Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,034
2	David	679
3	Michael	643
4	Robert	629
5	John	583
6	William	537
7	Charles	499
8	Larry	484
9	Gary	335
10	Jerry	333
11	Richard	316
12	Kenneth	302
13	Billy	292
14	Donald	289
15	Terry	287
16	Randy	260
17	Thomas	257
18	Mark	255
19	Steven	251
20	Danny	245
21	Ronald	243
22	Johnny	239
23	Jimmy	231
24	Bobby	227
25	Ricky	217

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	194
27	Stephen	178
28	Joe	177
28	Paul	177
30	Rickey	163
31	Ronnie	160
32	Carl	159
33	Willie	152
34	Edward	151
35	Joseph	140
36	Eddie	138
36	Roy	138
38	Tommy	136
39	George	135
40	Gregory	124
40	Roger	124
42	Timothy	116
43	Daniel	114
44	Henry	112
45	Steve	108
46	Bruce	98
46	Douglas	98
48	Stanley	95
49	Harold	94
49	Phillip	94
51	Anthony	92
52	Raymond	88
53	Jackie	83
54	Curtis	81
55	Randall	77
56	Samuel	75
56	Tony	75
58	Keith	74
59	Ray	73
60	Don	72
61	Micheal	70
62	Frank	69
63	Lawrence	67
64	Calvin	62
64	Ralph	62
66	Jack	61
66	Lee	61
66	Walter	61
69	Alvin	60
69	Dale	60
69	Louis	60
72	Albert	59
72	Gerald	59
72	Rodney	59
75	Clarence	58
75	Jeffrey	58
75	Marvin	58
75	Melvin	58
79	Darrell	57
79	Russell	57
81	Andrew	56
81	Freddie	56
83	Dwight	54
83	Kevin	54
85	Donnie	52
85	Johnnie	52
87	Barry	51
87	Wayne	51
89	Arthur	50
89	Earl	50
89	Floyd	50
89	Lonnie	50
93	Alan	49
93	Troy	49
95	Eugene	48
95	Garry	48
97	Allen	45
97	Glen	45
97	Howard	45
100	Fred	44
100	Scott	44