#99Keith31US #70
#100Jake30US #166

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑44Jasmine#38
↑44Cassandra#50
↑33Britney#57
↑28Cameron#55
↑27Candice#66
↑24Holly#33
↑24Candace#46
↑23Lisa#55

Falling

↓43Casey#84
↓33Natalie#81
↓29Jordan#95
↓26Lindsay#85
↓24Derrick#79
↓23Meagan#87
↓23Jimmy#97
↓21Bethany#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.