Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,199
2	Robert	719
3	David	656
4	Michael	652
5	Larry	649
6	John	642
7	Charles	622
8	William	552
9	Gary	430
10	Jerry	405
11	Richard	364
12	Thomas	311
13	Billy	310
14	Donald	304
15	Danny	292
16	Kenneth	274
17	Jimmy	266
18	Ronald	263
19	Bobby	256
19	Johnny	256
21	Dennis	218
22	Terry	214
23	Roger	201
24	Willie	193
25	Paul	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ricky	185
27	Steven	183
28	Joe	181
29	George	180
30	Ronnie	178
31	Tommy	165
32	Roy	161
33	Stephen	152
34	Edward	150
35	Carl	149
36	Randy	137
37	Mark	135
38	Rickey	130
39	Harold	127
40	Joseph	126
41	Daniel	122
42	Phillip	116
43	Henry	104
44	Eddie	102
45	Raymond	93
46	Melvin	90
46	Stanley	90
48	Curtis	87
49	Calvin	86
50	Timothy	81
50	Walter	81
52	Frank	80
52	Jackie	80
54	Bruce	77
54	Donnie	77
56	Freddie	76
57	Douglas	74
58	Clarence	73
58	Don	73
60	Steve	72
61	Albert	71
61	Lee	71
63	Marvin	68
64	Lawrence	67
65	Micheal	66
65	Wayne	66
67	Lonnie	65
68	Eugene	64
69	Gerald	63
70	Anthony	62
70	Floyd	62
70	Jack	62
73	Alvin	61
73	Gregory	61
75	Dwight	60
75	Samuel	60
77	Earl	59
78	Arthur	58
78	Jessie	58
78	Ralph	58
81	Allen	57
82	Andrew	55
82	Jimmie	55
82	Rodney	55
85	Glen	54
85	Randall	54
87	Bill	53
87	Ray	53
89	Herbert	52
90	Dale	51
90	Darrell	51
90	Leroy	51
93	Jesse	50
94	Earnest	47
95	Charlie	46
95	Leon	46
95	Louis	46
95	Patrick	46
95	Tony	46
100	Glenn	45