Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,128
2	Robert	726
3	David	714
4	Larry	635
5	John	634
6	Michael	626
7	Charles	600
8	William	577
9	Gary	477
10	Richard	398
11	Jerry	382
12	Donald	314
13	Billy	302
14	Danny	298
15	Thomas	296
16	Bobby	279
17	Terry	277
18	Jimmy	269
18	Kenneth	269
20	Ronald	262
21	Johnny	238
22	Ricky	218
23	Steven	215
24	Willie	212
25	Stephen	192

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	187
27	Paul	186
28	Randy	183
29	George	179
30	Ronnie	169
31	Roger	164
32	Tommy	163
33	Joe	159
33	Roy	159
35	Mark	154
36	Edward	146
37	Carl	142
38	Eddie	128
39	Rickey	125
40	Joseph	122
41	Harold	113
42	Raymond	106
43	Henry	96
44	Calvin	93
44	Daniel	93
46	Donnie	92
47	Timothy	91
48	Phillip	90
48	Samuel	90
50	Stanley	84
51	Curtis	83
52	Gregory	80
53	Anthony	79
53	Jackie	79
55	Frank	78
56	Melvin	77
57	Bruce	76
57	Lee	76
59	Andrew	75
59	Douglas	75
61	Walter	74
62	Randall	73
63	Allen	70
64	Steve	69
65	Earl	68
65	Lawrence	68
67	Ray	67
68	Micheal	66
69	Ralph	65
70	Arthur	64
70	Gerald	64
72	Albert	63
72	Clarence	63
72	Lonnie	63
75	Jimmie	62
76	Don	61
77	Darrell	60
77	Tony	60
79	Jack	58
79	Wayne	58
81	Freddie	57
82	Floyd	56
83	Rodney	55
84	Alvin	54
84	Howard	54
86	Glenn	52
87	Marvin	51
88	Dale	49
88	Eugene	49
88	Fred	49
88	Herbert	49
92	Leonard	48
93	Garry	47
94	Dwight	45
94	Ernest	45
94	Herman	45
94	Jim	45
94	Mike	45
99	Barry	43
99	Jesse	43
99	Louis	43