Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1946

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,075
2	Linda	940
3	Barbara	608
4	Carolyn	606
5	Betty	552
6	Shirley	512
7	Patricia	459
8	Judy	406
9	Brenda	376
10	Sharon	358
11	Sandra	331
12	Dorothy	317
13	Joyce	293
14	Donna	261
15	Martha	254
16	Wanda	230
17	Margaret	228
18	Carol	227
19	Patsy	217
20	Peggy	205
21	Nancy	204
22	Janice	185
23	Glenda	183
24	Gloria	182
25	Helen	179
25	Virginia	179
27	Doris	159
28	Phyllis	153
29	Jo	148
30	Alice	147
31	Judith	142
32	Beverly	138
33	Marilyn	137
33	Ruby	137
35	Frances	132
36	Elizabeth	131
37	Bonnie	126
38	Bobbie	123
39	Ruth	119
40	Karen	118
41	Connie	104
42	Rebecca	103
43	Susan	100
44	Norma	99
45	Sue	98
46	Janet	95
47	Charlotte	93
48	Sherry	92
49	Ann	91
50	Evelyn	88

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,582
2	Charles	807
3	Larry	783
3	Robert	783
5	John	775
6	Jerry	654
7	William	636
8	David	468
9	Jimmy	451
10	Billy	414
11	Richard	407
12	Gary	397
13	Bobby	345
14	Donald	322
15	Thomas	316
16	Johnny	286
17	Ronald	278
18	Willie	272
19	Danny	268
20	Kenneth	266
21	George	254
22	Joe	253
23	Michael	237
24	Tommy	227
25	Ronnie	220
26	Roy	210
27	Paul	203
28	Eddie	172
28	Harold	172
30	Carl	154
31	Edward	150
32	Henry	145
33	Roger	132
34	Dennis	129
35	Joseph	119
36	Walter	118
37	Jimmie	115
38	Don	113
39	Terry	112
40	Albert	111
41	Bill	110
41	Jim	110
43	Raymond	104
44	Jackie	96
45	Frank	95
46	Wayne	93
47	Arthur	92
47	Lawrence	92
49	Gerald	91
50	Jack	89