Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1953

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1953 were Linda for girls (780 babies) and James for boys (1,199). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,366 babies born in Arkansas in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1953

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

Girls

Dorthy: 20 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Freddie: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Delois: 24 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Pearlie: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Erma: 38 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 24 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bettye: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Essie: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Unknown: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Stevie: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Donny: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Loyd: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Travis: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Unknown: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Earnest: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Troy: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carroll: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jessie: 58 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Billy: 310 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	780	–	2
2	Mary	764	–	1
3	Deborah	581	↑1	3
4	Brenda	495	↓1	18
5	Patricia	447	–	4
6	Barbara	403	–	6
7	Carolyn	350	↑1	25
8	Sharon	327	↑4	15
9	Shirley	322	–	29
10	Debra	320	↑6	7
11	Betty	312	↓4	33
12	Sandra	300	↓1	11
13	Judy	290	↓3	27
14	Donna	255	↓1	13
15	Pamela	241	–	10
16	Karen	238	↑2	9
17	Joyce	236	–	26
18	Susan	229	↑4	5
19	Rebecca	212	↓5	24
20	Nancy	207	↓1	8
21	Marilyn	194	↑20	36
22	Janice	192	↑2	22
23	Martha	191	↓2	41
24	Dorothy	186	↓1	49
25	Peggy	176	–	44
26	Kathy	173	↓6	23
27	Janet	165	↑5	19
28	Elizabeth	160	↑7	21
29	Margaret	158	–	20
30	Beverly	151	↑1	34
31	Cynthia	149	↑3	12
32	Carol	148	↓5	16
33	Connie	144	↑4	47
34	Gloria	135	↓6	38
35	Wanda	135	↓5	57
36	Phyllis	134	↑2	69
37	Helen	124	↑12	65
38	Doris	122	↑6	87
39	Paula	122	↑3	40
40	Jo	119	↓7	54
41	Glenda	117	↓15	>100
42	Rita	117	new	64
43	Virginia	108	↓3	53
44	Teresa	102	new	42
45	Vicki	100	↑5	61
46	Diane	99	↑2	17
47	Sherry	99	↓8	70
48	Vickie	99	↓2	79
49	Alice	96	↓2	73
50	Cathy	94	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	1,199	–	2
2	Robert	719	↑2	1
3	David	656	↑2	5
4	Michael	652	↑3	3
5	Larry	649	↓2	18
6	John	642	↓4	4
7	Charles	622	↓1	9
8	William	552	–	6
9	Gary	430	–	10
10	Jerry	405	–	29
11	Richard	364	–	7
12	Thomas	311	–	8
13	Billy	310	–	65
14	Donald	304	↑3	14
15	Danny	292	↓1	41
16	Kenneth	274	↓1	17
17	Jimmy	266	↓1	72
18	Ronald	263	–	15
19	Bobby	256	↑1	74
20	Johnny	256	↑1	52
21	Dennis	218	↑2	19
22	Terry	214	–	30
23	Roger	201	↑5	31
24	Willie	193	↓5	49
25	Paul	190	↓1	16
26	Ricky	185	↑8	51
27	Steven	183	↑6	11
28	Joe	181	↓1	66
29	George	180	↓4	22
30	Ronnie	178	↓4	79
31	Tommy	165	↓1	95
32	Roy	161	↓3	55
33	Stephen	152	↓2	21
34	Edward	150	↓2	23
35	Carl	149	↑2	44
36	Randy	137	↑2	35
37	Mark	135	↑8	12
38	Rickey	130	↑2	>100
39	Harold	127	↑3	56
40	Joseph	126	↓4	13
41	Daniel	122	↓2	20
42	Phillip	116	↑5	76
43	Henry	104	↓2	54
44	Eddie	102	↓9	97
45	Raymond	93	↑1	34
46	Melvin	90	new	91
47	Stanley	90	new	62
48	Curtis	87	new	86
49	Calvin	86	new	>100
50	Timothy	81	new	26

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