Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1950

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1950 were Linda for girls (1,188 babies) and James for boys (1,429). Social Security records list 43,595 babies born in Arkansas in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1950

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

Girls

Freddie: 21 babies, 9× the national rate
Ruthie: 40 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Eddie: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Erma: 55 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Pearlie: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 38 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dorthy: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delois: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ola: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Melba: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Theodis: 15 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Ivory: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Unknown: 39 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Loyd: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ronny: 25 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Doyle: 44 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Travis: 31 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Sammie: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Thurman: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rickey: 88 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	1,188	–	1
2	Mary	974	–	2
3	Brenda	680	–	14
4	Barbara	523	–	4
5	Patricia	488	↑2	3
6	Shirley	456	↓1	19
7	Carolyn	450	↓1	20
8	Betty	443	–	26
9	Sandra	366	↑1	8
10	Judy	341	↓1	25
11	Sharon	338	–	11
12	Deborah	310	↑18	7
13	Donna	276	↓1	13
14	Nancy	258	↑2	6
15	Dorothy	249	↓1	35
16	Joyce	249	↓3	27
17	Janice	226	↑7	22
18	Martha	208	↓3	32
19	Peggy	191	↓1	41
20	Carol	190	↑3	9
21	Karen	189	↑8	12
22	Gloria	186	↓3	30
23	Margaret	178	↓6	15
24	Phyllis	178	↑3	53
25	Beverly	171	↓4	31
26	Connie	171	↑10	44
27	Wanda	170	↓5	52
28	Susan	168	–	5
29	Rebecca	167	↓3	36
30	Pamela	162	↑5	17
31	Glenda	160	↓11	87
32	Elizabeth	157	↑1	24
33	Virginia	156	↑6	43
34	Kathy	151	↑7	38
35	Patsy	151	↓10	>100
36	Alice	148	↓2	57
37	Janet	148	↑6	18
38	Doris	128	↓7	74
39	Helen	124	↓7	50
40	Marilyn	123	↑2	37
41	Jo	121	↑4	64
42	Sherry	121	↑4	62
43	Paula	120	↑5	54
44	Charlotte	117	↓4	80
45	Ruby	116	↓7	>100
46	Judith	112	↓2	21
47	Rita	110	↑3	56
48	Frances	109	↓11	51
49	Evelyn	107	–	86
50	Bonnie	104	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	1,429	–	1
2	Larry	900	–	11
3	Robert	743	↑1	2
4	John	729	↓1	3
5	Charles	712	–	9
6	William	652	–	6
7	David	539	–	5
8	Jerry	513	–	24
9	Michael	477	↑1	4
10	Gary	473	↓1	10
11	Ronald	361	↑8	12
12	Richard	357	↑2	7
13	Billy	346	↓1	57
14	Thomas	331	↑1	8
15	Jimmy	323	↓4	55
16	Danny	309	↑2	39
17	Donald	300	↓4	14
18	Kenneth	297	↓2	15
19	Willie	296	↑3	42
20	Bobby	287	↑1	65
21	Johnny	259	↓4	50
22	George	258	↓2	20
23	Joe	211	↑1	54
24	Terry	209	↑10	30
25	Ronnie	202	↓2	76
26	Roger	189	–	27
27	Dennis	183	↑5	17
28	Paul	177	↓1	18
29	Tommy	171	↓4	94
30	Roy	166	–	51
31	Eddie	159	↓2	89
32	Stephen	153	↑5	19
33	Edward	142	↓2	22
34	Harold	142	↓6	45
35	Joseph	132	↑6	13
36	Carl	118	↓3	44
37	Henry	117	↓1	47
38	Walter	106	↑2	40
39	Phillip	100	↓4	64
40	Samuel	98	↑5	62
41	Lonnie	97	new	>100
42	Jimmie	96	↑2	>100
43	Steven	96	new	16
44	Lee	95	↓1	91
45	Raymond	94	↓7	31
46	Jack	92	↑3	48
47	Rickey	88	new	>100
48	Curtis	87	new	97
49	Freddie	87	↓10	>100
50	Arthur	86	↓4	46

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