Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,402
2	Charles	798
3	John	644
4	Robert	626
5	William	585
6	Billy	512
7	Bobby	472
8	Jerry	436
9	Donald	348
10	Jimmy	347
11	Willie	285
12	Thomas	278
13	Joe	261
14	Kenneth	252
15	David	251
16	George	250
17	Richard	209
18	Harold	195
19	Roy	168
20	Edward	164
21	Paul	159
22	Larry	156
22	Tommy	156
24	Jimmie	151
25	Johnny	149

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carl	145
27	Henry	139
28	Raymond	119
29	Eddie	109
30	Don	108
31	Albert	105
32	Ronald	101
33	Gerald	100
34	Bill	97
35	Walter	94
36	Ralph	93
37	Fred	91
38	Earl	90
38	Jack	90
38	Jackie	90
41	Marvin	88
42	Joseph	87
43	Arthur	83
43	Lee	83
45	Clarence	81
45	Wayne	81
47	Frank	80
48	Howard	79
48	Melvin	79
50	Ray	78
51	Eugene	76
52	Floyd	75
53	Herman	71
53	Leon	71
53	Samuel	71
56	Gary	70
56	Gene	70
58	Louis	68
59	Bob	65
59	Johnnie	65
61	Leroy	64
62	Jesse	63
62	Troy	63
64	Curtis	62
65	Alvin	61
66	Clyde	59
66	Doyle	59
66	Jim	59
69	Freddie	58
70	Dale	57
70	Lawrence	57
70	Lonnie	57
70	Norman	57
74	Cecil	56
74	Glen	56
76	Herbert	55
77	Benny	51
78	Earnest	50
78	Lloyd	50
80	Ernest	49
81	Roger	48
82	Harry	46
83	Andrew	45
84	Alfred	44
84	Lewis	44
86	Calvin	43
86	Darrell	43
86	Harvey	43
86	Vernon	43
90	Daniel	42
90	Elmer	42
90	Jessie	42
90	Michael	42
94	Carroll	41
94	Charlie	41
94	Franklin	41
97	Clifton	39
97	Marion	39
99	Glenn	38
99	Leonard	38