Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1958

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1958 were Mary for girls (550 babies) and James for boys (940). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,672 babies born in Arkansas in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1958

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: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Unknown: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Erma: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ruthie: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mae: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Diann: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sharron: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bobbie: 53 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mattie: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Ivory: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Unknown: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Travis: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sammie: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Rickey: 192 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Earnest: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Doyle: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Freddy: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Billy: 280 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elvis: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	550	–	1
2	Linda	488	–	3
3	Brenda	399	–	16
4	Patricia	372	↑2	5
5	Debra	353	↓1	6
6	Deborah	325	↓1	7
7	Karen	322	↑3	4
8	Barbara	311	↑1	9
9	Kathy	308	↑6	14
10	Donna	301	↓3	10
11	Sandra	291	↑3	15
12	Cynthia	289	↓1	8
13	Pamela	280	↓1	11
14	Sharon	267	↓6	17
15	Susan	238	↑2	2
16	Carolyn	231	↓3	37
17	Debbie	217	↑5	24
18	Teresa	205	↓2	26
19	Judy	192	↑2	36
20	Lisa	184	↑19	19
21	Shirley	179	↓3	52
22	Rebecca	173	↓3	41
23	Joyce	168	–	46
24	Janet	160	↑4	28
25	Betty	159	↓5	54
26	Nancy	156	↓2	12
27	Elizabeth	153	↑2	22
28	Cheryl	150	↑6	13
29	Carol	147	↓3	20
30	Janice	137	↓5	35
31	Connie	134	↑5	50
32	Peggy	132	↑17	42
33	Sheila	129	↓1	59
34	Sherry	125	↓3	67
35	Tammy	125	new	44
36	Phyllis	122	↑14	94
37	Paula	121	↑5	53
38	Marilyn	120	↓11	96
39	Vickie	120	↓6	75
40	Cindy	117	↓5	25
41	Rhonda	117	↓4	48
42	Cathy	116	↑3	34
43	Dorothy	116	↑3	86
44	Beverly	112	↓14	55
45	Rita	104	↑3	88
46	Martha	99	↓5	69
47	Wanda	98	↓3	66
48	Terri	92	new	51
49	Annette	91	new	76
50	Diane	90	↓12	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	940	–	3
2	David	672	–	2
3	Michael	672	–	1
4	Robert	571	↑1	4
5	John	566	↓1	5
6	Charles	477	–	11
7	William	462	–	6
8	Larry	424	–	22
9	Ricky	346	↑8	34
10	Jerry	333	↑1	35
11	Terry	321	↓2	33
12	Gary	316	↓2	17
13	Kenneth	316	↓1	14
14	Mark	295	↓1	7
15	Richard	284	↓1	8
16	Billy	280	↓1	64
17	Donald	256	↓1	18
18	Jimmy	241	↑3	73
19	Ronald	236	↑3	19
20	Bobby	231	↓1	69
21	Randy	228	↓3	32
22	Danny	215	↑2	45
23	Steven	212	–	10
24	Paul	206	↑6	15
25	Thomas	205	↓5	9
26	Dennis	192	↓1	29
27	Rickey	192	–	>100
28	Johnny	190	↓2	61
29	Willie	175	–	70
30	Timothy	174	↑3	13
31	Stephen	160	↑8	26
32	Ronnie	157	↓4	66
33	Joe	150	↓1	56
34	Tony	147	↑10	57
35	Gregory	141	↑2	23
36	Tommy	137	↓1	>100
37	George	133	↓3	31
38	Mike	123	new	40
39	Anthony	122	new	27
40	Eddie	122	↓2	100
41	Steve	121	–	44
42	Roger	113	↓11	47
43	Joseph	106	↓1	12
44	Keith	106	↑3	37
45	Carl	103	↓9	51
46	Edward	100	↓6	28
47	Randall	92	new	62
48	Roy	92	↓5	75
49	Bruce	90	↓3	36
50	Calvin	89	new	>100

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