Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1945

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1945 were Mary for girls (970 babies) and James for boys (1,430). Social Security records list 37,081 babies born in Arkansas in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1945

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: 31 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Freddie: 24 babies, 7× the national rate
Ruthie: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bennie: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ollie: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Erma: 53 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Essie: 32 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bobbie: 122 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Melba: 39 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Pearlie: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Troy: 58 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doyle: 42 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Odell: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Freddy: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Billy: 386 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loyd: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 377 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Freddie: 85 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sammy: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Buddy: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	970	–	1
2	Linda	815	–	2
3	Betty	632	–	11
4	Barbara	507	↑1	3
5	Carolyn	477	↓1	12
6	Shirley	452	–	14
7	Patricia	394	–	4
8	Judy	307	↑6	13
9	Dorothy	291	↓1	21
10	Brenda	280	↑7	29
11	Sharon	276	↓2	8
12	Joyce	262	↓1	18
13	Sandra	247	↓3	6
14	Martha	223	↓2	30
15	Carol	206	↑6	5
16	Nancy	203	–	7
17	Margaret	198	↓2	15
18	Helen	182	↑1	31
19	Wanda	181	↓1	58
20	Donna	178	↑8	17
21	Patsy	173	↓8	84
22	Gloria	172	↑3	23
23	Virginia	157	↑3	28
24	Peggy	154	↓4	45
25	Glenda	153	↓1	92
26	Doris	148	↓3	46
27	Frances	135	↑3	34
28	Ruby	134	↓6	95
29	Elizabeth	127	↑3	26
30	Janice	126	↑7	24
31	Marilyn	126	↑4	27
32	Ruth	125	↓1	33
33	Bobbie	122	↑8	>100
34	Alice	119	↓5	41
35	Bonnie	114	↓8	35
36	Jo	113	↓3	60
37	Judith	108	↓3	9
38	Phyllis	104	↓2	40
39	Lois	98	new	48
40	Willie	98	↑4	>100
41	Annie	97	↑4	69
42	Evelyn	91	↓2	57
43	Charlotte	90	↑5	55
44	Lillie	88	new	>100
45	Mildred	88	↓2	93
46	Joan	82	↑3	25
47	Sarah	81	new	76
48	Ann	80	new	39
49	Beverly	79	new	37
50	Emma	79	↓12	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,430	–	1
2	Charles	704	–	7
3	Robert	654	↑1	2
4	John	640	↓1	3
5	William	610	–	4
6	Larry	577	↑1	11
7	Jerry	545	↓1	20
8	Billy	386	–	42
9	Jimmy	377	↑1	41
10	David	330	↓1	6
11	Donald	323	↑1	12
12	Gary	315	↑6	13
13	Richard	287	↑1	5
14	Bobby	286	↓1	53
15	Thomas	282	↓4	8
16	Willie	277	–	31
17	Johnny	261	–	45
18	George	251	↓3	15
19	Ronald	215	↑3	10
20	Joe	212	↓1	36
21	Kenneth	211	↓1	16
22	Paul	183	↑1	17
23	Roy	181	↓2	40
24	Michael	174	↑7	9
25	Tommy	156	↓1	75
26	Harold	155	↓1	28
27	Edward	142	↓1	18
28	Carl	141	–	39
29	Danny	137	–	56
30	Eddie	121	↑4	81
31	Henry	119	↓4	37
32	Ronnie	117	–	67
33	Raymond	110	↓3	23
34	Walter	106	↓1	27
35	Albert	100	↑10	49
36	Jimmie	100	↑2	>100
37	Frank	97	–	21
38	Roger	95	↑6	22
39	Bill	93	–	66
40	Gerald	93	↑2	25
41	Don	92	↓6	73
42	Lee	92	↑5	87
43	Joseph	89	↓7	14
44	Freddie	85	↑5	>100
45	Clarence	84	↓2	82
46	Wayne	81	↑2	35
47	Dennis	79	new	19
48	Eugene	77	new	50
49	Melvin	76	↓8	78
50	Arthur	75	new	34

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