Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,614
2	Charles	800
3	John	781
4	Robert	745
5	William	717
6	Jerry	669
7	Billy	548
8	Bobby	411
9	Jimmy	390
10	Larry	358
11	Donald	323
12	David	319
13	Thomas	307
14	Willie	306
15	Joe	293
16	George	285
17	Richard	264
18	Kenneth	233
19	Roy	227
20	Johnny	215
21	Paul	207
22	Harold	196
23	Tommy	193
24	Edward	165
25	Carl	156

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Raymond	156
27	Douglas	153
27	Ronald	153
29	Gary	141
30	Henry	137
31	Walter	135
32	Jimmie	131
33	Don	126
34	Gerald	125
35	Joseph	121
36	Eddie	119
37	Lee	110
38	Bill	101
39	Ronnie	99
40	Albert	97
41	Frank	96
42	Wayne	95
43	Eugene	94
43	Melvin	94
45	Curtis	93
46	Earl	92
47	Howard	90
47	Jack	90
47	Jackie	90
50	Fred	89
51	Gene	87
51	Michael	87
53	Louis	84
54	Lawrence	81
55	Arthur	80
55	Floyd	80
57	Samuel	77
58	Clarence	76
59	Jim	75
60	Leon	74
61	Jessie	73
62	Ralph	72
63	Jesse	71
64	Leroy	70
65	Franklin	69
66	Danny	67
67	Cecil	66
67	Lonnie	66
69	Freddie	64
69	Marvin	64
71	Clyde	63
72	Dennis	61
72	Sammy	61
74	Alvin	60
74	Charlie	60
76	Johnnie	59
77	Leonard	58
77	Lloyd	58
79	Alfred	56
79	Ernest	56
79	Harry	56
79	Phillip	56
79	Ray	56
84	Herman	54
85	Calvin	53
85	Troy	53
87	Bennie	51
87	Doyle	51
87	Lewis	51
87	Norman	51
91	Allen	49
91	Bob	49
91	Roger	49
94	Herbert	48
94	Stanley	48
96	Carroll	46
96	Sam	46
96	Vernon	46
99	Benny	45
99	Daniel	45