State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,834 Arkansas births in 1989 across 817 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#71Billy#193 nationally
#82Mistyoutside the national top 200
#90Hunteroutside the national top 200
#92Nikkioutside the national top 200
#94Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#100Cassie#196 nationally
#80Bobby#172 nationally
#72Colton#157 nationally
#93Levi#169 nationally
#83Clayton#154 nationally
#55Haley#125 nationally
#82Terry#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley473US #2
#2Jessica470US #1
#3Brittany457US #3
#4Amanda266US #4
#5Sarah248US #5
#6Amber240US #14
#7Tiffany237US #16
#8Samantha215US #6
#9Lauren206US #9
#10Heather204US #15
#11Megan198US #11
#12Kayla188US #20
#13Jennifer172US #7
#14Rachel172US #18
#15Elizabeth156US #10
#16Courtney153US #21
#17Stephanie153US #8
#18Emily148US #13
#19Whitney145US #57
#20Hannah127US #42
#21Kimberly127US #28
#22Brittney121US #41
#23Jasmine118US #30
#24Mary112US #38
#25Lindsey97US #48
#26Chelsea93US #27
#27Amy91US #35
#28Kristen91US #36
#29Laura88US #25
#30Rebecca86US #24
#31Crystal85US #32
#32Jamie83US #52
#33Christina81US #23
#34Katie81US #45
#35Kelsey81US #31
#36Andrea78US #39
#37Nicole76US #12
#38Erica75US #34
#39Danielle74US #17
#40Sara74US #29
#41Katherine73US #26
#42Jordan71US #72
#43Morgan66US #69
#44Anna65US #51
#45Melissa64US #19
#46Allison61US #46
#47Victoria61US #44
#48Holly58US #79
#49Kendra56US #99
#50Michelle56US #22
#51April55US #66
#52Brandi54US #98
#53Alicia53US #53
#54Brooke53US #74
#55Haley53US #125
#56Kristin53US #60
#57Tara53US #70
#58Kathryn52US #58
#59Taylor52US #75
#60Caitlin51US #49
#61Leah51US #83
#62Angela48US #47
#63Erin48US #40
#64Britney47US #118
#65Brandy46US #121
#66Bethany45US #102
#67Natasha44US #87
#68Kiara43US #115
#69Cassandra42US #54
#70Candace41US #133
#71Felicia41US #111
#72Kelly41US #37
#73Leslie41US #108
#74Meagan40US #120
#75Miranda40US #130
#76Lacey39US #143
#77Casey38US #103
#78Catherine37US #67
#79Shannon37US #61
#80Monica36US #68
#81Candice35US #134
#82Misty35
#83Natalie35US #62
#84Lindsay34US #63
#85Alyssa33US #33
#86Kara33US #101
#87Mallory33US #147
#88Rachael33US #109
#89Krystal32US #82
#90Rebekah32US #154
#91Lisa31US #55
#92Nikki31
#93Tabitha31US #156
#94Ashton30
#95Julie30US #78
#96Melanie30US #88
#97Robin30US #160
#98Alexandra29US #43
#99Alisha29US #123
#100Cassie29US #196

Boys

#1Christopher500US #2
#2Joshua456US #4
#3Justin452US #8
#4Michael406US #1
#5James382US #9
#6Matthew355US #3
#7Brandon318US #18
#8William287US #15
#9David266US #5
#10John262US #12
#11Cody241US #45
#12Jonathan227US #17
#13Robert225US #10
#14Zachary215US #25
#15Jacob212US #26
#16Jeremy206US #34
#17Andrew202US #7
#18Daniel198US #6
#19Tyler192US #30
#20Aaron178US #31
#21Nicholas176US #14
#22Ryan174US #13
#23Joseph173US #11
#24Dustin168US #48
#25Steven159US #22
#26Kyle158US #20
#27Charles143US #36
#28Timothy137US #28
#29Anthony136US #16
#30Thomas136US #23
#31Adam134US #27
#32Jordan126US #44
#33Eric124US #21
#34Travis121US #41
#35Benjamin119US #29
#36Nathan115US #43
#37Jason107US #35
#38Kevin107US #19
#39Stephen98US #40
#40Brian94US #24
#41Jesse93US #50
#42Derek92US #54
#43Patrick92US #38
#44Richard91US #33
#45Bradley90US #58
#46Austin84US #59
#47Blake83US #97
#48Corey83US #55
#49Caleb82US #91
#50Jeffrey79US #37
#51Jared76US #57
#52Gregory75US #52
#53Marcus74US #67
#54Kenneth72US #53
#55Seth72US #94
#56Cory69US #61
#57Bryan68US #56
#58Samuel68US #47
#59Phillip67US #75
#60Cameron65US #64
#61Wesley64US #98
#62Alexander63US #32
#63Mark63US #42
#64Logan61US #104
#65Johnathan58US #112
#66Sean55US #39
#67Jeffery53US #129
#68Paul52US #49
#69Casey51US #90
#70Keith51US #70
#71Billy50US #193
#72Colton49US #157
#73Derrick49US #99
#74Ethan49US #87
#75Jerry49US #142
#76Alex48US #60
#77Chad48US #74
#78Taylor48US #72
#79Scott47US #51
#80Bobby45US #172
#81Brett45US #81
#82Terry45US #151
#83Clayton42US #154
#84Donald42US #82
#85Shawn42US #65
#86Edward41US #62
#87Gary41US #106
#88Douglas39US #92
#89Chase38US #113
#90Hunter38
#91Larry38US #131
#92Garrett37US #102
#93Levi36US #169
#94Antonio35US #76
#95Curtis35US #111
#96Devin35US #96
#97Lance35US #165
#98Shane34US #71
#99Ricky33US #159
#100George32US #79

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑53Jordan#42
↑40Kelsey#35
↑36Brooke#54
↑32Taylor#59
↑29Keith#70
↑25Caleb#49
↑21Kristin#56
↑21Austin#46

Falling

↓36Lisa#91
↓26Alisha#99
↓26Shane#98
↓25Krystal#89
↓25Julie#95
↓24Candace#70
↓24Cassie#100
↓22Shawn#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.