Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1942

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,208 babies) and James for boys (1,614). Social Security records list 41,326 babies born in Arkansas in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1942

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

Girls

Freddie: 30 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ruthie: 43 babies, 7× the national rate
Erma: 77 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Reba: 48 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dorthy: 35 babies, 6× the national rate
Sammie: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bennie: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Odessa: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Pearlie: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Delois: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Carrol: 19 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hershel: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Troy: 53 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Doyle: 51 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Freddy: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ollie: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Junior: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Johnie: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Thurman: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,208	–	1
2	Betty	716	–	9
3	Linda	625	↑1	4
4	Barbara	605	↓1	2
5	Carolyn	579	↑1	10
6	Shirley	528	↓1	12
7	Patricia	415	↑2	3
8	Dorothy	334	–	17
9	Martha	294	↑3	29
10	Patsy	287	↓3	57
11	Joyce	283	–	13
12	Wanda	274	↓2	54
13	Margaret	228	–	14
14	Nancy	208	↑3	8
15	Helen	207	↓1	26
16	Peggy	197	↓1	42
17	Sandra	182	↑11	6
18	Brenda	178	↑3	40
19	Doris	176	↓3	41
20	Frances	171	↑5	30
21	Virginia	163	↓3	23
22	Alice	160	↓2	39
23	Judy	159	–	15
24	Ruby	156	↓5	77
25	Jo	153	↑6	65
26	Norma	150	↑3	52
27	Wilma	138	↑9	>100
28	Ruth	133	↑9	33
29	Sharon	133	new	11
30	Bonnie	131	↓6	34
31	Elizabeth	130	↓9	22
32	Bobbie	129	↑1	>100
33	Gloria	128	↑1	31
34	Mildred	127	↑6	71
35	Annie	123	–	62
36	Carol	123	↑3	5
37	Janice	122	↑12	25
38	Marilyn	122	↓6	27
39	Willie	121	↑7	>100
40	Donna	118	↑1	20
41	Emma	117	↑1	>100
42	Glenda	116	↓16	89
43	Anna	108	↓16	59
44	Billie	100	↑4	>100
45	Judith	99	↓7	7
46	Phyllis	97	↓1	37
47	Juanita	92	new	90
48	Lois	91	↓18	44
49	Sarah	89	new	67
50	Sue	87	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	1,614	–	1
2	Charles	800	↑1	7
3	John	781	↓1	3
4	Robert	745	↑1	2
5	William	717	↓1	4
6	Jerry	669	–	16
7	Billy	548	–	35
8	Bobby	411	–	43
9	Jimmy	390	–	47
10	Larry	358	↑2	12
11	Donald	323	↓1	10
12	David	319	↑2	6
13	Thomas	307	↓2	8
14	Willie	306	↑2	37
15	Joe	293	↓2	33
16	George	285	↓1	14
17	Richard	264	–	5
18	Kenneth	233	–	15
19	Roy	227	↑1	42
20	Johnny	215	↑2	55
21	Paul	207	↑3	19
22	Harold	196	↓1	27
23	Tommy	193	–	73
24	Edward	165	↑2	17
25	Carl	156	↓6	36
26	Raymond	156	↑4	24
27	Douglas	153	new	23
28	Ronald	153	↓1	9
29	Gary	141	–	18
30	Henry	137	↓5	31
31	Walter	135	–	26
32	Jimmie	131	↓4	94
33	Don	126	↑1	72
34	Gerald	125	↑4	22
35	Joseph	121	↓3	11
36	Eddie	119	↑1	86
37	Lee	110	↑8	87
38	Bill	101	↑2	65
39	Ronnie	99	new	78
40	Albert	97	↓1	40
41	Frank	96	↓6	21
42	Wayne	95	new	41
43	Eugene	94	↑5	45
44	Melvin	94	↑3	60
45	Curtis	93	↓12	98
46	Earl	92	↓10	62
47	Howard	90	new	49
48	Jack	90	↓7	34
49	Jackie	90	↓6	>100
50	Fred	89	new	46

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