Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1948

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,424 babies) and James for boys (1,512). Social Security records list 45,286 babies born in Arkansas in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1948

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

Girls

Ora: 34 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 41 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Delois: 32 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Freddie: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Pearlie: 32 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Erma: 53 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dorthy: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Reba: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bobbie: 119 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rosie: 85 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Theodis: 16 babies, 25× the national rate
Coy: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Johnie: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Doyle: 42 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Freddy: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Travis: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Odell: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Troy: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Carroll: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Junior: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,424	–	1
2	Mary	1,132	–	2
3	Barbara	640	–	3
4	Brenda	555	↑3	17
5	Carolyn	552	↓1	14
6	Patricia	530	–	4
7	Betty	522	↓2	18
8	Shirley	437	–	20
9	Sharon	416	–	9
10	Judy	414	–	16
11	Sandra	392	–	6
12	Donna	294	↑1	11
13	Joyce	290	↑1	21
14	Dorothy	275	↓2	29
15	Nancy	245	↑3	7
16	Martha	244	↑4	32
17	Margaret	231	↓1	13
18	Peggy	224	↓3	38
19	Carol	213	–	8
20	Gloria	207	↑4	28
21	Helen	199	↑8	40
22	Wanda	197	↑1	57
23	Patsy	187	↓1	98
24	Phyllis	185	↓7	46
25	Glenda	184	–	92
26	Janice	172	↓5	23
27	Virginia	171	↑5	36
28	Karen	162	↑7	12
29	Marilyn	161	↑2	33
30	Doris	156	↓4	64
31	Rebecca	155	↓3	50
32	Susan	152	↑10	5
33	Elizabeth	147	↓6	26
34	Ruby	138	↑2	>100
35	Frances	136	↑3	42
36	Pamela	135	new	22
37	Beverly	126	–	31
38	Ruth	125	↑5	45
39	Jo	124	↓9	56
40	Charlotte	121	–	69
41	Bobbie	119	↑6	>100
42	Connie	119	↑3	43
43	Janet	114	↑3	24
44	Judith	113	↓11	15
45	Alice	110	↓11	49
46	Sherry	110	↓2	61
47	Evelyn	102	↑3	74
48	Deborah	100	new	30
49	Paula	96	new	52
50	Bonnie	92	↓9	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	1,512	–	1
2	Larry	957	–	11
3	Robert	777	↑1	2
4	John	732	↓1	3
5	Charles	711	–	9
6	William	698	–	4
7	Jerry	584	–	21
8	David	528	–	5
9	Gary	462	–	12
10	Jimmy	412	–	50
11	Billy	371	–	53
12	Michael	369	↑3	6
13	Richard	351	↓1	7
14	Donald	349	↓1	14
15	Ronald	344	↑2	10
16	Thomas	343	–	8
17	Bobby	305	↓3	62
18	Willie	293	↑1	40
19	Danny	289	↑3	39
20	Kenneth	282	–	15
21	Ronnie	276	↑4	59
22	Johnny	271	↓4	52
23	George	264	↓2	16
24	Joe	236	–	47
25	Roy	231	↑4	49
26	Tommy	221	↓3	79
27	Paul	195	↓1	18
28	Eddie	181	↓1	78
29	Roger	177	↑5	24
30	Harold	164	↓2	36
31	Terry	163	↑1	26
32	Dennis	154	↑3	17
33	Edward	146	↓3	19
34	Joseph	143	↑2	13
35	Carl	140	↓4	42
36	Henry	125	↓3	45
37	Raymond	124	–	27
38	Jimmie	122	↑1	>100
39	Phillip	117	↑10	69
40	Walter	117	–	35
41	Frank	104	new	25
42	Don	95	↑3	91
43	Wayne	92	↓5	34
44	Arthur	91	↑2	44
45	Clarence	91	new	87
46	Bill	89	↓5	84
47	Jackie	89	↓5	>100
48	Gerald	86	new	30
49	Samuel	85	new	70
50	Albert	84	–	55

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