Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1957

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1957 were Mary for girls (670 babies) and James for boys (960). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,925 babies born in Arkansas in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1957

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: 23 babies, 10× the national rate
Ruthie: 27 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Unknown: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mae: 29 babies, 7× the national rate
Erma: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lula: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rosie: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Frankie: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bobbie: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gayla: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 30 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Troy: 52 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Earnest: 36 babies, 6× the national rate
Rickey: 193 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bennie: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jessie: 52 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jackie: 81 babies, 5× the national rate
Billy: 285 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doyle: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ronny: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	670	–	1
2	Linda	526	–	3
3	Brenda	479	↑3	13
4	Debra	424	–	4
5	Deborah	398	↓2	6
6	Patricia	389	↓1	8
7	Donna	326	↑2	10
8	Sharon	326	↓1	14
9	Barbara	320	↓1	9
10	Karen	303	↑2	5
11	Cynthia	299	↑3	7
12	Pamela	283	↑1	12
13	Carolyn	274	↓3	33
14	Sandra	273	↓3	15
15	Kathy	241	↑4	20
16	Teresa	241	↑5	24
17	Susan	238	–	2
18	Shirley	218	↓2	46
19	Rebecca	213	↑1	34
20	Betty	199	↓5	50
21	Judy	198	↑2	38
22	Debbie	190	↑16	27
23	Joyce	174	↓5	40
24	Nancy	162	–	11
25	Janice	160	↑1	32
26	Carol	157	↑4	18
27	Marilyn	153	↑6	82
28	Janet	148	↓6	23
29	Elizabeth	147	↓2	22
30	Beverly	142	↓2	48
31	Sherry	138	–	55
32	Sheila	136	new	58
33	Vickie	131	↑1	70
34	Cheryl	130	↓2	16
35	Cindy	129	new	19
36	Connie	123	↓11	47
37	Rhonda	123	↑12	52
38	Diane	121	↓1	17
39	Lisa	119	new	26
40	Vicki	119	↑2	51
41	Martha	118	↓6	63
42	Paula	118	↓2	49
43	Gloria	114	↑2	66
44	Wanda	113	↓8	59
45	Cathy	112	↓1	39
46	Dorothy	110	↓17	74
47	Doris	105	↓1	>100
48	Rita	105	↓1	78
49	Peggy	104	↓10	62
50	Phyllis	103	↓9	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	960	–	2
2	David	691	–	3
3	Michael	636	–	1
4	John	635	↑1	5
5	Robert	591	↓1	4
6	Charles	531	↑1	11
7	William	466	↓1	6
8	Larry	424	–	22
9	Terry	357	↑6	33
10	Gary	348	↓1	13
11	Jerry	346	↓1	35
12	Kenneth	343	–	14
13	Mark	334	↑5	7
14	Richard	309	↓3	8
15	Billy	285	↓2	64
16	Donald	272	↓2	15
17	Ricky	266	↑8	40
18	Randy	255	↓2	31
19	Bobby	244	↑5	78
20	Thomas	244	↓3	9
21	Jimmy	241	↑2	77
22	Ronald	241	↓1	17
23	Steven	229	↓4	10
24	Danny	216	↓4	45
25	Dennis	209	↑1	28
26	Johnny	202	↓4	61
27	Rickey	193	↑3	>100
28	Ronnie	192	↑3	73
29	Willie	191	↑4	63
30	Paul	168	↓1	18
31	Roger	165	↑10	42
32	Joe	151	↓4	57
33	Timothy	149	↑9	19
34	George	146	↑5	29
35	Tommy	143	↑3	>100
36	Carl	140	↓4	49
37	Gregory	138	↑3	23
38	Eddie	133	↓2	95
39	Stephen	133	↓12	24
40	Edward	128	↓6	25
41	Steve	114	↑4	44
42	Joseph	113	↓7	12
43	Roy	112	↓6	65
44	Tony	108	new	71
45	Phillip	104	↑5	79
46	Bruce	98	–	34
47	Keith	95	new	36
48	Douglas	93	↓1	30
49	Daniel	91	↓6	16
50	Stanley	91	↓2	81

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