State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,344 Arkansas births in 1998 across 969 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#58Landonoutside the national top 200
#57Whitney#193 nationally
#75Ashtonoutside the national top 200
#76Brooklyn#200 nationally
#92Kennedy#183 nationally
#67Kaleb#156 nationally
#71Hayden#160 nationally
#65Clayton#150 nationally
#99Trenton#183 nationally
#52Summer#131 nationally
#82Hope#160 nationally
#68Mckenzie#142 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah267US #2
#2Madison249US #9
#3Emily231US #1
#4Taylor195US #7
#5Sarah193US #4
#6Alexis182US #6
#7Jessica155US #8
#8Ashley151US #5
#9Haley151US #36
#10Lauren140US #14
#11Elizabeth121US #10
#12Kayla121US #12
#13Morgan117US #23
#14Destiny115US #34
#15Anna113US #31
#16Kaitlyn111US #35
#17Megan110US #13
#18Brittany109US #25
#19Samantha106US #3
#20Abigail105US #18
#21Rachel103US #15
#22Jordan99US #42
#23Shelby98US #49
#24Sydney98US #28
#25Victoria98US #16
#26Brianna96US #17
#27Bailey89US #60
#28Alyssa88US #11
#29Courtney88US #39
#30Katelyn86US #58
#31Mary86US #44
#32Kelsey85US #56
#33Jasmine82US #26
#34Amber80US #37
#35Makayla79US #71
#36Rebecca76US #30
#37Savannah76US #45
#38Olivia71US #21
#39Emma68US #22
#40Allison64US #38
#41Jennifer63US #20
#42Faith62US #107
#43Kaylee60US #86
#44Madeline58US #50
#45Sierra58US #51
#46Breanna57US #76
#47Sara57US #48
#48Brooke56US #46
#49Erin55US #57
#50Hailey54US #70
#51Autumn53US #77
#52Summer52US #131
#53Natalie51US #40
#54Paige51US #63
#55Lindsey50US #97
#56Cheyenne49US #72
#57Whitney47US #193
#58Heather46US #99
#59Kimberly46US #54
#60Kristen46US #102
#61Amanda45US #19
#62Bethany45US #132
#63Katherine45US #33
#64Stephanie45US #29
#65Katie43US #88
#66Alexandria42US #81
#67Gabrielle42US #47
#68Mckenzie42US #142
#69Brittney41US #143
#70Julia41US #32
#71Grace40US #53
#72Tiffany40US #67
#73Danielle39US #41
#74Kaitlin39US #120
#75Ashton38
#76Brooklyn38US #200
#77Caitlin38US #78
#78Erica38US #92
#79Mariah38US #62
#80Caitlyn37US #115
#81Cassidy37US #113
#82Hope37US #160
#83Jade37US #125
#84Mackenzie36US #64
#85Chloe35US #87
#86Laura35US #74
#87Jamie34US #112
#88Maria34US #43
#89Mikayla34US #82
#90Angel33US #138
#91Christina33US #69
#92Kennedy33US #183
#93Briana32US #79
#94Amy30US #96
#95Kathryn30US #89
#96Miranda30US #80
#97Alexandra29US #27
#98Andrea29US #61
#99Claire29US #91
#100Hanna29US #165

Boys

#1Jacob372US #2
#2Austin288US #10
#3Joshua275US #4
#4Michael275US #1
#5Christopher270US #5
#6Tyler234US #8
#7James231US #18
#8William226US #14
#9Matthew225US #3
#10Brandon213US #7
#11Hunter207US #36
#12John207US #15
#13Zachary203US #16
#14Nicholas174US #6
#15David173US #13
#16Dylan169US #25
#17Andrew168US #9
#18Justin162US #20
#19Jordan160US #27
#20Caleb156US #42
#21Ethan150US #38
#22Joseph150US #11
#23Cody146US #43
#24Jonathan137US #21
#25Robert135US #23
#26Logan130US #44
#27Dakota129US #72
#28Noah125US #29
#29Ryan122US #17
#30Dalton116US #88
#31Samuel115US #28
#32Christian113US #26
#33Aaron110US #37
#34Daniel110US #12
#35Kyle109US #24
#36Cameron105US #35
#37Anthony100US #19
#38Benjamin94US #30
#39Alexander88US #22
#40Devin87US #62
#41Thomas86US #31
#42Garrett85US #80
#43Nathan83US #34
#44Charles82US #48
#45Seth79US #86
#46Dustin78US #108
#47Blake77US #85
#48Trevor75US #58
#49Mason74US #83
#50Chase71US #67
#51Tanner71US #82
#52Colton68US #106
#53Alex67US #55
#54Jackson66US #100
#55Jared66US #51
#56Steven65US #46
#57Eric63US #39
#58Landon63
#59Timothy62US #49
#60Tristan61US #92
#61Bradley60US #101
#62Cole58US #77
#63Adam55US #45
#64Jason55US #40
#65Clayton54US #150
#66Brian53US #41
#67Kaleb53US #156
#68Dillon52US #134
#69Kevin52US #32
#70Taylor52US #104
#71Hayden51US #160
#72Nathaniel51US #60
#73Patrick51US #57
#74Gabriel49US #54
#75Jeremy49US #68
#76Jesse48US #70
#77Luke48US #75
#78Connor47US #47
#79Gavin47US #116
#80Richard47US #56
#81Johnathan46US #143
#82Marcus46US #96
#83Elijah44US #66
#84Isaac43US #65
#85Shawn43US #113
#86Spencer42US #84
#87Grant41US #127
#88Ian41US #73
#89Mark41US #64
#90Wesley41US #153
#91Sean40US #50
#92Bryce39US #94
#93Kenneth39US #87
#94Lucas39US #93
#95Parker39US #142
#96Devon37US #119
#97Gregory37US #109
#98Stephen37US #78
#99Trenton37US #183
#100Darius36US #162

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑45Kaylee#43
↑38Emma#39
↑31Erin#49
↑26Mckenzie#68
↑23Makayla#35
↑21Summer#52
↑21Ashton#75
↑20Kaitlyn#16

Falling

↓53Andrea#98
↓36Stephen#98
↓33Laura#86
↓30Kenneth#93
↓28Amanda#61
↓27Alexandra#97
↓24Danielle#73
↓24Kevin#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.