Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1949

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,313 babies) and James for boys (1,495). Social Security records list 44,968 babies born in Arkansas in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1949

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

Girls

Erma: 67 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ruthie: 43 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Pearlie: 35 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Delois: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dorthy: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Unknown: 38 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Earlene: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jimmie: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ollie: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Melba: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Coy: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Charley: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Freddy: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Troy: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Loyd: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carroll: 43 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jimmy: 432 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Freddie: 113 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Doyle: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Odell: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,313	–	1
2	Mary	1,017	–	2
3	Brenda	640	↑1	13
4	Barbara	553	↓1	4
5	Shirley	549	↑3	18
6	Carolyn	540	↓1	17
7	Patricia	485	↓1	3
8	Betty	461	↓1	22
9	Judy	424	↑1	20
10	Sandra	394	↑1	6
11	Sharon	347	↓2	10
12	Donna	281	–	12
13	Joyce	277	–	26
14	Dorothy	273	–	32
15	Martha	237	↑1	34
16	Nancy	228	↓1	7
17	Margaret	219	–	14
18	Peggy	207	–	38
19	Gloria	200	↑1	29
20	Glenda	191	↑5	87
21	Beverly	187	↑16	31
22	Wanda	185	–	56
23	Carol	184	↓4	8
24	Janice	184	↑2	24
25	Patsy	180	↓2	>100
26	Rebecca	180	↑5	40
27	Phyllis	178	↓3	50
28	Susan	178	↑4	5
29	Karen	177	↓1	11
30	Deborah	170	↑18	15
31	Doris	163	↓1	69
32	Helen	163	↓11	46
33	Elizabeth	156	–	25
34	Alice	151	↑11	53
35	Pamela	149	↑1	21
36	Connie	142	↑6	43
37	Frances	135	↓2	49
38	Ruby	135	↓4	>100
39	Virginia	132	↓12	39
40	Charlotte	127	–	71
41	Kathy	127	new	42
42	Marilyn	125	↓13	33
43	Janet	124	–	23
44	Judith	117	–	16
45	Jo	113	↓6	60
46	Sherry	109	–	68
47	Diane	103	new	19
48	Paula	100	↑1	55
49	Evelyn	97	↓2	80
50	Rita	95	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	1,495	–	1
2	Larry	871	–	10
3	John	793	↑1	3
4	Robert	759	↓1	2
5	Charles	740	–	9
6	William	691	–	4
7	David	591	↑1	6
8	Jerry	565	↓1	23
9	Gary	521	–	12
10	Michael	460	↑2	5
11	Jimmy	432	↓1	53
12	Billy	374	↓1	57
13	Donald	355	↑1	13
14	Richard	345	↓1	7
15	Thomas	328	↑1	8
16	Kenneth	319	↑4	15
17	Johnny	303	↑5	49
18	Danny	296	↑1	40
19	Ronald	283	↓4	11
20	George	272	↑3	18
21	Bobby	270	↓4	67
22	Willie	266	↓4	41
23	Ronnie	210	↓2	65
24	Joe	203	–	52
25	Tommy	197	↑1	84
26	Roger	182	↑3	25
27	Paul	177	–	17
28	Harold	173	↑2	42
29	Eddie	170	↓1	80
30	Roy	169	↓5	51
31	Edward	166	↑2	21
32	Dennis	158	–	16
33	Carl	152	↑2	43
34	Terry	149	↓3	28
35	Phillip	122	↑4	66
36	Henry	117	–	46
37	Stephen	117	new	19
38	Raymond	114	↓1	30
39	Freddie	113	new	>100
40	Walter	113	–	37
41	Joseph	106	↓7	14
42	Jackie	102	↑5	>100
43	Lee	100	new	93
44	Jimmie	94	↓6	>100
45	Samuel	94	↑4	62
46	Arthur	91	↓2	44
47	Daniel	91	new	22
48	Don	89	↓6	98
49	Jack	89	new	47
50	Floyd	86	new	>100

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