Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,246
2	William	746
3	John	720
4	Robert	666
5	Billy	649
6	Charles	639
7	Bobby	356
8	George	315
9	Willie	279
10	Harold	230
11	Joe	228
12	Thomas	219
13	Donald	194
14	Kenneth	189
15	Henry	182
16	Edward	178
17	Jack	169
18	Roy	164
19	Paul	161
20	Richard	155
21	Carl	150
22	David	149
23	Joseph	144
24	Earl	130
24	Walter	130

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	127
27	Billie	121
28	Clarence	115
29	Eugene	113
30	Jimmie	112
31	Albert	108
32	Arthur	107
33	Howard	104
33	Ray	104
35	Frank	102
36	Lee	100
37	Floyd	99
38	Jimmy	98
39	Leon	96
40	Jerry	94
41	Bill	93
41	Ralph	93
43	Leroy	89
44	Fred	86
44	Junior	86
46	Eddie	83
46	Johnnie	83
48	Louis	80
48	Wayne	80
50	Herbert	79
50	Jesse	79
52	Herman	78
52	Lawrence	78
52	Samuel	78
55	Jessie	77
56	Cecil	76
57	Clyde	75
57	Vernon	75
59	Charlie	70
59	Marvin	70
61	Curtis	69
62	Gerald	65
63	Ernest	64
63	Gene	64
63	Johnny	64
66	Harry	61
67	Elmer	60
68	Bob	58
69	Alfred	57
69	Alvin	57
71	Calvin	53
71	Marion	53
71	Melvin	53
74	Lloyd	51
74	Oscar	51
76	Andrew	50
76	Homer	50
78	Chester	49
78	Don	49
78	Leonard	49
81	Bobbie	47
81	Luther	47
83	Bennie	46
83	Earnest	46
83	Glen	46
83	Lewis	46
87	Doyle	45
87	Leo	45
87	Otis	45
90	Harvey	43
90	Troy	43
92	Hubert	42
92	Lonnie	42
92	Tommy	42
92	Virgil	42
96	Freddie	40
97	Edgar	39
97	Horace	39
97	Norman	39
100	Jackie	38