Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,099
2	David	642
3	Robert	641
4	John	609
5	Michael	606
6	Charles	564
7	Larry	547
8	William	541
9	Gary	447
10	Jerry	349
11	Richard	314
12	Kenneth	285
13	Billy	283
14	Donald	270
15	Thomas	268
16	Ricky	263
17	Terry	262
18	Danny	246
19	Jimmy	242
20	Bobby	237
21	Steven	227
22	Johnny	225
23	Randy	217
24	Ronald	209
25	Dennis	200

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	190
27	Paul	188
28	Willie	183
29	George	181
30	Stephen	174
31	Joe	172
32	Ronnie	169
33	Rickey	161
34	Carl	149
35	Edward	145
36	Joseph	141
37	Roger	138
38	Tommy	136
39	Roy	133
40	Eddie	127
41	Gregory	118
42	Harold	109
42	Timothy	109
44	Phillip	98
45	Henry	94
45	Raymond	94
47	Walter	93
48	Jackie	92
48	Stanley	92
50	Bruce	89
51	Samuel	88
52	Calvin	87
53	Lee	86
54	Anthony	85
54	Curtis	85
56	Daniel	84
57	Douglas	80
58	Frank	79
59	Tony	76
60	Randall	74
61	Ray	73
61	Steve	73
63	Donnie	72
64	Melvin	64
65	Micheal	63
66	Keith	62
66	Lawrence	62
66	Ralph	62
69	Russell	59
70	Clarence	58
71	Fred	57
72	Gerald	56
73	Albert	55
73	Don	55
75	Alvin	54
76	Allen	53
76	Andrew	53
76	Eugene	53
76	Marvin	53
80	Darrell	52
81	Arthur	51
81	Garry	51
81	Lonnie	51
84	Dale	50
84	Leon	50
86	Earl	49
86	Howard	49
86	Wayne	49
89	Louis	48
89	Patrick	48
91	Alan	47
91	Freddie	47
91	Rodney	47
94	Dwight	46
94	Floyd	46
94	Jack	46
97	Herbert	43
97	Jimmie	43
97	Johnnie	43
100	Kevin	41
100	Leonard	41