Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,278
2	William	749
3	John	697
4	Robert	617
5	Charles	581
6	Billy	455
7	George	340
8	Willie	275
9	Thomas	260
10	Joe	243
11	Jack	210
12	Harold	198
13	Roy	192
14	Edward	183
15	Bobby	173
15	Henry	173
17	Paul	156
18	Eugene	151
19	Raymond	149
19	Richard	149
19	Walter	149
22	Herbert	140
23	Earl	139
24	Donald	134
24	Kenneth	134

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	129
27	Frank	123
28	David	122
29	Fred	113
30	Ralph	112
31	Clarence	110
32	Albert	107
33	Ray	106
34	Billie	104
34	Joseph	104
36	Samuel	100
37	Floyd	99
37	Howard	99
39	Arthur	90
39	Jessie	90
41	Jimmie	89
42	Junior	88
42	Lee	88
44	Jesse	87
45	Cecil	82
46	Clyde	81
47	Herman	80
47	Vernon	80
49	Bill	78
50	Curtis	77
50	Ernest	77
50	Gerald	77
50	Louis	77
54	Eddie	73
54	Leroy	73
54	Melvin	73
57	Charlie	72
58	Alvin	70
58	Calvin	70
60	Marvin	68
61	Alfred	67
61	Chester	67
61	Harry	67
61	Johnny	67
65	Lloyd	66
66	Gene	64
67	Andrew	61
68	Elmer	60
68	Wayne	60
70	Luther	59
71	Johnnie	58
72	Jerry	57
73	Lawrence	54
73	Leon	54
75	Doyle	52
75	Harvey	52
75	Jimmy	52
75	Leo	52
79	Leonard	50
80	Hubert	49
81	Don	48
81	Earnest	48
81	Loyd	48
84	Marion	46
85	Tom	45
86	Troy	44
87	Norman	43
88	Homer	41
89	Benjamin	40
89	Horace	40
91	Freddie	39
92	Clifford	38
92	Jim	38
92	Virgil	38
92	Willis	38
96	Lewis	37
96	Tommy	37
98	Dale	36
98	Glenn	36
98	Lester	36
98	Lonnie	36