Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,613
2	Charles	797
3	John	775
4	Robert	761
5	William	692
6	Jerry	658
7	Billy	490
8	Larry	485
9	Jimmy	420
10	Bobby	346
11	David	323
12	Thomas	318
13	Donald	317
14	Richard	292
15	George	285
16	Joe	273
17	Willie	269
18	Kenneth	234
19	Johnny	231
19	Roy	231
21	Paul	212
22	Tommy	211
23	Harold	189
24	Ronald	177
25	Carl	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	159
27	Gary	157
27	Henry	157
29	Jimmie	151
30	Eddie	147
31	Ronnie	124
32	Raymond	120
33	Jackie	114
33	Walter	114
35	Joseph	111
36	Don	110
37	Douglas	105
38	Michael	103
39	Albert	102
39	Bill	102
39	Gerald	102
42	Danny	101
42	Jim	101
44	Jack	98
45	Frank	95
46	Earl	91
47	Clarence	89
48	Jesse	88
49	Wayne	87
50	Eugene	86
51	Melvin	85
52	Fred	82
52	Lee	82
54	Arthur	80
55	Ray	79
56	Floyd	78
57	Howard	76
57	Leon	76
57	Louis	76
60	Clyde	73
60	Curtis	73
60	Dennis	73
60	Freddie	73
64	Lonnie	71
65	Roger	70
66	Ralph	68
67	Alvin	67
67	Lawrence	67
69	Herman	66
70	Gene	65
71	Charlie	64
71	Dale	64
73	Bob	62
73	Johnnie	62
73	Marvin	62
73	Samuel	62
77	Alfred	61
78	Andrew	59
78	Harry	59
80	Allen	58
80	Franklin	58
80	Leroy	58
80	Vernon	58
84	Calvin	55
84	Cecil	55
86	Phillip	54
87	Troy	53
88	Earnest	52
88	Sammy	52
88	Terry	52
91	Bennie	49
91	Benny	49
91	Chester	49
94	Ernest	48
94	Oscar	48
96	Lloyd	47
96	Norman	47
98	Doyle	46
98	Glen	46
98	Glenn	46
98	Homer	46
98	Lewis	46