Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,460
2	John	776
3	Charles	741
4	William	698
5	Robert	671
6	Jerry	625
7	Billy	526
8	Bobby	462
9	Jimmy	376
10	Donald	333
11	Thomas	325
12	Larry	324
13	Joe	301
14	David	300
15	George	285
16	Willie	257
17	Richard	248
18	Kenneth	225
19	Carl	197
20	Roy	192
21	Harold	183
21	Johnny	183
23	Tommy	178
24	Paul	169
25	Henry	157

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	147
27	Ronald	141
28	Jimmie	136
29	Gary	128
30	Raymond	124
30	Walter	124
32	Joseph	123
33	Curtis	116
34	Don	114
35	Frank	110
36	Earl	107
36	Eddie	107
36	Gerald	107
39	Albert	95
40	Bill	93
40	Jack	93
42	Arthur	91
43	Jackie	90
44	Floyd	89
45	Lee	88
46	Leon	84
46	Melvin	84
48	Eugene	82
49	Gene	81
50	Louis	79
51	Clarence	78
51	Wayne	78
53	Fred	76
54	Howard	75
55	Lonnie	73
56	Jesse	72
57	Bob	70
57	Ralph	70
59	Johnnie	69
59	Marvin	69
59	Samuel	69
62	Freddie	66
62	Lawrence	66
62	Norman	66
65	Doyle	65
65	Ray	65
67	Harvey	64
67	Jim	64
69	Charlie	63
70	Cecil	61
70	Michael	61
72	Dale	59
73	Jessie	57
73	Leroy	57
75	Clyde	56
75	Franklin	56
77	Calvin	55
77	Herman	55
79	Carroll	54
79	Earnest	54
79	Ernest	54
82	Danny	53
82	Phillip	53
84	Bennie	52
85	Leonard	51
85	Roger	51
85	Sammy	51
85	Vernon	51
89	Ronnie	50
90	Troy	48
90	Wendell	48
92	Alvin	47
93	Alfred	44
93	Dennis	44
93	Herbert	44
96	Luther	43
97	Lloyd	42
97	Tom	42
99	Chester	41
99	Darrell	41
99	Donnie	41
99	Glen	41