State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,210 Arkansas births in 1996 across 892 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#83Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#90Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#91Brooklynoutside the national top 200
#100Abbyoutside the national top 200
#90Preston#189 nationally
#73Hayden#168 nationally
#89Raven#184 nationally
#50Whitney#140 nationally
#65Chance#154 nationally
#97Darius#182 nationally
#98Mallory#183 nationally
#87Shania#171 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah279US #7
#2Emily247US #1
#3Ashley232US #3
#4Jessica217US #2
#5Sarah210US #4
#6Taylor205US #6
#7Madison187US #15
#8Kayla165US #11
#9Brittany163US #14
#10Haley157US #30
#11Samantha155US #5
#12Courtney150US #21
#13Lauren145US #16
#14Alexis138US #8
#15Morgan137US #25
#16Shelby134US #35
#17Megan128US #12
#18Rachel124US #9
#19Elizabeth112US #10
#20Amber107US #27
#21Rebecca106US #24
#22Brianna103US #17
#23Anna101US #33
#24Destiny98US #56
#25Jasmine96US #28
#26Sydney92US #39
#27Victoria87US #18
#28Kaitlyn86US #40
#29Kelsey85US #36
#30Allison80US #38
#31Bailey78US #85
#32Jordan78US #49
#33Amanda76US #13
#34Cheyenne73US #68
#35Tiffany70US #52
#36Katelyn69US #64
#37Mary69US #44
#38Olivia69US #34
#39Kristen66US #70
#40Heather65US #71
#41Katie65US #81
#42Lindsey64US #86
#43Stephanie64US #20
#44Katherine63US #31
#45Sierra63US #62
#46Savannah62US #43
#47Alyssa61US #23
#48Abigail60US #32
#49Jennifer60US #19
#50Whitney59US #140
#51Brooke58US #45
#52Sara58US #50
#53Alexandria57US #77
#54Breanna57US #74
#55Danielle54US #29
#56Miranda54US #76
#57Autumn53US #104
#58Kaylee53US #110
#59Kimberly51US #41
#60Natalie50US #46
#61Alexandra49US #26
#62Paige48US #65
#63Andrea45US #61
#64Brittney45US #115
#65Kaitlin43US #103
#66Makayla43US #129
#67Summer43US #137
#68Caitlin42US #84
#69Erin42US #51
#70Faith42US #149
#71Hayley42US #120
#72Holly42US #130
#73Jamie42US #96
#74Mackenzie41US #75
#75Hailey40US #93
#76Chelsea38US #55
#77Sabrina37US #58
#78Christina36US #57
#79Erica36US #79
#80Gabrielle36US #54
#81Kristin36US #147
#82Nicole35US #22
#83Ashton34
#84Michaela34US #102
#85Bethany33US #117
#86Laura33US #66
#87Shania33US #171
#88Madeline32US #67
#89Raven32US #184
#90Ashlyn31
#91Brooklyn31
#92Cassidy31US #109
#93Mariah31US #63
#94Molly31US #99
#95Crystal30US #92
#96Emma30US #53
#97Kathryn30US #87
#98Mallory30US #183
#99Angel29US #162
#100Abby28

Boys

#1Jacob324US #3
#2Tyler323US #7
#3Austin308US #9
#4Michael299US #1
#5Christopher298US #4
#6William287US #18
#7James258US #17
#8Joshua251US #5
#9Brandon240US #8
#10Matthew239US #2
#11Zachary236US #14
#12John228US #15
#13Cody226US #31
#14Justin205US #20
#15Andrew187US #10
#16Nicholas175US #6
#17Hunter173US #47
#18Joseph164US #12
#19Dylan162US #33
#20David161US #13
#21Robert153US #23
#22Jordan148US #27
#23Christian142US #24
#24Ryan135US #16
#25Aaron128US #34
#26Dakota128US #58
#27Jonathan128US #21
#28Daniel124US #11
#29Caleb113US #48
#30Logan112US #42
#31Charles111US #43
#32Kyle107US #25
#33Samuel98US #30
#34Dustin96US #79
#35Nathan96US #37
#36Dalton95US #99
#37Benjamin94US #29
#38Anthony93US #19
#39Thomas92US #28
#40Alexander91US #22
#41Blake87US #84
#42Colton87US #105
#43Chase85US #76
#44Timothy84US #40
#45Seth83US #103
#46Steven83US #38
#47Tristan79US #68
#48Eric78US #35
#49Ethan78US #62
#50Cameron73US #49
#51Devin68US #60
#52Jesse68US #51
#53Kevin67US #26
#54Taylor64US #82
#55Garrett63US #85
#56Bradley62US #83
#57Tanner62US #90
#58Trevor62US #63
#59Malik61US #97
#60Brian60US #36
#61Dillon59US #121
#62Noah58US #50
#63Spencer57US #109
#64Kenneth56US #77
#65Chance55US #154
#66Mason55US #104
#67Jared54US #64
#68Alex53US #53
#69Jason52US #41
#70Richard52US #45
#71Clayton51US #149
#72Corey51US #94
#73Hayden49US #168
#74Cole47US #106
#75Jeffrey47US #72
#76Jeremy47US #56
#77Elijah45US #81
#78Travis45US #73
#79Adam44US #39
#80Evan44US #65
#81Nathaniel44US #69
#82Patrick44US #44
#83Jackson42US #136
#84Luke42US #75
#85Stephen42US #59
#86Johnathan40US #138
#87Sean40US #46
#88Marcus39US #87
#89Grant38US #119
#90Preston38US #189
#91Bryan37US #66
#92Derek37US #101
#93Mark37US #55
#94Wesley37US #137
#95Brett36US #110
#96Chandler36US #157
#97Darius36US #182
#98Connor35US #54
#99Jose35US #32
#100Lucas35US #93

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑47Tristan#47
↑38Cheyenne#34
↑33Chase#43
↑26Spencer#63
↑25Jared#67
↑22Makayla#66
↑22Samuel#33
↑19Kaylee#58

Falling

↓38Stephen#85
↓37Adam#79
↓31Marcus#88
↓30Laura#86
↓27Jeremy#76
↓25Bethany#85
↓24Brittney#64
↓23Alex#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.