State roster

Top names in Arkansas

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Arkansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,105 Arkansas births in 2006 across 1,188 distinct names.

Distinctively Arkansas

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

#65Abbyoutside the national top 200
#69Braxtonoutside the national top 200
#51Dakota#172 nationally
#76Makenzie#197 nationally
#84Hayleeoutside the national top 200
#85Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#92Cadenceoutside the national top 200
#93Jaydenoutside the national top 200
#73Bryson#176 nationally
#99Allieoutside the national top 200
#99Dalton#200 nationally
#57Peyton#157 nationally

Girls

#1Madison269US #3
#2Emily213US #1
#3Emma204US #2
#4Hannah172US #8
#5Abigail167US #6
#6Alexis156US #14
#7Elizabeth134US #11
#8Olivia133US #7
#9Chloe131US #18
#10Anna116US #22
#11Addison111US #28
#12Ava111US #5
#13Brooklyn110US #66
#14Isabella102US #4
#15Alyssa98US #19
#16Jasmine93US #29
#17Savannah85US #30
#18Hailey83US #25
#19Taylor82US #23
#20Natalie81US #17
#21Sarah81US #15
#22Lauren80US #24
#23Allison79US #47
#24Destiny79US #36
#25Lillian79US #38
#26Kaylee73US #42
#27Makayla73US #45
#28Ashley72US #12
#29Lily71US #33
#30Ella68US #21
#31Kylie66US #67
#32Trinity66US #64
#33Morgan65US #35
#34Gracie62US #103
#35Avery61US #52
#36Bailey61US #112
#37Brianna61US #20
#38Samantha61US #10
#39Kaitlyn60US #41
#40Mia59US #13
#41Haley58US #75
#42Kayla57US #26
#43Mary57US #80
#44Katelyn55US #61
#45Rachel55US #48
#46Zoe55US #54
#47Grace54US #16
#48Jessica54US #32
#49Victoria54US #27
#50Faith53US #62
#51Zoey53US #119
#52Mackenzie52US #53
#53Breanna51US #126
#54Katherine51US #37
#55Sydney51US #34
#56Gabrielle50US #63
#57Mariah49US #82
#58Shelby49US #133
#59Ashlyn48US #141
#60Brooke48US #44
#61Jada47US #92
#62Riley47US #56
#63Autumn46US #95
#64Madelyn46US #113
#65Abby45
#66Rylee44US #135
#67Sophia44US #9
#68Audrey43US #69
#69Sara43US #72
#70Nevaeh41US #43
#71Paige41US #77
#72Caroline40US #89
#73Aubrey39US #93
#74Jennifer39US #51
#75Kennedy39US #115
#76Makenzie39US #197
#77Katie38US #106
#78Mckenzie38US #166
#79Kimberly37US #58
#80Jordan36US #97
#81Claire35US #86
#82Isabelle35US #84
#83Jenna35US #88
#84Haylee34
#85Bethany33
#86Lydia33US #130
#87Adrianna32US #178
#88Jayla32US #99
#89Reagan32US #156
#90Rebecca32US #96
#91Andrea31US #59
#92Cadence31
#93Jayden31
#94Kylee31US #146
#95Leah31US #68
#96Maggie31US #189
#97Serenity31US #134
#98Alexa30US #39
#99Allie30
#100Cheyenne30US #170

Boys

#1William263US #10
#2Ethan244US #4
#3Jacob244US #1
#4James203US #16
#5Landon198US #50
#6Joshua192US #3
#7Christopher184US #8
#8Caleb183US #34
#9Jackson178US #35
#10Logan170US #20
#11John168US #19
#12Matthew168US #5
#13Noah162US #15
#14Andrew161US #7
#15Michael161US #2
#16Elijah146US #29
#17David133US #13
#18Hayden133US #73
#19Mason133US #40
#20Christian131US #21
#21Aiden123US #32
#22Austin122US #41
#23Anthony120US #9
#24Hunter119US #54
#25Samuel119US #25
#26Alexander118US #12
#27Gavin117US #38
#28Daniel116US #6
#29Tyler115US #18
#30Zachary114US #33
#31Luke113US #43
#32Jonathan109US #22
#33Dylan108US #26
#34Joseph108US #11
#35Nicholas102US #17
#36Benjamin101US #24
#37Evan100US #42
#38Ryan100US #14
#39Brandon96US #27
#40Robert94US #47
#41Gabriel91US #28
#42Jordan88US #46
#43Cameron85US #52
#44Charles85US #60
#45Brayden84US #79
#46Nathan84US #23
#47Jason80US #55
#48Aaron79US #57
#49Justin79US #45
#50Carter76US #75
#51Dakota76US #172
#52Isaiah76US #39
#53Carson75US #87
#54Isaac73US #48
#55Jack72US #36
#56Jose72US #30
#57Peyton72US #157
#58Caden68US #91
#59Jayden68US #49
#60Thomas68US #51
#61Aidan66US #44
#62Connor66US #53
#63Kevin65US #37
#64Parker65US #116
#65Tristan65US #86
#66Kaleb63US #115
#67Kaden62US #92
#68Blake60US #97
#69Braxton60
#70Jeremiah60US #71
#71Alex59US #67
#72Seth58US #103
#73Bryson56US #176
#74Cole55US #84
#75Angel53US #31
#76Braden53US #143
#77Cody53US #105
#78Lucas53US #59
#79Eli52US #136
#80Eric51US #77
#81Ashton50US #121
#82Chase50US #83
#83Luis50US #62
#84Bryce49US #109
#85Colton49US #135
#86Cooper49US #113
#87Conner48US #144
#88Owen47US #58
#89Steven47US #90
#90Wyatt47US #82
#91Adrian46US #63
#92Ayden46US #119
#93Jesse46US #102
#94Timothy46US #93
#95Jaden45US #88
#96Juan45US #61
#97Brian44US #72
#98Bryan44US #66
#99Dalton44US #200
#100Diego44US #56

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑51Addison#11
↑32Kaleb#66
↑31Rylee#66
↑30Aiden#21
↑29Tristan#65
↑28Jason#47
↑27Jack#55
↑26Madelyn#64

Falling

↓37Dalton#99
↓34Jesse#93
↓33Ashton#81
↓24Colton#85
↓23Riley#62
↓22Sydney#55
↓21Grace#47
↓21Jordan#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.