Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1946

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1946 were Mary for girls (1,075 babies) and James for boys (1,582). Social Security records list 43,332 babies born in Arkansas in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1946

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

Girls

Bennie: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Ruthie: 43 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Freddie: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Erma: 58 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Eddie: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ora: 31 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Pearlie: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 123 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ollie: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Delois: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Ivory: 20 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Hershel: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Odell: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Loyd: 28 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Doyle: 41 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ronny: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Earnest: 61 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Thurman: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Troy: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	1,075	–	1
2	Linda	940	–	2
3	Barbara	608	↑1	4
4	Carolyn	606	↑1	12
5	Betty	552	↓2	14
6	Shirley	512	–	18
7	Patricia	459	–	3
8	Judy	406	–	11
9	Brenda	376	↑1	24
10	Sharon	358	↑1	9
11	Sandra	331	↑2	6
12	Dorothy	317	↓3	23
13	Joyce	293	↓1	20
14	Donna	261	↑6	13
15	Martha	254	↓1	32
16	Wanda	230	↑3	59
17	Margaret	228	–	17
18	Carol	227	↓3	5
19	Patsy	217	↑2	85
20	Peggy	205	↑4	43
21	Nancy	204	↓5	7
22	Janice	185	↑8	22
23	Glenda	183	↑2	99
24	Gloria	182	↓2	26
25	Helen	179	↓7	36
26	Virginia	179	↓3	31
27	Doris	159	↓1	51
28	Phyllis	153	↑10	41
29	Jo	148	↑7	53
30	Alice	147	↑4	44
31	Judith	142	↑6	10
32	Beverly	138	↑17	30
33	Marilyn	137	↓2	29
34	Ruby	137	↓6	>100
35	Frances	132	↓8	39
36	Elizabeth	131	↓7	25
37	Bonnie	126	↓2	33
38	Bobbie	123	↓5	>100
39	Ruth	119	↓7	38
40	Karen	118	new	15
41	Connie	104	new	45
42	Rebecca	103	new	68
43	Susan	100	new	8
44	Norma	99	new	77
45	Sue	98	new	61
46	Janet	95	new	21
47	Charlotte	93	↓4	64
48	Sherry	92	new	73
49	Ann	91	↓1	40
50	Evelyn	88	↓8	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	1,582	–	1
2	Charles	807	–	9
3	Larry	783	↑3	11
4	Robert	783	↓1	2
5	John	775	↓1	3
6	Jerry	654	↑1	20
7	William	636	↓2	4
8	David	468	↑2	6
9	Jimmy	451	–	42
10	Billy	414	↓2	45
11	Richard	407	↑2	5
12	Gary	397	–	12
13	Bobby	345	↑1	53
14	Donald	322	↓3	13
15	Thomas	316	–	8
16	Johnny	286	↑1	47
17	Ronald	278	↑2	10
18	Willie	272	↓2	40
19	Danny	268	↑10	46
20	Kenneth	266	↑1	15
21	George	254	↓3	16
22	Joe	253	↓2	37
23	Michael	237	↑1	7
24	Tommy	227	↑1	77
25	Ronnie	220	↑7	54
26	Roy	210	↓3	43
27	Paul	203	↓5	18
28	Eddie	172	↑2	85
29	Harold	172	↓3	33
30	Carl	154	↓2	39
31	Edward	150	↓4	19
32	Henry	145	↓1	41
33	Roger	132	↑5	23
34	Dennis	129	↑13	17
35	Joseph	119	↑8	14
36	Walter	118	↓2	30
37	Jimmie	115	↓1	>100
38	Don	113	↑3	79
39	Terry	112	new	26
40	Albert	111	↓5	52
41	Bill	110	↓2	72
42	Jim	110	new	73
43	Raymond	104	↓10	25
44	Jackie	96	new	>100
45	Frank	95	↓8	22
46	Wayne	93	–	29
47	Arthur	92	↑3	36
48	Lawrence	92	new	31
49	Gerald	91	↓9	27
50	Jack	89	new	35

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