Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	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

Recorded as boys

Rank	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