Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1944

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1944 were Mary for girls (1,114 babies) and James for boys (1,471). Social Security records list 39,488 babies born in Arkansas in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1944

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

Girls

Ruthie: 53 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Delois: 32 babies, 9× the national rate
Dorthy: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Pearlie: 37 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ola: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Erma: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Francis: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Freddie: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bettye: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Odis: 18 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Hershel: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Odell: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Johnie: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Doyle: 49 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Freddy: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Coy: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loyd: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Troy: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charley: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	1,114	–	1
2	Linda	744	↑1	3
3	Betty	670	↓1	10
4	Carolyn	559	↑1	11
5	Barbara	550	↓1	2
6	Shirley	449	–	15
7	Patricia	357	–	4
8	Dorothy	316	–	19
9	Sharon	284	↑2	8
10	Sandra	258	↑7	6
11	Joyce	256	↓2	18
12	Martha	244	–	29
13	Patsy	244	↓3	72
14	Judy	239	↑2	12
15	Margaret	224	–	14
16	Nancy	216	↓3	7
17	Brenda	210	↑2	30
18	Wanda	207	↓4	58
19	Helen	186	↓1	31
20	Peggy	175	↑2	45
21	Carol	173	↑2	5
22	Ruby	169	↑4	87
23	Doris	162	↓3	42
24	Glenda	159	↑5	79
25	Gloria	159	↑6	25
26	Virginia	158	↓5	26
27	Bonnie	148	↑1	34
28	Donna	145	↑5	17
29	Alice	144	↓4	38
30	Frances	135	↓6	33
31	Ruth	131	↑1	32
32	Elizabeth	126	↓5	23
33	Jo	123	↑1	61
34	Judith	123	↑2	9
35	Marilyn	123	↑2	27
36	Phyllis	121	↑7	40
37	Janice	114	↑2	28
38	Emma	112	↑2	>100
39	Norma	110	↓4	66
40	Evelyn	104	↑5	57
41	Bobbie	99	↓11	>100
42	Wilma	97	↑4	>100
43	Mildred	93	↑5	81
44	Willie	91	↓2	>100
45	Annie	89	↓7	71
46	Janet	88	new	21
47	Billie	87	↑3	>100
48	Charlotte	86	↓7	50
49	Joan	85	new	22
50	Anna	84	↓3	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,471	–	1
2	Charles	733	–	7
3	John	690	–	3
4	Robert	673	–	2
5	William	664	–	4
6	Jerry	624	–	19
7	Larry	562	↑1	12
8	Billy	434	↓1	38
9	David	378	↑2	6
10	Jimmy	375	↓1	41
11	Thomas	321	↑1	8
12	Donald	316	↑1	11
13	Bobby	315	↓3	50
14	Richard	301	–	5
15	George	290	–	14
16	Willie	270	↑1	31
17	Johnny	261	↑2	45
18	Gary	250	↑9	15
19	Joe	243	↓3	33
20	Kenneth	235	↓2	16
21	Roy	211	↓1	39
22	Ronald	202	↑2	10
23	Paul	192	↓2	17
24	Tommy	191	↓2	70
25	Harold	175	↓2	27
26	Edward	146	–	18
27	Henry	144	↑1	35
28	Carl	140	↓3	36
29	Danny	134	↑13	76
30	Raymond	133	↑2	22
31	Michael	130	↑7	9
32	Ronnie	127	↓1	69
33	Walter	123	↑1	26
34	Eddie	116	↓4	79
35	Don	115	↑1	72
36	Joseph	114	↓1	13
37	Frank	110	↑8	21
38	Jimmie	108	↓9	98
39	Bill	106	↑1	66
40	Jack	103	↑4	30
41	Melvin	97	new	67
42	Gerald	95	↓1	24
43	Clarence	94	↑4	74
44	Roger	93	new	23
45	Albert	91	↓6	44
46	Earl	91	–	65
47	Lee	90	new	85
48	Wayne	90	↑1	37
49	Freddie	87	new	>100
50	Howard	82	new	53

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