Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1943

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,226 babies) and James for boys (1,613). Social Security records list 41,823 babies born in Arkansas in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1943

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

Girls

Dorthy: 44 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Freddie: 32 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ruthie: 39 babies, 7× the national rate
Erma: 71 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Melba: 53 babies, 6× the national rate
Earnestine: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Delois: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ollie: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Earline: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bobbie: 146 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Cleo: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shelby: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Junior: 39 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Doyle: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Loyd: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Odell: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Troy: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Coy: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billy: 490 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,226	–	1
2	Betty	730	–	10
3	Linda	705	–	4
4	Barbara	609	–	2
5	Carolyn	590	–	11
6	Shirley	511	–	12
7	Patricia	407	–	3
8	Dorothy	388	–	19
9	Joyce	301	↑2	16
10	Patsy	294	–	61
11	Sharon	282	↑18	8
12	Martha	272	↓3	29
13	Nancy	238	↑1	9
14	Wanda	238	↓2	56
15	Margaret	227	↓2	14
16	Judy	222	↑7	13
17	Sandra	211	–	6
18	Helen	203	↓3	28
19	Brenda	202	↓1	35
20	Doris	200	↓1	40
21	Virginia	187	–	25
22	Peggy	186	↓6	41
23	Carol	173	↑13	5
24	Frances	173	↓4	31
25	Alice	166	↓3	38
26	Ruby	164	↓2	82
27	Elizabeth	163	↑4	23
28	Bonnie	162	↑2	34
29	Glenda	159	↑13	83
30	Bobbie	146	↑2	>100
31	Gloria	143	↑2	30
32	Ruth	139	↓4	33
33	Donna	136	↑7	17
34	Jo	132	↓9	63
35	Norma	130	↓9	58
36	Judith	128	↑9	7
37	Marilyn	124	↑1	27
38	Annie	111	↓3	69
39	Janice	105	↓2	26
40	Emma	104	↑1	>100
41	Charlotte	102	new	47
42	Willie	102	↓3	>100
43	Phyllis	100	↑3	39
44	Lois	97	↑4	43
45	Evelyn	96	new	53
46	Wilma	93	↓19	>100
47	Anna	92	↓4	64
48	Mildred	90	↓14	76
49	Edna	87	new	>100
50	Billie	80	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,613	–	1
2	Charles	797	–	7
3	John	775	–	3
4	Robert	761	–	2
5	William	692	–	4
6	Jerry	658	–	17
7	Billy	490	–	37
8	Larry	485	↑2	12
9	Jimmy	420	–	42
10	Bobby	346	↓2	46
11	David	323	↑1	6
12	Thomas	318	↑1	8
13	Donald	317	↓2	11
14	Richard	292	↑3	5
15	George	285	↑1	14
16	Joe	273	↓1	35
17	Willie	269	↓3	36
18	Kenneth	234	–	15
19	Johnny	231	↑1	52
20	Roy	231	↓1	38
21	Paul	212	–	19
22	Tommy	211	↑1	77
23	Harold	189	↓1	27
24	Ronald	177	↑4	9
25	Carl	163	–	33
26	Edward	159	↓2	18
27	Gary	157	↑2	16
28	Henry	157	↑2	31
29	Jimmie	151	↑3	95
30	Eddie	147	↑6	80
31	Ronnie	124	↑8	71
32	Raymond	120	↓6	22
33	Jackie	114	↑16	>100
34	Walter	114	↓3	26
35	Joseph	111	–	13
36	Don	110	↓3	72
37	Douglas	105	↓10	28
38	Michael	103	new	10
39	Albert	102	↑1	43
40	Bill	102	↓2	65
41	Gerald	102	↓7	23
42	Danny	101	new	88
43	Jim	101	new	75
44	Jack	98	↑4	34
45	Frank	95	↓4	21
46	Earl	91	–	60
47	Clarence	89	new	68
48	Jesse	88	new	>100
49	Wayne	87	↓7	41
50	Eugene	86	↓7	47

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