Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	928
2	David	671
3	Michael	612
4	Robert	568
5	John	539
6	Charles	444
7	William	425
8	Mark	399
9	Ricky	360
10	Kenneth	352
11	Larry	335
12	Richard	310
13	Terry	302
14	Jerry	281
15	Billy	279
16	Gary	276
17	Timothy	243
18	Steven	236
19	Jimmy	229
20	Bobby	228
21	Thomas	227
22	Donald	212
23	Randy	208
24	Dennis	199
25	Paul	197

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Johnny	196
27	Ronald	193
28	Rickey	181
29	Gregory	163
30	Danny	162
31	Joe	146
32	Tony	144
33	Ronnie	140
34	Stephen	137
35	Eddie	136
36	Roger	135
36	Willie	135
38	Carl	134
38	Tommy	134
40	George	132
41	Anthony	121
42	Roy	120
43	Joseph	117
44	Edward	115
45	Keith	110
45	Steve	110
47	Mike	108
48	Phillip	104
49	Raymond	99
50	Douglas	98
51	Curtis	91
51	Jeffrey	91
53	Kevin	88
54	Bruce	83
55	Darrell	82
56	Harold	81
57	Dale	78
57	Stanley	78
59	Henry	76
60	Daniel	75
61	Jackie	72
62	Randall	71
63	Jeffery	69
63	Samuel	69
65	Frank	68
65	Melvin	68
67	Calvin	65
67	Scott	65
69	Micheal	64
70	Lee	62
70	Russell	62
72	Brian	59
72	Rodney	59
72	Tim	59
75	Donnie	57
75	Timmy	57
77	Alan	54
77	Walter	54
79	Christopher	51
80	Alvin	50
80	Patrick	50
82	Allen	49
82	Arthur	49
82	Don	49
85	Wayne	48
86	Clarence	47
86	Kenny	47
88	Jim	46
88	Ray	46
90	Freddie	45
90	Marvin	45
92	Albert	44
92	Jimmie	44
94	Fred	43
94	Perry	43
96	Eric	42
96	Gerald	42
96	Ralph	42
99	Glenn	41
99	Greg	41
99	Jeff	41