State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,052 Arkansas births in 2000 across 1,032 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#55Ashlyn#178 nationally
#77Landon#200 nationally
#84Bradenoutside the national top 200
#85Gracieoutside the national top 200
#91Ravenoutside the national top 200
#68Brooklyn#177 nationally
#94Macyoutside the national top 200
#95Abbyoutside the national top 200
#72Wesley#171 nationally
#56Bethany#151 nationally
#73Payton#163 nationally
#61Brittney#148 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah288US #2
#2Madison271US #3
#3Emily240US #1
#4Alexis177US #6
#5Sarah169US #5
#6Lauren156US #11
#7Taylor150US #10
#8Haley148US #28
#9Ashley143US #4
#10Elizabeth143US #9
#11Abigail128US #14
#12Destiny122US #24
#13Anna121US #22
#14Megan121US #18
#15Jessica119US #8
#16Kaitlyn113US #30
#17Kayla111US #13
#18Samantha109US #7
#19Sydney107US #23
#20Brianna105US #15
#21Olivia100US #16
#22Emma99US #17
#23Chloe91US #38
#24Alyssa87US #12
#25Shelby86US #70
#26Mary85US #46
#27Bailey83US #68
#28Courtney83US #59
#29Jordan83US #50
#30Morgan82US #25
#31Rachel82US #21
#32Hailey81US #35
#33Makayla81US #67
#34Victoria80US #20
#35Katelyn78US #54
#36Grace77US #19
#37Allison72US #44
#38Kaylee72US #72
#39Faith71US #66
#40Jasmine68US #27
#41Natalie68US #34
#42Savannah67US #37
#43Amber64US #47
#44Brittany63US #60
#45Cheyenne59US #99
#46Autumn58US #77
#47Alexandria57US #91
#48Jennifer57US #26
#49Sierra57US #53
#50Breanna55US #80
#51Mackenzie52US #43
#52Rebecca52US #39
#53Trinity51US #74
#54Katie50US #95
#55Ashlyn49US #178
#56Bethany48US #151
#57Brooke47US #51
#58Amanda46US #32
#59Katherine46US #33
#60Madeline46US #56
#61Brittney45US #148
#62Nicole45US #31
#63Caroline44US #65
#64Kelsey44US #88
#65Kimberly44US #58
#66Mckenzie44US #133
#67Stephanie44US #40
#68Brooklyn43US #177
#69Sara43US #57
#70Erin42US #61
#71Heather41US #125
#72Madelyn41US #126
#73Payton39US #163
#74Jada38US #84
#75Jade37US #116
#76Maria37US #41
#77Mariah37US #75
#78Summer37US #145
#79Julia36US #29
#80Kennedy36US #139
#81Tiffany36US #101
#82Paige35US #69
#83Andrea34US #55
#84Caitlyn34US #118
#85Gracie34
#86Lindsey34US #103
#87Mikayla34US #108
#88Riley34US #131
#89Angel33US #119
#90Catherine33US #81
#91Raven33
#92Kristen32US #142
#93Laura32US #85
#94Macy32
#95Abby31
#96Alexandra31US #36
#97Caitlin31US #76
#98Cassidy31US #107
#99Claire31US #86
#100Erica31US #102

Boys

#1Jacob378US #1
#2William266US #11
#3Michael249US #2
#4Joshua239US #4
#5Christopher228US #5
#6Hunter219US #35
#7Brandon213US #12
#8Austin211US #23
#9James205US #18
#10Tyler203US #10
#11Ethan198US #25
#12Matthew198US #3
#13John195US #14
#14Zachary178US #15
#15Justin170US #19
#16Nicholas167US #6
#17Christian162US #22
#18Caleb161US #38
#19Dylan161US #24
#20Joseph154US #8
#21Andrew153US #7
#22Logan150US #40
#23David145US #16
#24Jonathan141US #21
#25Jordan124US #36
#26Cameron123US #31
#27Ryan122US #13
#28Nathan118US #30
#29Dalton117US #91
#30Samuel117US #28
#31Colton113US #111
#32Dakota112US #88
#33Robert111US #29
#34Daniel104US #9
#35Garrett102US #74
#36Noah102US #27
#37Aaron100US #41
#38Alexander99US #20
#39Seth98US #63
#40Cody97US #60
#41Jackson97US #72
#42Charles94US #51
#43Thomas91US #33
#44Benjamin89US #26
#45Anthony86US #17
#46Mason80US #64
#47Timothy79US #58
#48Blake78US #80
#49Jason73US #39
#50Kyle73US #37
#51Chase71US #77
#52Luke71US #59
#53Tanner70US #93
#54Trevor67US #75
#55Kevin65US #32
#56Devin64US #69
#57Gabriel64US #44
#58Elijah62US #52
#59Jared61US #56
#60Isaac60US #53
#61Alex59US #62
#62Eric59US #42
#63Cole58US #71
#64Hayden58US #129
#65Nathaniel57US #61
#66Jesse56US #90
#67Clayton55US #151
#68Isaiah55US #47
#69Steven55US #54
#70Brian54US #43
#71Bryce54US #92
#72Wesley53US #171
#73Kaleb50US #141
#74Patrick50US #68
#75Dustin49US #148
#76Gavin49US #85
#77Landon49US #200
#78Richard49US #65
#79Grant48US #123
#80Tristan48US #105
#81Dawson47US #168
#82Jose47US #34
#83Taylor46US #136
#84Braden44
#85Johnathan44US #157
#86Parker44US #127
#87Dillon43US #169
#88Bradley42US #131
#89Lucas42US #83
#90Spencer42US #98
#91Stephen42US #95
#92Preston41US #142
#93Adam39US #45
#94Jeremy39US #84
#95Kenneth39US #94
#96Levi39US #172
#97Sean39US #57
#98Devon38US #133
#99Xavier38US #103
#100Carson37US #119

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑44Chloe#23
↑27Madeline#60
↑26Ashlyn#55
↑24Mackenzie#51
↑24Gabriel#57
↑19Colton#31
↑19Brian#70
↑18Emma#22

Falling

↓34Adam#93
↓33Spencer#90
↓32Abby#95
↓23Angel#89
↓22Tiffany#81
↓19Savannah#42
↓19Brittany#44
↓18Jasmine#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.