Arkansas ★ 1938

Top names in Arkansas, 1938

Mary led for girls with 1,159 babies ; James for boys with 1,368. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,159
2	Betty	818
3	Shirley	610
4	Barbara	552
5	Dorothy	411
6	Carolyn	283
6	Patsy	283
8	Martha	270
9	Wanda	245
10	Joyce	244
11	Patricia	233
12	Virginia	223
13	Helen	218
14	Linda	200
15	Margaret	197
16	Doris	194
17	Norma	186
18	Ruby	182
19	Peggy	177
20	Frances	168
21	Nancy	161
22	Bobbie	152
23	Alice	147
24	Bonnie	146
25	Jo	131
25	Wilma	131
27	Anna	130
28	Ruth	128
29	Emma	127
30	Willie	125
31	Annie	118
32	Elizabeth	111
33	Mildred	110
34	Billie	104
35	Louise	102
36	Evelyn	100
36	Marilyn	100
38	Hazel	97
38	Lois	97
40	Glenda	93
41	Juanita	92
42	Margie	90
43	Clara	87
43	Lillie	87
45	Erma	80
46	Donna	78
46	Rosie	78
48	Sarah	77
49	Gloria	76
50	Minnie	75
51	Joann	73
52	Ann	71
52	Edna	71
52	Thelma	71
52	Velma	71
56	Carol	70
57	Sue	69
58	Jean	68
59	Ethel	67
59	Melba	67
61	Jessie	66
62	Gladys	63
62	Janice	63
62	Sylvia	63
65	Marie	62
66	Rose	61
67	Alma	60
67	Bertha	60
67	Johnnie	60
70	Ida	58
71	Bernice	57
71	Georgia	57
73	Geraldine	56
73	Mae	56
75	Bessie	55
75	Charlene	55
75	Phyllis	55
75	Vera	55
79	Geneva	54
79	Jane	54
79	Mattie	54
79	Maxine	54
79	Sandra	54
84	Ella	53
85	Christine	52
85	Loretta	52
87	Charlotte	51
88	Joy	50
89	Bettye	49
89	Beverly	49
89	Eva	49
89	Joan	49
89	Katherine	49
94	Faye	48
94	Lula	48
96	Pauline	47
97	Ruthie	46
98	Catherine	45
98	Frankie	45
98	Lola	45

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,368
2	Charles	770
3	John	673
4	Robert	636
5	William	618
6	Billy	605
7	Bobby	507
8	Donald	379
9	Jerry	331
10	Jimmy	305
11	Joe	289
12	George	270
13	Thomas	252
14	Willie	234
15	David	228
16	Kenneth	217
17	Harold	214
18	Richard	185
19	Paul	171
20	Carl	160
21	Johnny	153
22	Tommy	149
23	Edward	148
24	Roy	145
25	Jack	140
25	Larry	140
27	Henry	134
28	Jimmie	128
29	Raymond	115
30	Walter	112
31	Don	106
32	Gerald	103
33	Joseph	102
34	Ronald	101
35	Lee	96
36	Earl	94
37	Bill	93
38	Frank	92
39	Eugene	88
40	Eddie	87
41	Wayne	86
42	Clarence	85
43	Fred	83
44	Gene	82
45	Arthur	81
46	Howard	80
47	Ralph	77
48	Floyd	76
49	Albert	74
50	Jackie	73
51	Jessie	71
52	Marvin	70
52	Ray	70
54	Curtis	69
54	Gary	69
56	Freddie	68
57	Herman	67
57	Leon	67
59	Alvin	66
59	Jesse	66
61	Dale	65
62	Louis	63
63	Leroy	62
64	Cecil	60
64	Clyde	60
64	Herbert	60
67	Bob	59
67	Jim	59
69	Doyle	58
69	Ernest	58
69	Melvin	58
69	Samuel	58
73	Franklin	55
74	Johnnie	54
74	Norman	54
76	Harvey	51
76	Vernon	51
78	Alfred	50
78	Calvin	50
78	Charlie	50
78	Lloyd	50
82	Lester	47
83	Benny	46
83	Harry	46
85	Lewis	45
85	Troy	45
87	Elmer	44
87	Glen	44
87	Lawrence	44
90	Carroll	43
90	Earnest	43
90	Leonard	43
90	Marion	43
94	Darrell	42
94	Loyd	42
94	Roger	42
97	Andrew	39
98	Allen	38
98	Clifford	38
98	Homer	38