Arkansas ★ 1947

Top names in Arkansas, 1947

Linda led for girls with 1,418 babies ; James for boys with 1,622. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,418
2	Mary	1,188
3	Barbara	656
4	Carolyn	613
5	Betty	607
6	Patricia	543
7	Brenda	487
8	Shirley	482
9	Sharon	437
10	Judy	429
11	Sandra	403
12	Dorothy	344
13	Donna	314
14	Joyce	304
15	Peggy	252
16	Margaret	244
17	Phyllis	235
18	Nancy	234
19	Carol	232
20	Martha	230
21	Janice	218
22	Patsy	213
23	Wanda	208
24	Gloria	206
25	Glenda	175
26	Doris	174
26	Elizabeth	174
28	Rebecca	171
29	Helen	162
30	Jo	160
31	Marilyn	159
32	Virginia	156
33	Judith	155
34	Alice	154
35	Karen	144
36	Ruby	133
37	Beverly	130
37	Frances	130
39	Norma	128
40	Charlotte	126
41	Bonnie	122
42	Susan	119
43	Ruth	118
43	Sherry	118
45	Connie	116
46	Janet	113
47	Bobbie	110
48	Emma	101
49	Ann	99
50	Evelyn	92
51	Lois	90
52	Annie	88
53	Wilma	86
54	Rita	85
54	Sue	85
56	Anna	82
56	Willie	82
58	Lynda	81
59	Paula	78
60	Edna	77
61	Juanita	76
62	Cynthia	75
63	Kathryn	72
64	Thelma	70
65	Mildred	69
66	Rose	68
66	Rosie	68
68	Billie	67
68	Georgia	67
70	Pamela	66
71	Loretta	65
71	Louise	65
71	Sarah	65
74	Joan	64
74	Margie	64
74	Sheila	64
77	Diana	63
77	Jane	63
77	Janis	63
80	Kathy	62
81	Clara	60
81	Delores	60
83	Diane	58
83	Erma	58
85	Kay	56
86	Catherine	55
87	Cheryl	54
87	Jean	54
89	Laura	53
89	Mae	53
91	Ella	51
92	Charlene	50
92	Hazel	50
92	Ida	50
92	Janie	50
96	Katherine	49
97	Deborah	48
97	Ethel	48
97	Kathleen	48
100	Anita	47

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	1,622
2	Larry	920
3	John	880
4	Robert	832
5	Charles	797
6	William	733
7	Jerry	706
8	David	563
9	Gary	517
10	Jimmy	483
11	Billy	437
12	Richard	375
13	Donald	360
14	Bobby	354
15	Michael	340
16	Thomas	334
17	Ronald	320
18	Johnny	316
19	Willie	300
20	Kenneth	296
21	George	286
22	Danny	285
23	Tommy	259
24	Joe	253
25	Ronnie	236
26	Paul	200
27	Eddie	192
28	Harold	191
29	Roy	189
30	Edward	179
31	Carl	167
32	Terry	160
33	Henry	150
34	Roger	148
35	Dennis	142
36	Joseph	130
37	Raymond	120
38	Wayne	115
39	Jimmie	113
40	Walter	111
41	Bill	109
42	Jackie	107
43	Curtis	105
44	Jack	103
45	Don	102
46	Arthur	100
46	Lee	100
48	Lonnie	99
48	Phillip	99
50	Albert	98
50	Frank	98
52	Floyd	97
53	Freddie	94
54	Melvin	91
55	Steve	90
56	Clarence	87
57	Jim	85
58	Gerald	84
59	Donnie	83
60	Earl	81
60	Ralph	81
62	Stephen	80
63	Mike	79
64	Howard	78
64	Louis	78
66	Samuel	77
67	Harry	75
67	Johnnie	75
69	Calvin	73
70	Jesse	72
70	Lawrence	72
72	Fred	70
73	Ray	68
74	Sammy	67
75	Daniel	64
75	Marvin	64
77	Allen	63
78	Doyle	61
79	Alvin	60
79	Cecil	60
79	Eugene	60
82	Garry	59
82	Gene	59
84	Benny	58
84	Dale	58
84	Leon	58
87	Glen	57
87	Jessie	57
89	Troy	56
90	Glenn	55
91	Charlie	53
91	Douglas	53
91	Stanley	53
94	Clyde	52
94	Herman	52
94	Lloyd	52
97	Earnest	51
97	Lewis	51
99	Leonard	50
99	Ricky	50