Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1959

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	502
2	Linda	465
3	Brenda	395
4	Donna	347
5	Patricia	341
6	Debra	318
7	Karen	312
8	Deborah	297
9	Sandra	285
10	Cynthia	281
10	Sharon	281
12	Barbara	277
13	Kathy	273
13	Pamela	273
15	Debbie	240
16	Lisa	227
17	Teresa	226
18	Susan	221
19	Carolyn	207
20	Tammy	179
21	Betty	174
22	Shirley	173
23	Connie	161
24	Janice	157
25	Sheila	153
26	Rebecca	151
27	Janet	148
28	Beverly	146
28	Cindy	146
30	Nancy	145
31	Joyce	139
32	Rhonda	135
33	Sherry	134
34	Judy	131
35	Elizabeth	126
36	Cheryl	120
37	Vickie	116
38	Carol	111
38	Cathy	111
40	Wanda	108
41	Phyllis	104
42	Marilyn	103
43	Martha	102
44	Paula	100
45	Becky	98
45	Glenda	98
47	Anita	94
47	Laura	94
49	Peggy	93
50	Dorothy	92

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	928
2	David	671
3	Michael	612
4	Robert	568
5	John	539
6	Charles	444
7	William	425
8	Mark	399
9	Ricky	360
10	Kenneth	352
11	Larry	335
12	Richard	310
13	Terry	302
14	Jerry	281
15	Billy	279
16	Gary	276
17	Timothy	243
18	Steven	236
19	Jimmy	229
20	Bobby	228
21	Thomas	227
22	Donald	212
23	Randy	208
24	Dennis	199
25	Paul	197
26	Johnny	196
27	Ronald	193
28	Rickey	181
29	Gregory	163
30	Danny	162
31	Joe	146
32	Tony	144
33	Ronnie	140
34	Stephen	137
35	Eddie	136
36	Roger	135
36	Willie	135
38	Carl	134
38	Tommy	134
40	George	132
41	Anthony	121
42	Roy	120
43	Joseph	117
44	Edward	115
45	Keith	110
45	Steve	110
47	Mike	108
48	Phillip	104
49	Raymond	99
50	Douglas	98