Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,471
2	Charles	733
3	John	690
4	Robert	673
5	William	664
6	Jerry	624
7	Larry	562
8	Billy	434
9	David	378
10	Jimmy	375
11	Thomas	321
12	Donald	316
13	Bobby	315
14	Richard	301
15	George	290
16	Willie	270
17	Johnny	261
18	Gary	250
19	Joe	243
20	Kenneth	235
21	Roy	211
22	Ronald	202
23	Paul	192
24	Tommy	191
25	Harold	175

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	146
27	Henry	144
28	Carl	140
29	Danny	134
30	Raymond	133
31	Michael	130
32	Ronnie	127
33	Walter	123
34	Eddie	116
35	Don	115
36	Joseph	114
37	Frank	110
38	Jimmie	108
39	Bill	106
40	Jack	103
41	Melvin	97
42	Gerald	95
43	Clarence	94
44	Roger	93
45	Albert	91
45	Earl	91
47	Lee	90
47	Wayne	90
49	Freddie	87
50	Howard	82
51	Arthur	80
52	Curtis	79
53	Fred	78
53	Ralph	78
55	Eugene	77
55	Herman	77
55	Johnnie	77
58	Douglas	76
58	Floyd	76
58	Samuel	76
61	Jim	75
61	Lawrence	75
63	Lonnie	74
64	Jackie	73
65	Leon	70
66	Louis	68
67	Jesse	67
68	Ernest	66
69	Jessie	65
69	Leroy	65
71	Vernon	61
72	Marvin	59
73	Clyde	58
73	Ray	58
75	Calvin	57
76	Cecil	56
76	Daniel	56
76	Gene	56
79	Dennis	55
79	Earnest	55
81	Terry	54
82	Franklin	53
83	Donnie	51
83	Harry	51
83	Sammy	51
86	Charlie	50
86	Glen	50
86	Leonard	50
86	Norman	50
90	Doyle	49
90	Phillip	49
90	Russell	49
93	Alvin	48
93	Herbert	48
93	Lloyd	48
93	Otis	48
97	Alfred	47
97	Troy	47
99	Benny	45
100	Allen	43
100	Andrew	43