State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,137 Arkansas births in 1997 across 949 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#71Brooklynoutside the national top 200
#75Landonoutside the national top 200
#76Ashlynoutside the national top 200
#90Peytonoutside the national top 200
#96Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#98Jerryoutside the national top 200
#83Kaleb#185 nationally
#91Abby#192 nationally
#68Hayden#167 nationally
#65Whitney#158 nationally
#97Trenton#182 nationally
#100Chandler#184 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah270US #5
#2Emily238US #1
#3Madison215US #10
#4Ashley212US #3
#5Sarah204US #4
#6Taylor198US #7
#7Brittany166US #20
#8Lauren157US #14
#9Jessica154US #2
#10Haley148US #31
#11Alexis145US #8
#12Elizabeth143US #9
#13Samantha133US #6
#14Sydney133US #35
#15Morgan132US #22
#16Shelby129US #43
#17Kayla127US #12
#18Megan111US #11
#19Rachel111US #13
#20Courtney106US #28
#21Anna102US #33
#22Brianna100US #17
#23Mary97US #46
#24Jordan83US #40
#25Destiny81US #42
#26Jasmine81US #24
#27Amber80US #29
#28Alyssa79US #15
#29Allison78US #39
#30Bailey78US #65
#31Victoria77US #19
#32Abigail73US #26
#33Amanda73US #16
#34Olivia73US #27
#35Rebecca72US #25
#36Kaitlyn70US #41
#37Savannah64US #47
#38Autumn62US #91
#39Sara59US #50
#40Breanna58US #74
#41Lindsey58US #95
#42Jennifer56US #18
#43Katelyn55US #63
#44Sierra55US #56
#45Andrea54US #58
#46Hailey54US #80
#47Heather54US #90
#48Kelsey54US #57
#49Danielle53US #34
#50Katherine53US #32
#51Alexandria52US #78
#52Kimberly52US #49
#53Laura52US #66
#54Kristen51US #82
#55Tiffany51US #61
#56Brittney50US #130
#57Madeline50US #59
#58Makayla50US #102
#59Natalie50US #48
#60Bethany49US #121
#61Brooke49US #45
#62Faith49US #124
#63Mariah49US #67
#64Stephanie49US #23
#65Whitney49US #158
#66Cheyenne47US #68
#67Erica47US #84
#68Katie44US #87
#69Nicole44US #21
#70Alexandra43US #30
#71Brooklyn42
#72Paige42US #64
#73Summer42US #131
#74Mackenzie41US #71
#75Michaela40US #100
#76Ashlyn39
#77Emma39US #36
#78Jamie38US #103
#79Mikayla38US #112
#80Erin37US #52
#81Hayley37US #136
#82Caitlin36US #88
#83Monica36US #79
#84Christina35US #62
#85Jada35US #165
#86Kaitlin35US #119
#87Gabrielle34US #51
#88Kaylee34US #107
#89Miranda34US #70
#90Cassidy33US #105
#91Abby32US #192
#92Briana32US #72
#93Caroline32US #75
#94Mckenzie32US #150
#95Adrianna31US #155
#96Ashton31
#97Chelsea29US #73
#98Maria29US #38
#99Sabrina29US #53
#100Alicia28US #89

Boys

#1Jacob374US #2
#2Austin314US #9
#3Christopher294US #4
#4Michael288US #1
#5Tyler282US #10
#6Joshua260US #5
#7Zachary247US #13
#8William245US #19
#9Matthew242US #3
#10James235US #17
#11John215US #15
#12Brandon213US #8
#13Andrew185US #7
#14Justin181US #20
#15Nicholas171US #6
#16Cody170US #36
#17Hunter168US #44
#18Joseph168US #12
#19David167US #14
#20Dylan162US #30
#21Jordan160US #26
#22Caleb148US #47
#23Robert142US #23
#24Jonathan140US #21
#25Ryan136US #16
#26Christian135US #25
#27Logan133US #42
#28Daniel131US #11
#29Samuel128US #27
#30Aaron123US #33
#31Dakota115US #66
#32Kyle111US #24
#33Alexander107US #22
#34Dalton100US #90
#35Ethan99US #46
#36Timothy92US #43
#37Nathan91US #34
#38Charles90US #49
#39Tanner89US #82
#40Noah88US #38
#41Benjamin84US #29
#42Jason80US #41
#43Thomas80US #31
#44Anthony79US #18
#45Kevin78US #28
#46Colton77US #108
#47Cameron76US #45
#48Devin73US #59
#49Steven73US #40
#50Taylor73US #87
#51Dustin71US #88
#52Eric70US #35
#53Blake69US #80
#54Jeremy68US #64
#55Trevor65US #62
#56Alex62US #55
#57Seth60US #97
#58Chase59US #77
#59Mason59US #89
#60Cole58US #72
#61Garrett58US #85
#62Stephen58US #68
#63Kenneth57US #83
#64Jared55US #56
#65Clayton54US #147
#66Patrick54US #50
#67Richard54US #51
#68Hayden53US #167
#69Jackson52US #124
#70Tristan52US #92
#71Bradley51US #94
#72Brian51US #37
#73Mark51US #58
#74Evan48US #61
#75Landon48
#76Luke47US #78
#77Dillon46US #132
#78Jesse46US #63
#79Sean46US #48
#80Marcus45US #93
#81Adam44US #39
#82Gregory42US #103
#83Kaleb42US #185
#84Spencer42US #104
#85Grant41US #115
#86Parker41US #150
#87Johnathan40US #142
#88Connor39US #52
#89Malik39US #111
#90Peyton39
#91Wesley39US #144
#92Nathaniel38US #65
#93Travis38US #81
#94Darius37US #177
#95Elijah37US #74
#96Levi37US #156
#97Trenton37US #182
#98Jerry36
#99Bryan35US #69
#100Chandler34US #184

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑33Laura#53
↑31Madeline#57
↑30Mariah#63
↑29Hailey#46
↑27Jason#42
↑25Bethany#60
↑23Stephen#62
↑22Noah#40

Falling

↓33Miranda#89
↓32Cheyenne#66
↓30Kaylee#88
↓30Malik#89
↓27Katie#68
↓26Jesse#78
↓23Tristan#70
↓22Sabrina#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.