Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	940
2	David	672
2	Michael	672
4	Robert	571
5	John	566
6	Charles	477
7	William	462
8	Larry	424
9	Ricky	346
10	Jerry	333
11	Terry	321
12	Gary	316
12	Kenneth	316
14	Mark	295
15	Richard	284
16	Billy	280
17	Donald	256
18	Jimmy	241
19	Ronald	236
20	Bobby	231
21	Randy	228
22	Danny	215
23	Steven	212
24	Paul	206
25	Thomas	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	192
26	Rickey	192
28	Johnny	190
29	Willie	175
30	Timothy	174
31	Stephen	160
32	Ronnie	157
33	Joe	150
34	Tony	147
35	Gregory	141
36	Tommy	137
37	George	133
38	Mike	123
39	Anthony	122
39	Eddie	122
41	Steve	121
42	Roger	113
43	Joseph	106
43	Keith	106
45	Carl	103
46	Edward	100
47	Randall	92
47	Roy	92
49	Bruce	90
50	Calvin	89
51	Douglas	88
52	Phillip	87
53	Daniel	85
54	Raymond	80
55	Stanley	79
56	Kevin	75
57	Micheal	74
58	Henry	73
59	Darrell	72
59	Donnie	72
59	Marvin	72
62	Alan	71
62	Curtis	71
62	Dale	71
62	Harold	71
66	Rodney	68
67	Barry	65
68	Ray	64
69	Lee	63
70	Samuel	62
71	Jeffrey	61
72	Don	60
73	Allen	59
73	Jackie	59
75	Frank	58
75	Jeffery	58
77	Brian	57
77	Scott	57
79	Alvin	56
80	Lonnie	55
80	Russell	55
82	Freddie	52
82	Walter	52
84	Arthur	51
84	Melvin	51
86	Clarence	50
86	Floyd	50
86	Perry	50
89	Andrew	49
89	Wayne	49
91	Gerald	48
91	Jim	48
93	Patrick	47
94	Ralph	46
95	Tim	44
96	Lawrence	43
96	Philip	43
98	Earl	42
98	Jack	42
98	Jimmie	42