Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1955

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1955 were Mary for girls (681 babies) and James for boys (1,099). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,770 babies born in Arkansas in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1955

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: 32 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Flora: 36 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ruthie: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Delois: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Essie: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ora: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Frankie: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mae: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Earnestine: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Theodis: 15 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Loyd: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Unknown: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Freddy: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Troy: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Doyle: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Donny: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rickey: 161 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Earnest: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Billy: 283 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	681	–	1
2	Linda	661	–	3
3	Deborah	505	–	2
4	Brenda	461	–	18
5	Patricia	452	–	6
6	Debra	417	↑1	4
7	Sandra	311	↑1	13
8	Donna	310	↑4	10
9	Sharon	310	↑1	16
10	Barbara	303	↓4	7
11	Carolyn	278	↓2	30
12	Shirley	260	↑1	37
13	Pamela	251	↑1	12
14	Betty	246	↓3	36
15	Susan	232	↑3	5
16	Kathy	228	↑4	22
17	Joyce	227	↑4	29
18	Karen	220	↓2	8
19	Judy	216	↓4	32
20	Nancy	208	↑3	9
21	Rebecca	197	↓4	27
22	Cynthia	194	↓3	11
23	Janice	191	↑1	25
24	Janet	184	↑6	20
25	Teresa	180	↑15	26
26	Marilyn	169	↓4	49
27	Beverly	154	↓2	34
28	Connie	154	↓1	35
29	Martha	152	↓3	53
30	Sherry	150	↑2	56
31	Dorothy	147	↓3	64
32	Elizabeth	142	↑4	21
33	Paula	141	new	39
34	Gloria	138	↓1	47
35	Peggy	137	↓6	51
36	Vickie	128	↑1	68
37	Carol	127	↑1	15
38	Cheryl	125	new	19
39	Rose	118	↑8	54
40	Jo	116	↓9	58
41	Sheila	116	new	57
42	Cathy	112	↑2	44
43	Glenda	111	↓1	>100
44	Diane	109	↓3	14
45	Doris	107	↑3	>100
46	Rita	107	↓7	72
47	Margaret	106	↓13	24
48	Vicki	106	↓13	52
49	Rhonda	102	↓3	71
50	Debbie	101	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	1,099	–	3
2	David	642	↑1	2
3	Robert	641	↓1	4
4	John	609	↑1	5
5	Michael	606	↑1	1
6	Charles	564	↑1	11
7	Larry	547	↓3	19
8	William	541	–	6
9	Gary	447	–	12
10	Jerry	349	↑1	33
11	Richard	314	↓1	7
12	Kenneth	285	↑7	15
13	Billy	283	–	69
14	Donald	270	↓2	14
15	Thomas	268	–	8
16	Ricky	263	↑6	46
17	Terry	262	–	28
18	Danny	246	↓4	45
19	Jimmy	242	↓1	78
20	Bobby	237	↓4	75
21	Steven	227	↑2	10
22	Johnny	225	↓1	55
23	Randy	217	↑5	30
24	Ronald	209	↓4	18
25	Dennis	200	↑1	23
26	Mark	190	↑9	9
27	Paul	188	–	16
28	Willie	183	↓4	54
29	George	181	–	26
30	Stephen	174	↓5	21
31	Joe	172	↑2	68
32	Ronnie	169	↓2	80
33	Rickey	161	↑6	>100
34	Carl	149	↑3	47
35	Edward	145	↑1	25
36	Joseph	141	↑4	13
37	Roger	138	↓6	37
38	Tommy	136	↓6	>100
39	Roy	133	↓5	58
40	Eddie	127	↓2	92
41	Gregory	118	new	24
42	Harold	109	↓1	63
43	Timothy	109	↑4	22
44	Phillip	98	↑4	74
45	Henry	94	↓2	61
46	Raymond	94	↓4	36
47	Walter	93	new	51
48	Jackie	92	new	>100
49	Stanley	92	↑1	64
50	Bruce	89	new	32

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