Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1959

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1959 were Mary for girls (502 babies) and James for boys (928). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,389 babies born in Arkansas in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1959

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: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Erma: 23 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Mae: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Reba: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bessie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rosie: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Minnie: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelia: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patsy: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Elvis: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Rickey: 181 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donny: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jackie: 72 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bennie: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Doyle: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billy: 279 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roosevelt: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jessie: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bobby: 228 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	502	–	1
2	Linda	465	–	3
3	Brenda	395	–	16
4	Donna	347	↑6	5
5	Patricia	341	↓1	6
6	Debra	318	↓1	7
7	Karen	312	–	4
8	Deborah	297	↓2	9
9	Sandra	285	↑2	13
10	Cynthia	281	↑2	8
11	Sharon	281	↑3	17
12	Barbara	277	↓4	11
13	Kathy	273	↓4	15
14	Pamela	273	↓1	12
15	Debbie	240	↑2	20
16	Lisa	227	↑4	10
17	Teresa	226	↑1	24
18	Susan	221	↓3	2
19	Carolyn	207	↓3	42
20	Tammy	179	↑15	31
21	Betty	174	↑4	59
22	Shirley	173	↓1	61
23	Connie	161	↑8	48
24	Janice	157	↑6	37
25	Sheila	153	↑8	52
26	Rebecca	151	↓4	38
27	Janet	148	↓3	28
28	Beverly	146	↑16	55
29	Cindy	146	↑11	25
30	Nancy	145	↓4	14
31	Joyce	139	↓8	50
32	Rhonda	135	↑9	45
33	Sherry	134	↑1	58
34	Judy	131	↓15	41
35	Elizabeth	126	↓8	21
36	Cheryl	120	↓8	18
37	Vickie	116	↑2	90
38	Carol	111	↓9	22
39	Cathy	111	↑3	39
40	Wanda	108	↑7	65
41	Phyllis	104	↓5	>100
42	Marilyn	103	↓4	>100
43	Martha	102	↑3	72
44	Paula	100	↓7	51
45	Becky	98	new	>100
46	Glenda	98	new	>100
47	Anita	94	new	87
48	Laura	94	new	30
49	Peggy	93	↓17	57
50	Dorothy	92	↓7	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	928	–	3
2	David	671	–	2
3	Michael	612	–	1
4	Robert	568	–	5
5	John	539	–	4
6	Charles	444	–	11
7	William	425	–	7
8	Mark	399	↑6	6
9	Ricky	360	–	34
10	Kenneth	352	↑3	15
11	Larry	335	↓3	25
12	Richard	310	↑3	8
13	Terry	302	↓2	33
14	Jerry	281	↓4	36
15	Billy	279	↑1	65
16	Gary	276	↓4	20
17	Timothy	243	↑13	12
18	Steven	236	↑5	10
19	Jimmy	229	↓1	69
20	Bobby	228	–	71
21	Thomas	227	↑4	9
22	Donald	212	↓5	19
23	Randy	208	↓2	31
24	Dennis	199	↑2	29
25	Paul	197	↓1	17
26	Johnny	196	↑2	64
27	Ronald	193	↓8	21
28	Rickey	181	↓1	>100
29	Gregory	163	↑6	23
30	Danny	162	↓8	48
31	Joe	146	↑2	57
32	Tony	144	↑2	53
33	Ronnie	140	↓1	77
34	Stephen	137	↓3	28
35	Eddie	136	↑5	>100
36	Roger	135	↑6	47
37	Willie	135	↓8	78
38	Carl	134	↑7	54
39	Tommy	134	↓3	>100
40	George	132	↓3	32
41	Anthony	121	↓2	26
42	Roy	120	↑6	81
43	Joseph	117	–	13
44	Edward	115	↑2	27
45	Keith	110	↓1	39
46	Steve	110	↓5	41
47	Mike	108	↓9	37
48	Phillip	104	new	74
49	Raymond	99	new	45
50	Douglas	98	new	30

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