Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,622
2	Larry	920
3	John	880
4	Robert	832
5	Charles	797
6	William	733
7	Jerry	706
8	David	563
9	Gary	517
10	Jimmy	483
11	Billy	437
12	Richard	375
13	Donald	360
14	Bobby	354
15	Michael	340
16	Thomas	334
17	Ronald	320
18	Johnny	316
19	Willie	300
20	Kenneth	296
21	George	286
22	Danny	285
23	Tommy	259
24	Joe	253
25	Ronnie	236

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	200
27	Eddie	192
28	Harold	191
29	Roy	189
30	Edward	179
31	Carl	167
32	Terry	160
33	Henry	150
34	Roger	148
35	Dennis	142
36	Joseph	130
37	Raymond	120
38	Wayne	115
39	Jimmie	113
40	Walter	111
41	Bill	109
42	Jackie	107
43	Curtis	105
44	Jack	103
45	Don	102
46	Arthur	100
46	Lee	100
48	Lonnie	99
48	Phillip	99
50	Albert	98
50	Frank	98
52	Floyd	97
53	Freddie	94
54	Melvin	91
55	Steve	90
56	Clarence	87
57	Jim	85
58	Gerald	84
59	Donnie	83
60	Earl	81
60	Ralph	81
62	Stephen	80
63	Mike	79
64	Howard	78
64	Louis	78
66	Samuel	77
67	Harry	75
67	Johnnie	75
69	Calvin	73
70	Jesse	72
70	Lawrence	72
72	Fred	70
73	Ray	68
74	Sammy	67
75	Daniel	64
75	Marvin	64
77	Allen	63
78	Doyle	61
79	Alvin	60
79	Cecil	60
79	Eugene	60
82	Garry	59
82	Gene	59
84	Benny	58
84	Dale	58
84	Leon	58
87	Glen	57
87	Jessie	57
89	Troy	56
90	Glenn	55
91	Charlie	53
91	Douglas	53
91	Stanley	53
94	Clyde	52
94	Herman	52
94	Lloyd	52
97	Earnest	51
97	Lewis	51
99	Leonard	50
99	Ricky	50