Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,188
2	Mary	974
3	Brenda	680
4	Barbara	523
5	Patricia	488
6	Shirley	456
7	Carolyn	450
8	Betty	443
9	Sandra	366
10	Judy	341
11	Sharon	338
12	Deborah	310
13	Donna	276
14	Nancy	258
15	Dorothy	249
15	Joyce	249
17	Janice	226
18	Martha	208
19	Peggy	191
20	Carol	190
21	Karen	189
22	Gloria	186
23	Margaret	178
23	Phyllis	178
25	Beverly	171
25	Connie	171
27	Wanda	170
28	Susan	168
29	Rebecca	167
30	Pamela	162
31	Glenda	160
32	Elizabeth	157
33	Virginia	156
34	Kathy	151
34	Patsy	151
36	Alice	148
36	Janet	148
38	Doris	128
39	Helen	124
40	Marilyn	123
41	Jo	121
41	Sherry	121
43	Paula	120
44	Charlotte	117
45	Ruby	116
46	Judith	112
47	Rita	110
48	Frances	109
49	Evelyn	107
50	Bonnie	104

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,429
2	Larry	900
3	Robert	743
4	John	729
5	Charles	712
6	William	652
7	David	539
8	Jerry	513
9	Michael	477
10	Gary	473
11	Ronald	361
12	Richard	357
13	Billy	346
14	Thomas	331
15	Jimmy	323
16	Danny	309
17	Donald	300
18	Kenneth	297
19	Willie	296
20	Bobby	287
21	Johnny	259
22	George	258
23	Joe	211
24	Terry	209
25	Ronnie	202
26	Roger	189
27	Dennis	183
28	Paul	177
29	Tommy	171
30	Roy	166
31	Eddie	159
32	Stephen	153
33	Edward	142
33	Harold	142
35	Joseph	132
36	Carl	118
37	Henry	117
38	Walter	106
39	Phillip	100
40	Samuel	98
41	Lonnie	97
42	Jimmie	96
42	Steven	96
44	Lee	95
45	Raymond	94
46	Jack	92
47	Rickey	88
48	Curtis	87
48	Freddie	87
50	Arthur	86