Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,368
2	Larry	865
3	Robert	728
4	John	699
5	William	694
6	Charles	693
7	David	647
8	Michael	580
9	Jerry	503
10	Gary	468
11	Richard	390
12	Thomas	318
13	Kenneth	317
14	Ronald	315
15	Billy	314
16	Jimmy	306
17	Donald	302
18	Danny	287
19	Johnny	258
20	Willie	250
21	Dennis	247
22	Bobby	220
23	George	218
24	Joe	196
25	Roy	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	191
27	Paul	189
27	Terry	189
29	Tommy	178
30	Ronnie	176
31	Edward	170
32	Carl	144
33	Eddie	137
34	Joseph	134
35	Henry	133
36	Harold	131
37	Stephen	121
38	Steven	120
39	Phillip	114
40	Rickey	109
41	Raymond	103
41	Ricky	103
43	Calvin	97
43	Walter	97
45	Lee	95
45	Samuel	95
47	Jackie	94
48	Daniel	93
49	Randy	92
50	Freddie	88
51	Douglas	87
52	Jack	86
53	Arthur	83
53	Frank	83
55	Bruce	79
56	Lawrence	78
57	Allen	77
58	Curtis	76
58	Eugene	76
60	Clarence	75
60	Lonnie	75
62	Donnie	74
63	Albert	73
63	Wayne	73
65	Jimmie	72
65	Melvin	72
67	Gerald	71
68	Don	70
69	Stanley	69
70	Timothy	68
71	Darrell	66
71	Glenn	66
73	Alvin	65
74	Andrew	64
75	Louis	63
75	Mark	63
77	Micheal	62
78	Floyd	61
78	Fred	61
78	Randall	61
81	Leon	60
82	Dale	59
82	Howard	59
82	Ray	59
85	Johnnie	58
86	Ralph	56
87	Gregory	55
87	Steve	55
89	Earnest	54
90	Ernest	52
90	Leroy	52
90	Marvin	52
93	Earl	51
94	Harry	50
94	Jesse	50
96	Clyde	48
96	Herman	48
96	Jim	48
99	Charlie	47
100	Garry	46
100	Tony	46