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Most Popular Names in Arkansas

The most common baby names registered in Arkansas across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Arkansas account for 1,390,867 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 86,445
2 Mary 59,021
3 John 51,997
4 William 49,752
5 Robert 45,090
6 Charles 39,024
7 Michael 32,658
8 David 31,225
9 Betty 23,464
10 Billy 20,896
11 Willie 20,777
12 Linda 20,358
13 Thomas 19,652
14 Christopher 18,830
15 Jerry 17,824
16 Dorothy 17,202
17 Larry 17,166
18 Richard 17,051
19 Barbara 16,171
20 George 15,864
21 Bobby 15,718
22 Kenneth 15,345
23 Joseph 15,204
24 Patricia 14,529
25 Elizabeth 13,907
26 Donald 13,828
27 Jimmy 13,453
28 Joe 13,190
29 Shirley 13,060
30 Joshua 12,736
31 Paul 12,468
32 Helen 12,439
33 Carolyn 12,352
34 Ruby 12,299
35 Matthew 11,779
36 Sarah 11,713
37 Gary 11,669
38 Jennifer 11,485
39 Brenda 11,408
40 Martha 11,180
41 Margaret 10,861
42 Daniel 10,504
43 Henry 10,022
44 Edward 9,934
45 Jason 9,909
46 Steven 9,804
47 Roy 9,727
48 Johnny 9,654
49 Emma 9,638
50 Andrew 9,630
51 Virginia 9,532
52 Ruth 9,278
53 Donna 9,258
54 Jacob 9,247
55 Ashley 9,241
56 Anna 9,231
57 Wanda 9,223
58 Sandra 9,217
59 Mark 9,193
60 Timothy 9,083
61 Samuel 9,070
62 Terry 9,046
63 Carl 9,016
64 Anthony 8,970
65 Jessica 8,905
66 Jessie 8,883
67 Rebecca 8,879
68 Sharon 8,842
69 Mildred 8,840
70 Amanda 8,832
71 Harold 8,800
72 Joyce 8,767
73 Justin 8,730
74 Kimberly 8,642
75 Ronald 8,581
76 Brandon 8,474
77 Kevin 8,341
78 Jack 8,167
79 Angela 8,088
80 Lisa 7,975
81 Jonathan 7,779
82 Karen 7,758
83 Raymond 7,747
84 Nancy 7,689
85 Doris 7,572
86 Frances 7,570
87 Emily 7,523
88 Evelyn 7,219
89 Laura 7,188
90 Brian 7,160
91 Eddie 7,144
92 Deborah 7,142
93 Danny 7,127
94 Tommy 7,126
95 Alice 7,039
96 Walter 7,034
97 Lee 6,822
98 Melissa 6,688
99 Annie 6,643
100 Hazel 6,634