Most popular boys’ names in Arkansas, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	911
2	David	706
3	Michael	655
4	Robert	579
5	John	545
6	Charles	430
7	William	408
8	Mark	388
9	Kenneth	294
10	Larry	272
11	Ricky	271
12	Jerry	270
13	Gary	269
14	Billy	252
14	Terry	252
16	Steven	238
17	Richard	233
18	Timothy	230
19	Jimmy	225
20	Bobby	224
21	Gregory	210
22	Donald	198
23	Tony	193
24	Danny	192
25	Randy	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronald	187
27	Thomas	183
28	Johnny	161
29	Dennis	159
30	Anthony	155
31	Paul	154
31	Ronnie	154
33	Kevin	150
34	Willie	139
35	Jeffrey	133
36	Rickey	128
36	Roger	128
36	Tommy	128
39	Steve	125
40	Jeffery	120
41	George	119
42	Mike	117
43	Joe	114
43	Stephen	114
45	Roy	113
46	Eddie	111
47	Douglas	106
48	Carl	104
48	Keith	104
50	Joseph	97
51	Edward	95
52	Christopher	92
53	Scott	89
54	Curtis	81
54	Darrell	81
54	Jeff	81
57	Raymond	80
58	Brian	78
58	Russell	78
60	Calvin	77
61	Phillip	76
62	Alan	74
63	Daniel	72
64	Bruce	71
65	Frank	69
65	Jackie	69
65	Randall	69
68	Micheal	68
68	Tim	68
70	Rodney	67
71	Eric	66
71	Stanley	66
73	Ray	65
74	Barry	63
75	Dale	62
76	Kenny	61
77	Henry	60
78	Freddie	59
78	Gerald	59
78	Greg	59
78	Harold	59
82	Chris	58
83	Allen	57
83	Don	57
85	Samuel	55
86	Jim	54
87	Melvin	51
88	Walter	50
88	Wayne	50
90	Albert	49
90	Marvin	49
92	Donnie	48
92	Mitchell	48
92	Patrick	48
95	Philip	47
96	Bryan	46
96	Jack	46
98	Andrew	45
99	Perry	44
99	Ralph	44