Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,111
2	Betty	820
3	Shirley	554
4	Barbara	499
5	Dorothy	361
6	Wanda	277
7	Carolyn	265
8	Patsy	263
9	Linda	259
10	Martha	256
11	Joyce	253
12	Helen	237
13	Patricia	217
14	Margaret	211
14	Virginia	211
16	Peggy	195
17	Nancy	192
18	Doris	188
19	Ruby	177
20	Frances	175
21	Norma	154
22	Bobbie	152
23	Alice	149
24	Jo	142
25	Lois	130
26	Elizabeth	128
27	Bonnie	126
27	Ruth	126
29	Wilma	124
30	Glenda	118
31	Emma	113
32	Annie	112
33	Anna	109
33	Marilyn	109
35	Donna	106
36	Mildred	102
37	Evelyn	101
37	Thelma	101
39	Billie	98
40	Willie	93
41	Sarah	88
42	Gloria	85
43	Sandra	84
44	Juanita	83
44	Sue	83
46	Carol	78
47	Janice	76
47	Rosie	76
49	Loretta	75
50	Edna	74

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,402
2	Charles	798
3	John	644
4	Robert	626
5	William	585
6	Billy	512
7	Bobby	472
8	Jerry	436
9	Donald	348
10	Jimmy	347
11	Willie	285
12	Thomas	278
13	Joe	261
14	Kenneth	252
15	David	251
16	George	250
17	Richard	209
18	Harold	195
19	Roy	168
20	Edward	164
21	Paul	159
22	Larry	156
22	Tommy	156
24	Jimmie	151
25	Johnny	149
26	Carl	145
27	Henry	139
28	Raymond	119
29	Eddie	109
30	Don	108
31	Albert	105
32	Ronald	101
33	Gerald	100
34	Bill	97
35	Walter	94
36	Ralph	93
37	Fred	91
38	Earl	90
38	Jack	90
38	Jackie	90
41	Marvin	88
42	Joseph	87
43	Arthur	83
43	Lee	83
45	Clarence	81
45	Wayne	81
47	Frank	80
48	Howard	79
48	Melvin	79
50	Ray	78