Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1947

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,418 babies) and James for boys (1,622). Social Security records list 47,392 babies born in Arkansas in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1947

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

Girls

Earnestine: 47 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dorthy: 30 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Erma: 58 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Francis: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Freda: 42 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Delois: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ruthie: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Melba: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ora: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ola: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Theodis: 16 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Odis: 20 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Doyle: 61 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Johnie: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Troy: 56 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Charley: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Freddy: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Odell: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sammie: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loyd: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,418	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,188	↓1	2
3	Barbara	656	–	4
4	Carolyn	613	–	15
5	Betty	607	–	17
6	Patricia	543	↑1	3
7	Brenda	487	↑2	21
8	Shirley	482	↓2	19
9	Sharon	437	↑1	9
10	Judy	429	↓2	14
11	Sandra	403	–	5
12	Dorothy	344	–	26
13	Donna	314	↑1	10
14	Joyce	304	↓1	20
15	Peggy	252	↑5	42
16	Margaret	244	↑1	16
17	Phyllis	235	↑11	37
18	Nancy	234	↑3	7
19	Carol	232	↓1	6
20	Martha	230	↓5	32
21	Janice	218	↑1	22
22	Patsy	213	↓3	87
23	Wanda	208	↓7	66
24	Gloria	206	–	27
25	Glenda	175	↓2	96
26	Doris	174	↑1	58
27	Elizabeth	174	↑9	25
28	Rebecca	171	↑14	52
29	Helen	162	↓4	38
30	Jo	160	↓1	51
31	Marilyn	159	↑2	29
32	Virginia	156	↓6	34
33	Judith	155	↓2	12
34	Alice	154	↓4	47
35	Karen	144	↑5	13
36	Ruby	133	↓2	>100
37	Beverly	130	↓5	31
38	Frances	130	↓3	39
39	Norma	128	↑5	82
40	Charlotte	126	↑7	68
41	Bonnie	122	↓4	35
42	Susan	119	↑1	8
43	Ruth	118	↓4	44
44	Sherry	118	↑4	67
45	Connie	116	↓4	43
46	Janet	113	–	23
47	Bobbie	110	↓9	>100
48	Emma	101	new	>100
49	Ann	99	–	41
50	Evelyn	92	–	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	1,622	–	1
2	Larry	920	↑1	10
3	John	880	↑2	3
4	Robert	832	–	2
5	Charles	797	↓3	9
6	William	733	↑1	4
7	Jerry	706	↓1	20
8	David	563	–	6
9	Gary	517	↑3	12
10	Jimmy	483	↓1	44
11	Billy	437	↓1	51
12	Richard	375	↓1	5
13	Donald	360	↑1	13
14	Bobby	354	↓1	60
15	Michael	340	↑8	7
16	Thomas	334	↓1	8
17	Ronald	320	–	11
18	Johnny	316	↓2	49
19	Willie	300	↓1	42
20	Kenneth	296	–	15
21	George	286	–	16
22	Danny	285	↓3	39
23	Tommy	259	↑1	79
24	Joe	253	↓2	43
25	Ronnie	236	–	61
26	Paul	200	↑1	18
27	Eddie	192	↑1	80
28	Harold	191	↑1	35
29	Roy	189	↓3	48
30	Edward	179	↑1	19
31	Carl	167	↓1	40
32	Terry	160	↑7	26
33	Henry	150	↓1	46
34	Roger	148	↓1	25
35	Dennis	142	↓1	17
36	Joseph	130	↓1	14
37	Raymond	120	↑6	27
38	Wayne	115	↑8	30
39	Jimmie	113	↓2	>100
40	Walter	111	↓4	34
41	Bill	109	–	76
42	Jackie	107	↑2	>100
43	Curtis	105	new	99
44	Jack	103	↑6	37
45	Don	102	↓7	86
46	Arthur	100	↑1	38
47	Lee	100	new	92
48	Lonnie	99	new	>100
49	Phillip	99	new	74
50	Albert	98	↓10	55

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