Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,226
2	Betty	730
3	Linda	705
4	Barbara	609
5	Carolyn	590
6	Shirley	511
7	Patricia	407
8	Dorothy	388
9	Joyce	301
10	Patsy	294
11	Sharon	282
12	Martha	272
13	Nancy	238
13	Wanda	238
15	Margaret	227
16	Judy	222
17	Sandra	211
18	Helen	203
19	Brenda	202
20	Doris	200
21	Virginia	187
22	Peggy	186
23	Carol	173
23	Frances	173
25	Alice	166
26	Ruby	164
27	Elizabeth	163
28	Bonnie	162
29	Glenda	159
30	Bobbie	146
31	Gloria	143
32	Ruth	139
33	Donna	136
34	Jo	132
35	Norma	130
36	Judith	128
37	Marilyn	124
38	Annie	111
39	Janice	105
40	Emma	104
41	Charlotte	102
41	Willie	102
43	Phyllis	100
44	Lois	97
45	Evelyn	96
46	Wilma	93
47	Anna	92
48	Mildred	90
49	Edna	87
50	Billie	80

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,613
2	Charles	797
3	John	775
4	Robert	761
5	William	692
6	Jerry	658
7	Billy	490
8	Larry	485
9	Jimmy	420
10	Bobby	346
11	David	323
12	Thomas	318
13	Donald	317
14	Richard	292
15	George	285
16	Joe	273
17	Willie	269
18	Kenneth	234
19	Johnny	231
19	Roy	231
21	Paul	212
22	Tommy	211
23	Harold	189
24	Ronald	177
25	Carl	163
26	Edward	159
27	Gary	157
27	Henry	157
29	Jimmie	151
30	Eddie	147
31	Ronnie	124
32	Raymond	120
33	Jackie	114
33	Walter	114
35	Joseph	111
36	Don	110
37	Douglas	105
38	Michael	103
39	Albert	102
39	Bill	102
39	Gerald	102
42	Danny	101
42	Jim	101
44	Jack	98
45	Frank	95
46	Earl	91
47	Clarence	89
48	Jesse	88
49	Wayne	87
50	Eugene	86