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Names of Arkansas

3,623,589 births across 5,337 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Arkansas more than Floy.

Most concentrated in Arkansas

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Floy 664 19.7×
Olen 489 11.7×
Odis 719 11.5×
Syble 516 11.3×
Burl 459 10.5×
Dortha 525 10.2×
Dovie 479 10.0×
Delois 727 9.8×
Emogene 305 9.1×
Ruthie 1,771 9.0×
Ocie 296 9.0×
Claud 604 8.9×
Earnestine 1,336 8.6×
Hershel 674 8.6×
Doyle 2,453 8.4×
Oleta 322 8.3×
Artie 360 8.3×
Ima 396 8.1×
Pearline 376 8.0×
Dorthy 1,449 7.9×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary58,912
2Betty23,419
3Linda20,345
4Dorothy17,194
5Barbara16,166
6Patricia14,529
7Elizabeth13,976
8Shirley12,918
9Helen12,434
10Carolyn12,352
11Ruby12,300
12Sarah11,733
13Jennifer11,479
14Brenda11,408
15Martha11,180

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1James86,139
2John51,891
3William49,811
4Robert44,979
5Charles38,922
6Michael32,600
7David31,263
8Billy20,725
9Thomas19,716
10Christopher18,840
11Jerry17,318
12Larry17,143
13Richard17,069
14George15,766
15Kenneth15,353

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.