Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1961

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	442
2	Linda	402
3	Brenda	379
4	Lisa	361
5	Karen	299
5	Sandra	299
7	Donna	293
8	Patricia	291
9	Teresa	280
10	Debra	269
11	Cynthia	258
12	Sharon	255
13	Deborah	234
14	Pamela	231
15	Susan	209
16	Tammy	188
17	Debbie	187
18	Kathy	186
19	Barbara	185
20	Carolyn	173
21	Sherry	166
22	Sheila	165
23	Rhonda	154
24	Angela	153
25	Cheryl	149
26	Shirley	144
27	Rebecca	143
28	Janice	140
29	Kimberly	137
30	Cindy	136
30	Laura	136
32	Nancy	132
33	Elizabeth	130
34	Connie	128
35	Janet	127
36	Judy	120
36	Robin	120
36	Tina	120
39	Beverly	119
40	Terri	116
41	Betty	115
42	Carol	111
43	Joyce	110
44	Paula	109
45	Carla	103
46	Vickie	101
47	Jacqueline	98
48	Martha	96
49	Marilyn	92
49	Phyllis	92

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	911
2	David	706
3	Michael	655
4	Robert	579
5	John	545
6	Charles	430
7	William	408
8	Mark	388
9	Kenneth	294
10	Larry	272
11	Ricky	271
12	Jerry	270
13	Gary	269
14	Billy	252
14	Terry	252
16	Steven	238
17	Richard	233
18	Timothy	230
19	Jimmy	225
20	Bobby	224
21	Gregory	210
22	Donald	198
23	Tony	193
24	Danny	192
25	Randy	189
26	Ronald	187
27	Thomas	183
28	Johnny	161
29	Dennis	159
30	Anthony	155
31	Paul	154
31	Ronnie	154
33	Kevin	150
34	Willie	139
35	Jeffrey	133
36	Rickey	128
36	Roger	128
36	Tommy	128
39	Steve	125
40	Jeffery	120
41	George	119
42	Mike	117
43	Joe	114
43	Stephen	114
45	Roy	113
46	Eddie	111
47	Douglas	106
48	Carl	104
48	Keith	104
50	Joseph	97