Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,388
2	William	793
3	John	781
4	Charles	650
5	Robert	609
6	Billy	400
7	George	323
8	Willie	297
9	Joe	238
10	Thomas	231
11	Harold	218
12	Roy	203
13	Henry	185
13	Jack	185
15	Paul	179
16	Edward	171
17	Raymond	169
18	Richard	163
19	Frank	162
20	Eugene	157
21	Walter	155
22	Clarence	149
23	Joseph	147
24	Donald	144
25	Carl	140

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Floyd	137
27	David	132
28	Kenneth	127
29	Earl	123
30	Albert	119
30	Bobby	119
32	Fred	116
33	Ralph	114
34	Arthur	107
35	Charlie	106
36	Billie	97
37	Eddie	95
38	Clyde	92
39	Lee	91
40	Jessie	90
41	Cecil	89
41	Jimmie	89
41	Ray	89
44	Howard	88
45	Calvin	87
46	Herman	85
46	Louis	85
48	Bill	84
48	Junior	84
50	Ernest	83
50	Leroy	83
50	Vernon	83
53	Chester	81
53	Samuel	81
55	Herbert	77
55	Melvin	77
57	Johnnie	76
58	Jesse	75
59	Gerald	74
60	Harry	72
61	Elmer	70
62	Doyle	67
63	Curtis	66
63	Marvin	66
65	Lloyd	64
66	Gene	62
67	Andrew	61
67	Leon	61
69	Alfred	60
69	Leonard	60
69	Sam	60
69	Wayne	60
73	Norman	59
73	Virgil	59
75	Alvin	58
76	Clifford	56
77	Luther	55
78	Loyd	54
79	Lawrence	53
80	Oscar	52
81	Edgar	49
82	Homer	48
83	Clifton	47
83	Johnny	47
83	Leo	47
86	Don	45
86	Harvey	45
86	Lester	45
89	Bennie	44
89	Claude	44
89	Otis	44
89	Troy	44
93	Jerry	43
94	Jimmy	42
94	Johnie	42
94	Marion	42
97	Lewis	39
97	Wallace	39
99	Allen	38
99	Roosevelt	38