Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,429
2	Larry	900
3	Robert	743
4	John	729
5	Charles	712
6	William	652
7	David	539
8	Jerry	513
9	Michael	477
10	Gary	473
11	Ronald	361
12	Richard	357
13	Billy	346
14	Thomas	331
15	Jimmy	323
16	Danny	309
17	Donald	300
18	Kenneth	297
19	Willie	296
20	Bobby	287
21	Johnny	259
22	George	258
23	Joe	211
24	Terry	209
25	Ronnie	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	189
27	Dennis	183
28	Paul	177
29	Tommy	171
30	Roy	166
31	Eddie	159
32	Stephen	153
33	Edward	142
33	Harold	142
35	Joseph	132
36	Carl	118
37	Henry	117
38	Walter	106
39	Phillip	100
40	Samuel	98
41	Lonnie	97
42	Jimmie	96
42	Steven	96
44	Lee	95
45	Raymond	94
46	Jack	92
47	Rickey	88
48	Curtis	87
48	Freddie	87
50	Arthur	86
50	Jackie	86
52	Clarence	85
53	Randy	81
54	Gerald	80
55	Frank	79
56	Bruce	78
56	Ricky	78
58	Donnie	77
58	Wayne	77
60	Douglas	76
60	Steve	76
62	Melvin	75
63	Fred	72
64	Daniel	71
65	Allen	70
66	Albert	68
66	Lawrence	68
68	Dale	67
68	Stanley	67
70	Harry	66
71	Calvin	64
72	Bill	63
72	Earl	63
72	Louis	63
72	Ralph	63
72	Randall	63
77	Garry	62
78	Floyd	60
79	Don	59
80	Timothy	58
81	Eugene	56
81	Herbert	56
81	Leon	56
84	Howard	55
84	Johnnie	55
86	Alvin	53
86	Darrell	53
86	Herman	53
86	Jim	53
86	Leroy	53
91	Clyde	52
92	Dwight	51
92	Lloyd	51
94	Earnest	50
94	Marvin	50
96	Andrew	48
97	Gregory	47
97	Lester	47
99	Ernest	46
99	Patrick	46