Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	960
2	David	691
3	Michael	636
4	John	635
5	Robert	591
6	Charles	531
7	William	466
8	Larry	424
9	Terry	357
10	Gary	348
11	Jerry	346
12	Kenneth	343
13	Mark	334
14	Richard	309
15	Billy	285
16	Donald	272
17	Ricky	266
18	Randy	255
19	Bobby	244
19	Thomas	244
21	Jimmy	241
21	Ronald	241
23	Steven	229
24	Danny	216
25	Dennis	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	202
27	Rickey	193
28	Ronnie	192
29	Willie	191
30	Paul	168
31	Roger	165
32	Joe	151
33	Timothy	149
34	George	146
35	Tommy	143
36	Carl	140
37	Gregory	138
38	Eddie	133
38	Stephen	133
40	Edward	128
41	Steve	114
42	Joseph	113
43	Roy	112
44	Tony	108
45	Phillip	104
46	Bruce	98
47	Keith	95
48	Douglas	93
49	Daniel	91
49	Stanley	91
51	Henry	90
52	Walter	89
53	Calvin	85
53	Curtis	85
55	Harold	83
56	Raymond	82
57	Jackie	81
58	Melvin	80
59	Anthony	75
60	Arthur	73
60	Lee	73
62	Micheal	69
63	Wayne	68
64	Samuel	67
65	Mike	66
65	Randall	66
67	Jeffrey	65
68	Ray	64
69	Darrell	62
69	Rodney	62
71	Donnie	61
71	Frank	61
71	Gerald	61
74	Albert	60
75	Don	58
75	Lawrence	58
75	Russell	58
78	Jeffery	56
78	Scott	56
80	Alvin	55
81	Glen	54
82	Jessie	52
82	Lonnie	52
82	Troy	52
85	Kevin	50
85	Marvin	50
87	Alan	49
87	Glenn	49
89	Allen	47
89	Bill	47
91	Jack	46
91	Louis	46
93	Andrew	45
93	Freddie	45
93	Jim	45
96	Barry	44
96	Garry	44
96	Jimmie	44
99	Floyd	43
99	Leonard	43