Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	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

Recorded as boys

Rank	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