Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,396
2	William	931
3	John	829
4	Robert	647
5	Charles	447
6	George	376
7	Willie	271
8	Thomas	267
9	Jack	227
10	Henry	224
11	Roy	188
12	Edward	186
13	Joe	185
14	Harold	182
15	Paul	177
16	Joseph	173
17	Carl	172
18	Raymond	171
19	Walter	157
20	Frank	145
21	Richard	140
22	Eugene	138
23	Clarence	136
23	Earl	136
23	Ralph	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	135
27	Albert	123
28	Fred	116
29	Arthur	113
29	Cecil	113
31	David	109
32	Billy	105
33	Louis	104
34	Jessie	103
35	Floyd	100
36	Charlie	97
37	Herman	94
38	Clyde	93
39	Lee	92
39	Ray	92
41	Ernest	90
42	Elmer	89
43	Jesse	87
44	Marvin	85
45	Calvin	84
46	Leon	82
47	Howard	81
48	Vernon	80
49	Chester	75
49	Donald	75
51	Harry	74
51	Leroy	74
53	Melvin	72
53	Samuel	72
55	Herbert	71
56	Johnnie	70
57	Lawrence	68
57	Lloyd	68
59	Eddie	67
59	Jimmie	67
59	Leonard	67
62	Andrew	63
62	Warren	63
64	Bill	62
64	Earnest	62
64	Virgil	62
67	Curtis	61
68	Alvin	59
68	Luther	59
70	Norman	58
71	Harvey	57
71	Junior	57
73	Homer	56
74	Lewis	54
75	Gerald	53
75	Leo	53
75	Otis	53
78	Doyle	52
78	Loyd	52
78	Marion	52
78	Troy	52
82	Everett	51
83	Oscar	50
83	Wayne	50
85	Horace	48
85	Hubert	48
87	Lester	47
87	Sam	47
89	Alfred	46
89	Edwin	46
91	Billie	44
91	Claude	44
91	Edgar	44
91	Wallace	44
95	Elbert	43
95	Johnie	43
97	Clifford	41
97	Johnny	41
99	Charley	40
100	Jim	39
100	Roosevelt	39
100	Tom	39