Arkansas ★ 1940

Top names in Arkansas, 1940

Mary led for girls with 1,191 babies ; James for boys with 1,474. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,191
2	Betty	851
3	Barbara	581
4	Shirley	542
5	Linda	360
6	Dorothy	353
7	Carolyn	332
8	Patricia	313
9	Martha	279
10	Joyce	272
11	Patsy	266
12	Helen	245
13	Wanda	227
14	Margaret	218
15	Peggy	211
16	Ruby	207
17	Nancy	192
18	Alice	184
19	Virginia	180
20	Doris	176
21	Frances	174
22	Norma	143
23	Bonnie	141
24	Glenda	134
25	Bobbie	126
26	Elizabeth	123
27	Jo	122
28	Donna	116
29	Carol	113
30	Emma	112
30	Juanita	112
30	Lois	112
33	Ruth	111
34	Wilma	110
35	Judy	109
35	Willie	109
37	Anna	108
37	Gloria	108
39	Janice	107
40	Mildred	104
41	Sandra	103
42	Brenda	102
43	Evelyn	98
44	Annie	96
45	Phyllis	92
46	Louise	90
46	Sarah	90
48	Edna	88
48	Margie	88
50	Marilyn	87
51	Jean	86
52	Hazel	84
52	Thelma	84
54	Sue	82
55	Billie	80
56	Ann	79
57	Bertha	76
58	Clara	73
58	Judith	73
58	Lillie	73
61	Rose	72
62	Georgia	71
63	Rosie	70
64	Gladys	68
65	Joan	67
66	Anita	66
67	Ethel	61
67	Loretta	61
69	Charlotte	59
69	Ella	59
71	Beverly	58
71	Edith	58
71	Jessie	58
71	Melba	58
71	Sylvia	58
76	Eva	57
77	Mae	56
77	Maxine	56
79	Bernice	55
79	Geraldine	55
79	Jane	55
79	Joann	55
83	Geneva	54
83	Johnnie	54
85	Ellen	53
85	Laura	53
87	Bettye	52
88	Katherine	51
89	Mattie	50
89	Rebecca	50
89	Sharon	50
89	Velma	50
93	Alma	49
93	Marie	49
93	Vera	49
96	Catherine	48
97	Ida	47
97	Julia	47
97	Minnie	47
97	Vivian	47

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,474
2	Charles	768
3	John	707
4	Robert	691
5	William	646
6	Billy	545
7	Jerry	531
8	Bobby	472
9	Donald	370
10	Jimmy	362
11	Thomas	289
12	Joe	282
13	George	276
14	David	265
15	Willie	257
16	Harold	222
16	Richard	222
18	Kenneth	220
19	Larry	219
20	Paul	198
21	Johnny	183
21	Roy	183
23	Carl	161
24	Edward	152
24	Tommy	152
26	Henry	139
27	Jimmie	124
28	Don	116
28	Raymond	116
30	Walter	113
31	Gerald	110
32	Jack	109
33	Gary	108
34	Ronald	106
35	Joseph	105
36	Eddie	103
37	Frank	100
38	Bill	99
39	Earl	96
39	Floyd	96
41	Curtis	95
42	Lee	94
43	Wayne	93
44	Jesse	85
44	Leon	85
44	Wendell	85
47	Albert	84
48	Louis	82
49	Eugene	80
49	Howard	80
51	Clarence	79
52	Arthur	78
53	Fred	76
53	Melvin	76
55	Jackie	74
56	Jim	72
57	Freddie	70
58	Ernest	69
59	Ray	68
60	Ralph	67
60	Samuel	67
62	Clyde	66
62	Doyle	66
64	Bob	61
64	Gene	61
64	Leroy	61
67	Dale	60
67	Franklin	60
67	Lawrence	60
70	Charlie	59
71	Marvin	58
72	Alvin	57
72	Johnnie	57
74	Danny	56
75	Chester	54
76	Cecil	52
77	Calvin	51
77	Harvey	51
79	Harry	50
79	Jessie	50
79	Leonard	50
79	Lonnie	50
79	Michael	50
84	Earnest	48
84	Troy	48
86	Glen	47
86	Luther	47
86	Marion	47
86	Norman	47
90	Daniel	46
90	Herbert	46
90	Lewis	46
90	Lloyd	46
94	Bennie	45
94	Herman	45
96	Darrell	44
96	Elmer	44
98	Andrew	43
99	Russell	42
99	Vernon	42