Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,271
2	John	726
3	Larry	702
4	Robert	695
5	David	654
6	Charles	643
7	Michael	638
8	William	617
9	Gary	491
10	Jerry	412
11	Richard	391
12	Thomas	333
13	Billy	320
14	Danny	316
15	Kenneth	294
16	Jimmy	289
17	Donald	286
18	Ronald	274
19	Willie	259
20	Bobby	247
21	Johnny	225
22	Terry	205
23	Dennis	201
24	Paul	198
25	George	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	184
27	Joe	183
28	Roger	169
29	Roy	168
30	Tommy	164
31	Stephen	163
32	Edward	157
33	Steven	156
34	Ricky	146
35	Eddie	135
36	Joseph	133
37	Carl	130
38	Randy	126
39	Daniel	122
40	Rickey	111
41	Henry	108
42	Harold	104
43	Walter	97
44	Arthur	94
44	Mark	94
44	Raymond	94
47	Phillip	93
48	Frank	91
49	Jackie	88
50	Lee	87
50	Samuel	87
52	Bruce	86
52	Melvin	86
54	Donnie	85
54	Gerald	85
56	Earl	83
57	Calvin	82
57	Douglas	82
59	Stanley	80
60	Lawrence	78
61	Albert	75
62	Curtis	74
63	Don	73
64	Andrew	72
64	Freddie	72
66	Timothy	71
67	Steve	70
68	Eugene	69
68	Floyd	69
70	Gregory	68
70	Jack	68
72	Alvin	66
73	Allen	65
74	Jimmie	61
75	Darrell	59
75	Micheal	59
77	Fred	58
77	Howard	58
79	Clarence	57
80	Dale	56
81	Anthony	55
82	Ralph	54
83	Jesse	53
83	Leroy	53
83	Randall	53
86	Glenn	52
86	Jessie	52
88	Lonnie	51
89	Dwight	50
90	Wayne	48
91	Clifford	47
91	Leon	47
91	Louis	47
91	Sammy	47
95	Jim	45
96	Ernest	44
96	Herbert	44
96	Marvin	44
96	Ray	44
100	Alfred	43
100	Glen	43
100	Tony	43