Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1960

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1960 were Mary for girls (478 babies) and James for boys (862). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,084 babies born in Arkansas in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1960

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, 11.3× the national rate
Erma: 19 babies, 9× the national rate
Earnestine: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Bobbie: 50 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ruby: 60 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rosie: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Willie: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lillie: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lola: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patsy: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 149 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Carroll: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Earnest: 32 babies, 6× the national rate
Stevie: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Otis: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 251 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Freddie: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dewayne: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Billy: 238 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jessie: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	478	–	1
2	Linda	413	–	3
3	Donna	403	↑1	5
4	Brenda	378	↓1	13
5	Lisa	359	↑11	6
6	Karen	343	↑1	4
7	Patricia	311	↓2	7
8	Sandra	297	↑1	11
9	Debra	294	↓3	8
10	Cynthia	278	–	9
11	Pamela	255	↑3	14
12	Teresa	255	↑5	19
13	Barbara	254	↓1	12
14	Deborah	242	↓6	10
15	Sharon	226	↓4	16
16	Debbie	220	↓1	24
17	Kathy	216	↓4	21
18	Susan	214	–	2
19	Tammy	196	↑1	31
20	Carolyn	185	↓1	43
21	Janet	166	↑6	32
22	Rhonda	166	↑10	44
23	Janice	153	↑1	41
24	Betty	152	↓3	68
25	Cindy	151	↑4	30
26	Shirley	151	↓4	70
27	Connie	150	↓4	47
28	Sheila	150	↓3	56
29	Beverly	146	↓1	60
30	Joyce	142	↑1	58
31	Sherry	141	↑2	54
32	Elizabeth	140	↑3	18
33	Carol	139	↑5	23
34	Cheryl	138	↑2	17
35	Nancy	127	↓5	15
36	Rebecca	127	↓10	38
37	Angela	124	new	50
38	Judy	124	↓4	48
39	Kimberly	121	new	26
40	Paula	110	↑4	55
41	Martha	108	↑2	83
42	Robin	108	new	33
43	Tina	106	new	45
44	Terri	104	new	49
45	Phyllis	101	↓4	>100
46	Laura	99	↑2	25
47	Wanda	99	↓7	66
48	Melissa	96	new	>100
49	Cathy	92	↓10	46
50	Marilyn	92	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	862	–	3
2	David	703	–	1
3	Michael	655	–	2
4	John	548	↑1	4
5	Robert	542	↓1	5
6	Charles	475	–	13
7	William	440	–	7
8	Mark	373	–	6
9	Terry	311	↑4	34
10	Kenneth	302	–	16
11	Larry	280	–	28
12	Jerry	269	↑2	37
13	Richard	264	↓1	8
14	Gary	258	↑2	22
15	Ricky	254	↓6	38
16	Jimmy	251	↑3	69
17	Billy	238	↓2	67
18	Timothy	222	↓1	11
19	Donald	215	↑3	19
20	Bobby	210	–	73
21	Steven	208	↓3	10
22	Thomas	202	↓1	9
23	Randy	196	–	32
24	Johnny	191	↑2	65
25	Danny	188	↑5	48
26	Tony	187	↑6	52
27	Ronald	177	–	21
28	Paul	167	↓3	18
29	Gregory	166	–	24
30	Dennis	162	↓6	31
31	Rickey	149	↓3	>100
32	Joe	145	↓1	57
33	Anthony	141	↑8	25
34	Willie	140	↑3	81
35	Mike	139	↑12	36
36	George	127	↑4	33
37	Carl	126	↑1	53
38	Kevin	126	new	15
39	Stephen	125	↓5	27
40	Tommy	125	↓1	>100
41	Edward	122	↑3	26
42	Ronnie	120	↓9	87
43	Eddie	117	↓8	>100
44	Roger	114	↓8	47
45	Roy	113	↓3	80
46	Phillip	105	↑2	66
47	Steve	105	↓1	43
48	Keith	103	↓3	35
49	Joseph	100	↓6	12
50	Randall	98	new	59

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