What baby names are unique to Arkansas?

Bb is the name most distinctive to Arkansas, given about 37 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Bg, Remmel and Dreddy follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in Arkansas is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to Arkansas

The most distinctive Arkansas baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in Arkansas than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Bb leads: it is given about 37× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of Arkansas births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Bb	31	37×
2	Bg	30	35×
3	Remmel	13	33×
4	Dreddy	7	26×
5	Doyne	140	23×
6	Clardie	6	17×
7	Theodis	411	17×
8	Modean	63	15×
9	Luberdie	5	12×
10	Floy	664	12×
11	Havis	12	11×
12	Reola	103	11×
13	Elwanda	155	10×
14	Leodis	61	10×
15	Versie	261	10×
16	Carthel	33	9×
17	Syble	516	9×
18	Odis	719	8×
19	Earnestine	1,336	8×
20	Delois	727	8×
21	Walsie	15	8×
22	Doyle	2,453	8×
23	Virgle	188	8×
24	Ruthie	1,771	8×
25	Dortha	525	7×
26	Dorthy	1,449	7×
27	Dovie	479	7×
28	Tressie	332	7×
29	Freeda	214	7×
30	Loyd	1,505	7×
31	Claud	604	7×
32	Johnie	1,564	6×
33	Willene	212	6×
34	Earma	52	6×
35	Hershel	674	6×
36	Burl	459	6×
37	Bobbye	232	6×
38	Boyce	373	6×
39	Chaffee	5	6×
40	Vanella	5	6×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to Arkansas in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Savvy	7	31×
Hagen	12	17×
Cache	7	14×
Kyzen	7	7×
Hensley	7	5×
Cross	6	5×
Indi	5	5×
Honey	20	5×
Emberleigh	7	4×
Baylor	50	4×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Hala	16×
1920s	Dreddy	16×
1930s	Doyne	20×
1940s	Theodis	18×
1950s	Theodis	19×
1960s	Theodis	11×
1970s	Chaffee	7×
1980s	Scotty	5×
1990s	Bb	66×
2000s	Bg	74×
2010s	Blakeleigh	7×
2020s	Cache	12×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org