Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	780
2	Mary	764
3	Deborah	581
4	Brenda	495
5	Patricia	447
6	Barbara	403
7	Carolyn	350
8	Sharon	327
9	Shirley	322
10	Debra	320
11	Betty	312
12	Sandra	300
13	Judy	290
14	Donna	255
15	Pamela	241
16	Karen	238
17	Joyce	236
18	Susan	229
19	Rebecca	212
20	Nancy	207
21	Marilyn	194
22	Janice	192
23	Martha	191
24	Dorothy	186
25	Peggy	176
26	Kathy	173
27	Janet	165
28	Elizabeth	160
29	Margaret	158
30	Beverly	151
31	Cynthia	149
32	Carol	148
33	Connie	144
34	Gloria	135
34	Wanda	135
36	Phyllis	134
37	Helen	124
38	Doris	122
38	Paula	122
40	Jo	119
41	Glenda	117
41	Rita	117
43	Virginia	108
44	Teresa	102
45	Vicki	100
46	Diane	99
46	Sherry	99
46	Vickie	99
49	Alice	96
50	Cathy	94

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,199
2	Robert	719
3	David	656
4	Michael	652
5	Larry	649
6	John	642
7	Charles	622
8	William	552
9	Gary	430
10	Jerry	405
11	Richard	364
12	Thomas	311
13	Billy	310
14	Donald	304
15	Danny	292
16	Kenneth	274
17	Jimmy	266
18	Ronald	263
19	Bobby	256
19	Johnny	256
21	Dennis	218
22	Terry	214
23	Roger	201
24	Willie	193
25	Paul	190
26	Ricky	185
27	Steven	183
28	Joe	181
29	George	180
30	Ronnie	178
31	Tommy	165
32	Roy	161
33	Stephen	152
34	Edward	150
35	Carl	149
36	Randy	137
37	Mark	135
38	Rickey	130
39	Harold	127
40	Joseph	126
41	Daniel	122
42	Phillip	116
43	Henry	104
44	Eddie	102
45	Raymond	93
46	Melvin	90
46	Stanley	90
48	Curtis	87
49	Calvin	86
50	Timothy	81