State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,000 Arkansas births in 1991 across 837 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#74Billyoutside the national top 200
#80Summeroutside the national top 200
#91Colbyoutside the national top 200
#60Hunter#167 nationally
#94Haydenoutside the national top 200
#96Bobbyoutside the national top 200
#87Jimmy#184 nationally
#81Autumn#171 nationally
#100Savannah#181 nationally
#70Raven#150 nationally
#68Lacey#145 nationally
#75Jeffery#151 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley426US #1
#2Jessica400US #2
#3Brittany327US #3
#4Sarah219US #6
#5Kayla203US #12
#6Amanda200US #4
#7Lauren194US #13
#8Amber189US #16
#9Samantha173US #5
#10Megan170US #11
#11Emily165US #10
#12Tiffany164US #27
#13Courtney163US #19
#14Elizabeth161US #9
#15Heather159US #23
#16Jennifer149US #8
#17Stephanie144US #7
#18Shelby137US #33
#19Hannah134US #29
#20Rachel134US #14
#21Whitney127US #68
#22Chelsea126US #18
#23Jasmine119US #24
#24Mary119US #38
#25Taylor107US #32
#26Kimberly105US #34
#27Haley104US #79
#28Kelsey103US #26
#29Lindsey96US #52
#30Sara93US #37
#31Victoria92US #28
#32Morgan89US #49
#33Brittney87US #58
#34Rebecca85US #21
#35Jordan80US #62
#36Laura75US #35
#37Amy71US #43
#38Kristen69US #48
#39Anna64US #46
#40Katherine63US #25
#41Brooke61US #65
#42Christina61US #31
#43Crystal61US #41
#44Andrea58US #39
#45Erica57US #40
#46Jamie56US #60
#47Miranda56US #90
#48Allison55US #50
#49Katie55US #53
#50Olivia53US #61
#51April51US #88
#52Brandi51US #110
#53Holly51US #105
#54Kathryn49US #57
#55Ariel48US #66
#56Bethany48US #109
#57Brianna47US #51
#58Caitlin47US #55
#59Danielle47US #17
#60Paige45US #76
#61Cassandra44US #54
#62Melissa44US #20
#63Sydney44US #134
#64Alicia43US #63
#65Erin42US #44
#66Kara42US #106
#67Kendra41US #118
#68Lacey41US #145
#69Mariah41US #69
#70Raven41US #150
#71Tara40US #104
#72Kristin39US #86
#73Madison39US #128
#74Michelle39US #22
#75Alyssa38US #30
#76Alexandria37US #78
#77Breanna37US #107
#78Meagan37US #130
#79Chelsey36US #129
#80Summer36
#81Autumn35US #171
#82Candace35US #153
#83Monica35US #85
#84Nicole35US #15
#85Catherine34US #72
#86Katelyn33US #75
#87Lindsay33US #77
#88Patricia33US #101
#89Rebekah33US #147
#90Shannon33US #71
#91Angela32US #59
#92Briana32US #95
#93Casey32US #111
#94Felicia32US #121
#95Natalie32US #64
#96Alexandra31US #36
#97Alexis31US #47
#98Kelly31US #42
#99Leah31US #91
#100Savannah31US #181

Boys

#1Christopher436US #2
#2Joshua422US #4
#3Michael364US #1
#4James344US #7
#5Cody305US #24
#6Matthew304US #3
#7Justin300US #14
#8Tyler298US #16
#9William276US #19
#10Jacob275US #17
#11Brandon261US #15
#12Zachary258US #22
#13John242US #10
#14Joseph220US #9
#15Robert219US #13
#16Andrew212US #5
#17Jonathan192US #20
#18David188US #8
#19Ryan183US #11
#20Daniel176US #6
#21Aaron173US #31
#22Jordan163US #29
#23Nicholas162US #12
#24Dustin155US #56
#25Charles149US #38
#26Anthony144US #18
#27Jeremy140US #43
#28Kyle135US #21
#29Timothy130US #32
#30Steven116US #27
#31Austin114US #50
#32Nathan113US #42
#33Thomas110US #28
#34Blake101US #86
#35Samuel99US #39
#36Kevin96US #23
#37Eric94US #25
#38Stephen93US #41
#39Ethan91US #65
#40Jesse90US #51
#41Bradley87US #67
#42Caleb87US #78
#43Taylor87US #52
#44Benjamin85US #33
#45Patrick84US #35
#46Travis84US #44
#47Dylan83US #46
#48Richard83US #34
#49Jason82US #49
#50Kenneth80US #54
#51Adam78US #36
#52Cameron69US #62
#53Corey69US #58
#54Jared68US #64
#55Mark67US #47
#56Brian66US #30
#57Gregory66US #55
#58Cory64US #74
#59Derek64US #59
#60Hunter64US #167
#61Logan61US #94
#62Marcus61US #76
#63Seth61US #99
#64Alexander60US #26
#65Dakota57US #121
#66Jeffrey57US #45
#67Trevor57US #69
#68Casey56US #90
#69Sean55US #40
#70Wesley54US #106
#71Johnathan53US #110
#72Shawn52US #71
#73Garrett51US #91
#74Billy49
#75Jeffery49US #151
#76Brett48US #88
#77Chase48US #108
#78Dalton48US #136
#79Phillip48US #98
#80Christian47US #48
#81Colton46US #145
#82Alex45US #63
#83Devin45US #83
#84Keith43US #89
#85Paul43US #53
#86Spencer42US #105
#87Jimmy41US #184
#88Chad40US #104
#89Larry40US #157
#90Bryan39US #61
#91Colby39
#92Derrick38US #111
#93Evan38US #70
#94Hayden37
#95Scott37US #57
#96Bobby36
#97Donald36US #102
#98Jake36US #119
#99Brent35US #146
#100Clayton35US #172

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑50Shelby#18
↑47Miranda#47
↑28Sean#69
↑25Dylan#47
↑24Lacey#68
↑22Ariel#55
↑22Hunter#60
↑21Brianna#57

Falling

↓40Clayton#100
↓34Nicole#84
↓32Angela#91
↓31Michelle#74
↓26Leah#99
↓25Alexandra#96
↓22Donald#97
↓20Alyssa#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.