Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1951

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1951 were Linda for girls (984 babies) and James for boys (1,368). Social Security records list 42,636 babies born in Arkansas in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1951

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

Girls

Ruthie: 39 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Erma: 46 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Dorthy: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Delois: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 32 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lottie: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Eddie: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Joe: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bettye: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 37 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Donny: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Odell: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rickey: 109 babies, 6× the national rate
Earnest: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freddy: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Loyd: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Troy: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Doyle: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billy: 314 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	984	–	1
2	Mary	893	–	2
3	Brenda	603	–	14
4	Patricia	524	↑1	3
5	Carolyn	473	↑2	22
6	Barbara	465	↓2	5
7	Deborah	447	↑5	4
8	Betty	384	–	29
9	Shirley	368	↓3	27
10	Judy	348	–	26
11	Sandra	346	↓2	9
12	Sharon	345	↓1	13
13	Donna	297	–	12
14	Joyce	259	↑2	28
15	Martha	233	↑3	38
16	Susan	220	↑12	6
17	Rebecca	212	↑12	32
18	Nancy	211	↓4	7
19	Janice	206	↓2	21
20	Pamela	205	↑10	16
21	Dorothy	203	↓6	42
22	Karen	194	↓1	8
23	Peggy	194	↓4	40
24	Margaret	177	↓1	17
25	Gloria	170	↓3	31
26	Phyllis	170	↓2	57
27	Wanda	166	–	52
28	Carol	161	↓8	11
29	Elizabeth	159	↑3	23
30	Kathy	158	↑4	35
31	Janet	157	↑6	19
32	Connie	148	↓6	44
33	Glenda	148	↓2	89
34	Beverly	143	↓9	33
35	Debra	141	new	18
36	Marilyn	141	↑4	41
37	Helen	138	↑2	54
38	Doris	133	–	80
39	Virginia	123	↓6	47
40	Alice	122	↓4	62
41	Jo	116	–	67
42	Rose	116	new	65
43	Patsy	112	↓8	>100
44	Sherry	112	↓2	70
45	Ruby	111	–	>100
46	Charlotte	109	↓2	84
47	Paula	106	↓4	51
48	Bobbie	103	new	>100
49	Annie	97	new	>100
50	Evelyn	95	↓1	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,368	–	1
2	Larry	865	–	11
3	Robert	728	–	2
4	John	699	–	3
5	William	694	↑1	6
6	Charles	693	↓1	9
7	David	647	–	5
8	Michael	580	↑1	4
9	Jerry	503	↓1	24
10	Gary	468	–	10
11	Richard	390	↑1	7
12	Thomas	318	↑2	8
13	Kenneth	317	↑5	16
14	Ronald	315	↓3	12
15	Billy	314	↓2	64
16	Jimmy	306	↓1	62
17	Donald	302	–	15
18	Danny	287	↓2	41
19	Johnny	258	↑2	50
20	Willie	250	↓1	45
21	Dennis	247	↑6	17
22	Bobby	220	↓2	77
23	George	218	↓1	22
24	Joe	196	↓1	57
25	Roy	195	↑5	52
26	Roger	191	–	29
27	Paul	189	↑1	18
28	Terry	189	↓4	30
29	Tommy	178	–	94
30	Ronnie	176	↓5	82
31	Edward	170	↑2	23
32	Carl	144	↑4	43
33	Eddie	137	↓2	89
34	Joseph	134	↑1	14
35	Henry	133	↑2	47
36	Harold	131	↓2	46
37	Stephen	121	↓5	19
38	Steven	120	↑5	13
39	Phillip	114	–	79
40	Rickey	109	↑7	>100
41	Raymond	103	↑4	32
42	Ricky	103	new	>100
43	Calvin	97	new	>100
44	Walter	97	↓6	42
45	Lee	95	↓1	92
46	Samuel	95	↓6	67
47	Jackie	94	new	>100
48	Daniel	93	new	21
49	Randy	92	new	56
50	Freddie	88	↓1	>100

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