Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1954

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	720
2	Linda	716
3	Deborah	584
4	Brenda	487
5	Patricia	472
6	Barbara	378
7	Debra	377
8	Sandra	336
9	Carolyn	317
10	Sharon	312
11	Betty	301
12	Donna	300
13	Shirley	288
14	Pamela	274
15	Judy	267
16	Karen	244
17	Rebecca	241
18	Susan	234
19	Cynthia	215
19	Kathy	215
21	Joyce	214
22	Marilyn	203
23	Nancy	199
24	Janice	183
25	Beverly	179
26	Martha	172
27	Connie	163
28	Dorothy	148
29	Peggy	145
30	Janet	141
31	Jo	138
31	Sherry	138
33	Gloria	137
34	Margaret	129
34	Vicki	129
36	Elizabeth	125
37	Vickie	122
38	Carol	120
39	Rita	119
40	Teresa	116
41	Diane	115
42	Glenda	112
42	Wanda	112
44	Cathy	110
44	Phyllis	110
44	Rhonda	110
47	Rose	104
48	Doris	103
49	Alice	101
50	Virginia	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,128
2	Robert	726
3	David	714
4	Larry	635
5	John	634
6	Michael	626
7	Charles	600
8	William	577
9	Gary	477
10	Richard	398
11	Jerry	382
12	Donald	314
13	Billy	302
14	Danny	298
15	Thomas	296
16	Bobby	279
17	Terry	277
18	Jimmy	269
18	Kenneth	269
20	Ronald	262
21	Johnny	238
22	Ricky	218
23	Steven	215
24	Willie	212
25	Stephen	192
26	Dennis	187
27	Paul	186
28	Randy	183
29	George	179
30	Ronnie	169
31	Roger	164
32	Tommy	163
33	Joe	159
33	Roy	159
35	Mark	154
36	Edward	146
37	Carl	142
38	Eddie	128
39	Rickey	125
40	Joseph	122
41	Harold	113
42	Raymond	106
43	Henry	96
44	Calvin	93
44	Daniel	93
46	Donnie	92
47	Timothy	91
48	Phillip	90
48	Samuel	90
50	Stanley	84