Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,208
2	Betty	716
3	Linda	625
4	Barbara	605
5	Carolyn	579
6	Shirley	528
7	Patricia	415
8	Dorothy	334
9	Martha	294
10	Patsy	287
11	Joyce	283
12	Wanda	274
13	Margaret	228
14	Nancy	208
15	Helen	207
16	Peggy	197
17	Sandra	182
18	Brenda	178
19	Doris	176
20	Frances	171
21	Virginia	163
22	Alice	160
23	Judy	159
24	Ruby	156
25	Jo	153
26	Norma	150
27	Wilma	138
28	Ruth	133
28	Sharon	133
30	Bonnie	131
31	Elizabeth	130
32	Bobbie	129
33	Gloria	128
34	Mildred	127
35	Annie	123
35	Carol	123
37	Janice	122
37	Marilyn	122
39	Willie	121
40	Donna	118
41	Emma	117
42	Glenda	116
43	Anna	108
44	Billie	100
45	Judith	99
46	Phyllis	97
47	Juanita	92
48	Lois	91
49	Sarah	89
50	Sue	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,614
2	Charles	800
3	John	781
4	Robert	745
5	William	717
6	Jerry	669
7	Billy	548
8	Bobby	411
9	Jimmy	390
10	Larry	358
11	Donald	323
12	David	319
13	Thomas	307
14	Willie	306
15	Joe	293
16	George	285
17	Richard	264
18	Kenneth	233
19	Roy	227
20	Johnny	215
21	Paul	207
22	Harold	196
23	Tommy	193
24	Edward	165
25	Carl	156
25	Raymond	156
27	Douglas	153
27	Ronald	153
29	Gary	141
30	Henry	137
31	Walter	135
32	Jimmie	131
33	Don	126
34	Gerald	125
35	Joseph	121
36	Eddie	119
37	Lee	110
38	Bill	101
39	Ronnie	99
40	Albert	97
41	Frank	96
42	Wayne	95
43	Eugene	94
43	Melvin	94
45	Curtis	93
46	Earl	92
47	Howard	90
47	Jack	90
47	Jackie	90
50	Fred	89