Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,114
2	Linda	744
3	Betty	670
4	Carolyn	559
5	Barbara	550
6	Shirley	449
7	Patricia	357
8	Dorothy	316
9	Sharon	284
10	Sandra	258
11	Joyce	256
12	Martha	244
12	Patsy	244
14	Judy	239
15	Margaret	224
16	Nancy	216
17	Brenda	210
18	Wanda	207
19	Helen	186
20	Peggy	175
21	Carol	173
22	Ruby	169
23	Doris	162
24	Glenda	159
24	Gloria	159
26	Virginia	158
27	Bonnie	148
28	Donna	145
29	Alice	144
30	Frances	135
31	Ruth	131
32	Elizabeth	126
33	Jo	123
33	Judith	123
33	Marilyn	123
36	Phyllis	121
37	Janice	114
38	Emma	112
39	Norma	110
40	Evelyn	104
41	Bobbie	99
42	Wilma	97
43	Mildred	93
44	Willie	91
45	Annie	89
46	Janet	88
47	Billie	87
48	Charlotte	86
49	Joan	85
50	Anna	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,471
2	Charles	733
3	John	690
4	Robert	673
5	William	664
6	Jerry	624
7	Larry	562
8	Billy	434
9	David	378
10	Jimmy	375
11	Thomas	321
12	Donald	316
13	Bobby	315
14	Richard	301
15	George	290
16	Willie	270
17	Johnny	261
18	Gary	250
19	Joe	243
20	Kenneth	235
21	Roy	211
22	Ronald	202
23	Paul	192
24	Tommy	191
25	Harold	175
26	Edward	146
27	Henry	144
28	Carl	140
29	Danny	134
30	Raymond	133
31	Michael	130
32	Ronnie	127
33	Walter	123
34	Eddie	116
35	Don	115
36	Joseph	114
37	Frank	110
38	Jimmie	108
39	Bill	106
40	Jack	103
41	Melvin	97
42	Gerald	95
43	Clarence	94
44	Roger	93
45	Albert	91
45	Earl	91
47	Lee	90
47	Wayne	90
49	Freddie	87
50	Howard	82