Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	641
2	Linda	590
3	Deborah	522
4	Debra	490
5	Patricia	453
6	Brenda	448
7	Sharon	357
8	Barbara	354
9	Donna	307
10	Carolyn	305
11	Sandra	304
12	Karen	303
13	Pamela	287
14	Cynthia	254
15	Betty	224
16	Shirley	223
17	Susan	222
18	Joyce	220
19	Kathy	210
20	Rebecca	207
21	Teresa	194
22	Janet	178
22	Judy	178
24	Nancy	170
25	Connie	165
25	Janice	165
27	Elizabeth	157
28	Beverly	153
29	Dorothy	149
30	Carol	147
31	Sherry	146
32	Cheryl	142
33	Marilyn	141
34	Vickie	137
35	Martha	136
36	Wanda	135
37	Diane	132
38	Debbie	130
39	Peggy	128
40	Paula	126
41	Phyllis	123
42	Vicki	116
43	Margaret	112
44	Cathy	110
45	Gloria	107
46	Doris	106
47	Rita	104
47	Rose	104
49	Rhonda	100
50	Helen	98

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,034
2	David	679
3	Michael	643
4	Robert	629
5	John	583
6	William	537
7	Charles	499
8	Larry	484
9	Gary	335
10	Jerry	333
11	Richard	316
12	Kenneth	302
13	Billy	292
14	Donald	289
15	Terry	287
16	Randy	260
17	Thomas	257
18	Mark	255
19	Steven	251
20	Danny	245
21	Ronald	243
22	Johnny	239
23	Jimmy	231
24	Bobby	227
25	Ricky	217
26	Dennis	194
27	Stephen	178
28	Joe	177
28	Paul	177
30	Rickey	163
31	Ronnie	160
32	Carl	159
33	Willie	152
34	Edward	151
35	Joseph	140
36	Eddie	138
36	Roy	138
38	Tommy	136
39	George	135
40	Gregory	124
40	Roger	124
42	Timothy	116
43	Daniel	114
44	Henry	112
45	Steve	108
46	Bruce	98
46	Douglas	98
48	Stanley	95
49	Harold	94
49	Phillip	94