Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1952

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1952 were Linda for girls (951 babies) and James for boys (1,271). Social Security records list 41,363 babies born in Arkansas in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1952

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

Girls

Delois: 34 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Erma: 41 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Joe: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Earnestine: 30 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Rosie: 73 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jewel: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bettye: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Melba: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Unknown: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Ivory: 19 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Unknown: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kenny: 40 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Sammie: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 39 babies, 6× the national rate
Doyle: 37 babies, 6× the national rate
Freddy: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sammy: 47 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Billy: 320 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Troy: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	951	–	1
2	Mary	840	–	2
3	Brenda	585	–	15
4	Deborah	551	↑3	4
5	Patricia	482	↓1	3
6	Barbara	398	–	6
7	Betty	372	↑1	32
8	Carolyn	368	↓3	24
9	Shirley	352	–	28
10	Judy	347	–	26
11	Sandra	343	–	10
12	Sharon	310	–	14
13	Donna	275	–	13
14	Rebecca	240	↑3	30
15	Pamela	234	↑5	17
16	Debra	232	↑19	9
17	Joyce	217	↓3	27
18	Karen	213	↑4	8
19	Nancy	213	↓1	7
20	Kathy	207	↑10	29
21	Martha	203	↓6	40
22	Susan	199	↓6	5
23	Dorothy	197	↓2	46
24	Janice	183	↓5	23
25	Peggy	173	↓2	43
26	Glenda	158	↑7	97
27	Carol	155	↑1	12
28	Gloria	154	↓3	36
29	Margaret	153	↓5	21
30	Wanda	148	↓3	54
31	Beverly	143	↑3	35
32	Janet	140	↓1	19
33	Jo	139	↑8	55
34	Cynthia	134	new	18
35	Elizabeth	133	↓6	22
36	Ruby	133	↑9	>100
37	Connie	132	↓5	44
38	Phyllis	128	↓12	65
39	Sherry	127	↑5	68
40	Virginia	127	↓1	49
41	Marilyn	126	↓5	38
42	Paula	123	↑5	47
43	Patsy	118	–	>100
44	Doris	117	↓6	83
45	Charlotte	113	↑1	89
46	Vickie	109	new	76
47	Alice	98	↓7	69
48	Diane	94	new	16
49	Helen	93	↓12	63
50	Vicki	93	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	1,271	–	1
2	John	726	↑2	3
3	Larry	702	↓1	14
4	Robert	695	↓1	2
5	David	654	↑2	5
6	Charles	643	–	9
7	Michael	638	↑1	4
8	William	617	↓3	6
9	Gary	491	↑1	10
10	Jerry	412	↓1	26
11	Richard	391	–	7
12	Thomas	333	–	8
13	Billy	320	↑2	65
14	Danny	316	↑4	40
15	Kenneth	294	↓2	16
16	Jimmy	289	–	72
17	Donald	286	–	13
18	Ronald	274	↓4	15
19	Willie	259	↑1	48
20	Bobby	247	↑2	77
21	Johnny	225	↓2	53
22	Terry	205	↑6	29
23	Dennis	201	↓2	18
24	Paul	198	↑3	19
25	George	197	↓2	22
26	Ronnie	184	↑4	82
27	Joe	183	↓3	62
28	Roger	169	↓2	30
29	Roy	168	↓4	55
30	Tommy	164	↓1	97
31	Stephen	163	↑6	21
32	Edward	157	↓1	23
33	Steven	156	↑5	11
34	Ricky	146	↑8	81
35	Eddie	135	↓2	93
36	Joseph	133	↓2	12
37	Carl	130	↓5	45
38	Randy	126	↑11	41
39	Daniel	122	↑9	20
40	Rickey	111	–	>100
41	Henry	108	↓6	50
42	Harold	104	↓6	51
43	Walter	97	↑1	44
44	Arthur	94	new	47
45	Mark	94	new	17
46	Raymond	94	↓5	33
47	Phillip	93	↓8	74
48	Frank	91	new	32
49	Jackie	88	↓2	>100
50	Lee	87	↓5	92

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