Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1941

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,223 babies) and James for boys (1,460). Social Security records list 39,422 babies born in Arkansas in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1941

Names given at least 15 times in Arkansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Bobbye: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Freddie: 31 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Dorthy: 42 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Delois: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Flossie: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 39 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Erma: 68 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bennie: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tommie: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Reba: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Coy: 25 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Hershel: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Doyle: 65 babies, 7× the national rate
Travis: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shelby: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Charley: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Johnie: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Troy: 48 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loyd: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Freddy: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,223	–	1
2	Betty	766	–	7
3	Barbara	557	–	2
4	Linda	520	↑1	5
5	Shirley	513	↓1	10
6	Carolyn	427	↑1	11
7	Patsy	352	↑4	52
8	Dorothy	350	↓2	14
9	Patricia	346	↓1	3
10	Wanda	290	↑3	53
11	Joyce	275	↓1	13
12	Martha	256	↓3	25
13	Margaret	243	↑1	12
14	Helen	235	↓2	24
15	Peggy	217	–	39
16	Doris	200	↑4	38
17	Nancy	191	–	8
18	Virginia	191	↑1	23
19	Ruby	187	↓3	69
20	Alice	150	↓2	34
21	Brenda	148	↑21	41
22	Elizabeth	148	↑4	21
23	Judy	147	↑12	16
24	Bonnie	145	↓1	33
25	Frances	143	↓4	31
26	Glenda	137	↓2	96
27	Anna	136	↑10	56
28	Sandra	136	↑13	9
29	Norma	135	↓7	47
30	Lois	122	↑2	43
31	Jo	121	↓4	66
32	Marilyn	121	↑18	30
33	Bobbie	120	↓8	>100
34	Gloria	119	↑4	26
35	Annie	116	↑9	59
36	Wilma	116	↓2	>100
37	Ruth	115	↓4	28
38	Judith	113	new	6
39	Carol	111	↓10	4
40	Mildred	108	–	64
41	Donna	102	↓13	20
42	Emma	101	↓12	99
43	Evelyn	101	–	50
44	Edna	98	↑4	89
45	Phyllis	97	–	35
46	Willie	94	↓10	>100
47	Margie	93	↑2	>100
48	Billie	90	new	>100
49	Janice	90	↓10	22
50	Louise	87	↓4	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,460	–	1
2	John	776	↑1	3
3	Charles	741	↓1	6
4	William	698	↑1	4
5	Robert	671	↓1	2
6	Jerry	625	↑1	14
7	Billy	526	↓1	27
8	Bobby	462	–	35
9	Jimmy	376	↑1	45
10	Donald	333	↓1	10
11	Thomas	325	–	8
12	Larry	324	↑7	11
13	Joe	301	↓1	30
14	David	300	–	7
15	George	285	↓2	13
16	Willie	257	↓1	36
17	Richard	248	–	5
18	Kenneth	225	–	15
19	Carl	197	↑4	29
20	Roy	192	↑2	39
21	Harold	183	↓5	24
22	Johnny	183	↓1	55
23	Tommy	178	↑2	71
24	Paul	169	↓4	18
25	Henry	157	↑1	28
26	Edward	147	↓2	17
27	Ronald	141	↑7	9
28	Jimmie	136	↓1	89
29	Gary	128	↑4	19
30	Raymond	124	↓1	22
31	Walter	124	↓1	26
32	Joseph	123	↑3	12
33	Curtis	116	↑8	100
34	Don	114	↓6	66
35	Frank	110	↑2	21
36	Earl	107	↑3	58
37	Eddie	107	↓1	78
38	Gerald	107	↓7	20
39	Albert	95	↑8	40
40	Bill	93	↓2	68
41	Jack	93	↓9	32
42	Arthur	91	new	33
43	Jackie	90	new	>100
44	Floyd	89	↓4	>100
45	Lee	88	↓3	81
46	Leon	84	↓1	93
47	Melvin	84	new	56
48	Eugene	82	↑1	42
49	Gene	81	new	72
50	Louis	79	↓2	50

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