Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	984
2	Mary	893
3	Brenda	603
4	Patricia	524
5	Carolyn	473
6	Barbara	465
7	Deborah	447
8	Betty	384
9	Shirley	368
10	Judy	348
11	Sandra	346
12	Sharon	345
13	Donna	297
14	Joyce	259
15	Martha	233
16	Susan	220
17	Rebecca	212
18	Nancy	211
19	Janice	206
20	Pamela	205
21	Dorothy	203
22	Karen	194
22	Peggy	194
24	Margaret	177
25	Gloria	170
25	Phyllis	170
27	Wanda	166
28	Carol	161
29	Elizabeth	159
30	Kathy	158
31	Janet	157
32	Connie	148
32	Glenda	148
34	Beverly	143
35	Debra	141
35	Marilyn	141
37	Helen	138
38	Doris	133
39	Virginia	123
40	Alice	122
41	Jo	116
41	Rose	116
43	Patsy	112
43	Sherry	112
45	Ruby	111
46	Charlotte	109
47	Paula	106
48	Bobbie	103
49	Annie	97
50	Evelyn	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,368
2	Larry	865
3	Robert	728
4	John	699
5	William	694
6	Charles	693
7	David	647
8	Michael	580
9	Jerry	503
10	Gary	468
11	Richard	390
12	Thomas	318
13	Kenneth	317
14	Ronald	315
15	Billy	314
16	Jimmy	306
17	Donald	302
18	Danny	287
19	Johnny	258
20	Willie	250
21	Dennis	247
22	Bobby	220
23	George	218
24	Joe	196
25	Roy	195
26	Roger	191
27	Paul	189
27	Terry	189
29	Tommy	178
30	Ronnie	176
31	Edward	170
32	Carl	144
33	Eddie	137
34	Joseph	134
35	Henry	133
36	Harold	131
37	Stephen	121
38	Steven	120
39	Phillip	114
40	Rickey	109
41	Raymond	103
41	Ricky	103
43	Calvin	97
43	Walter	97
45	Lee	95
45	Samuel	95
47	Jackie	94
48	Daniel	93
49	Randy	92
50	Freddie	88