State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,115 Arkansas births in 1990 across 862 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#71Billyoutside the national top 200
#74Summeroutside the national top 200
#82Hunteroutside the national top 200
#88Madisonoutside the national top 200
#91Colbyoutside the national top 200
#93Dalton#193 nationally
#60Clayton#153 nationally
#89Jimmy#172 nationally
#83Terry#164 nationally
#86Raven#166 nationally
#67Candace#142 nationally
#68Colton#139 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica453US #1
#2Ashley443US #2
#3Brittany440US #3
#4Amanda248US #4
#5Sarah225US #6
#6Megan209US #11
#7Kayla198US #14
#8Courtney194US #17
#9Heather190US #19
#10Lauren190US #10
#11Amber189US #15
#12Samantha173US #5
#13Tiffany164US #23
#14Jennifer153US #8
#15Stephanie150US #7
#16Whitney144US #60
#17Rachel141US #16
#18Emily135US #12
#19Hannah134US #30
#20Jasmine132US #28
#21Brittney123US #44
#22Elizabeth122US #9
#23Chelsea112US #24
#24Kimberly104US #31
#25Lindsey101US #51
#26Jordan100US #59
#27Kelsey99US #32
#28Rebecca99US #21
#29Mary95US #35
#30Morgan94US #58
#31Katherine87US #26
#32Kristen86US #42
#33Erica84US #36
#34Jamie84US #55
#35Laura79US #29
#36Taylor78US #46
#37Amy76US #38
#38Christina75US #25
#39Crystal75US #39
#40Andrea74US #40
#41Haley74US #108
#42Danielle73US #18
#43Michelle73US #22
#44Sara71US #34
#45April70US #73
#46Anna69US #45
#47Victoria68US #33
#48Katie65US #53
#49Brandi63US #103
#50Nicole62US #13
#51Allison57US #48
#52Brooke56US #70
#53Bethany55US #107
#54Alicia52US #54
#55Alyssa52US #27
#56Holly52US #89
#57Kristin52US #65
#58Cassandra48US #49
#59Angela46US #52
#60Kendra46US #117
#61Melissa45US #20
#62Kathryn43US #57
#63Erin42US #43
#64Olivia42US #72
#65Paige42US #79
#66Rachael42US #111
#67Candace41US #142
#68Shelby41US #100
#69Tara41US #85
#70Britney40US #136
#71Alexandra39US #37
#72Krystal39US #104
#73Leah38US #82
#74Summer37
#75Caitlin36US #50
#76Casey36US #106
#77Ariel35US #94
#78Brianna35US #61
#79Candice35US #147
#80Catherine35US #71
#81Chelsey34US #128
#82Kara34US #110
#83Leslie34US #115
#84Meagan34US #126
#85Monica34US #76
#86Raven34US #166
#87Lindsay33US #69
#88Madison33
#89Felicia32US #121
#90Alexandria31US #95
#91Kelly30US #41
#92Lacey30US #148
#93Melanie30US #86
#94Miranda30US #112
#95Natalie30US #63
#96Tabitha30US #164
#97Breanna29US #113
#98Mallory29US #162
#99Natasha29US #105
#100Rebekah29US #149

Boys

#1Christopher505US #2
#2Michael424US #1
#3Joshua418US #4
#4Justin386US #9
#5James374US #8
#6Matthew312US #3
#7William291US #16
#8Cody289US #31
#9Zachary280US #22
#10Jacob255US #20
#11John247US #12
#12Brandon238US #19
#13David229US #6
#14Tyler224US #21
#15Jonathan221US #17
#16Robert218US #13
#17Andrew201US #7
#18Joseph185US #10
#19Dustin179US #50
#20Aaron174US #34
#21Jordan173US #29
#22Ryan172US #11
#23Daniel164US #5
#24Jeremy163US #40
#25Nicholas160US #14
#26Anthony148US #15
#27Kyle146US #18
#28Timothy144US #30
#29Steven134US #25
#30Charles131US #38
#31Thomas129US #26
#32Kevin122US #23
#33Eric115US #24
#34Nathan109US #44
#35Stephen109US #39
#36Benjamin101US #33
#37Travis101US #42
#38Richard98US #35
#39Ethan96US #58
#40Jesse94US #48
#41Derek93US #54
#42Kenneth92US #52
#43Adam91US #32
#44Blake91US #91
#45Brian89US #27
#46Caleb87US #88
#47Bradley83US #65
#48Corey80US #56
#49Patrick80US #36
#50Austin79US #55
#51Jared78US #63
#52Jason78US #46
#53Taylor77US #64
#54Cameron74US #62
#55Samuel74US #45
#56Jeffrey71US #43
#57Wesley70US #107
#58Marcus66US #72
#59Gregory65US #51
#60Clayton64US #153
#61Mark64US #47
#62Cory58US #67
#63Shawn58US #69
#64Alexander56US #28
#65Logan54US #104
#66Jeffery53US #136
#67Seth53US #102
#68Colton52US #139
#69Phillip51US #81
#70Alex50US #59
#71Billy48
#72Dylan48US #83
#73Trevor48US #76
#74Chase47US #110
#75Donald46US #87
#76Casey45US #89
#77Chad45US #85
#78Shane45US #73
#79Nathaniel43US #86
#80Bryan42US #57
#81Derrick42US #106
#82Hunter42
#83Terry42US #164
#84Paul41US #49
#85Antonio40US #77
#86Devin40US #98
#87Brett39US #84
#88Jerry39US #146
#89Jimmy39US #172
#90Johnathan39US #108
#91Colby38
#92Spencer38US #105
#93Dalton37US #193
#94Evan37US #71
#95Mitchell37US #93
#96Scott37US #53
#97Sean37US #37
#98George36US #79
#99Keith36US #80
#100Darius35US #152

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑35Ethan#39
↑30Alyssa#55
↑27Alexandra#71
↑25Taylor#53
↑23Taylor#36
↑23Clayton#60
↑22Rachael#66
↑22Shawn#63

Falling

↓32Natasha#99
↓31Sean#97
↓29Keith#99
↓25Johnathan#90
↓23Bryan#80
↓19Kelly#91
↓19Miranda#94
↓18Felicia#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.