Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1911

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	247
2	William	200
3	John	187
4	George	127
5	Robert	114
6	Willie	99
7	Henry	61
8	Frank	56
9	Charles	54
10	Thomas	53
11	Joseph	49
12	Earl	48
12	Jack	48
14	Fred	46
14	Roy	46
16	Ernest	39
17	Albert	38
17	Carl	38
17	Joe	38
20	Cecil	36
20	Clarence	36
22	Sam	35
23	Walter	34
24	Arthur	33
24	Lee	33

Rank	Name	Babies
24	Richard	33
27	Jessie	32
28	Edward	31
28	Paul	31
30	Raymond	30
31	Floyd	29
32	Charlie	28
32	Clyde	28
34	Chester	26
35	Otis	25
35	Ray	25
37	Ben	24
38	Elmer	21
38	Harry	21
38	Herman	21
38	Jesse	21
38	Ralph	21
43	Eugene	20
43	Louis	20
43	Marvin	20
46	Eddie	19
46	Edgar	19
48	David	18
48	Harold	18
48	Herbert	18
51	Andrew	17
51	Homer	17
51	Lewis	17
54	Curtis	16
54	Jim	16
54	Johnnie	16
54	Lawrence	16
54	Leroy	16
54	Luther	16
54	Marion	16
54	Samuel	16
62	Claude	15
62	Oscar	15
62	Tom	15
65	Charley	14
65	Hubert	14
65	Lester	14
65	Lloyd	14
65	Theodore	14
65	Virgil	14
71	Cleo	13
71	Leon	13
73	Dan	12
73	Guy	12
73	Troy	12
73	Vernon	12
73	Will	12
78	Alfred	11
78	Bill	11
78	Everett	11
78	Garland	11
78	Harvey	11
78	Horace	11
78	Jimmie	11
78	Johnie	11
78	Julius	11
78	Leonard	11
78	Orville	11
78	Perry	11
90	Benjamin	10
90	Clifford	10
90	Dave	10
90	Howard	10
90	Leo	10
90	Lonnie	10
90	Loyd	10
90	Roosevelt	10
90	Russell	10
99	Alvin	9
99	Daniel	9
99	Earnest	9
99	Edwin	9
99	Elijah	9
99	Hugh	9
99	Ira	9
99	Nathaniel	9
99	Sidney	9
99	Wilbur	9