Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1961

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1961 were Mary for girls (442 babies) and James for boys (911). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,050 babies born in Arkansas in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1961

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: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Frankie: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Mae: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Robbie: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bobbie: 40 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Willie: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Lillie: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rosie: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelia: 72 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Doyle: 31 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Rickey: 128 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Travis: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jackie: 69 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Freddie: 59 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donny: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Billy: 252 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bobby: 224 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 225 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tommy: 128 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	442	–	1
2	Linda	402	–	4
3	Brenda	379	↑1	11
4	Lisa	361	↑1	2
5	Karen	299	↑1	5
6	Sandra	299	↑2	9
7	Donna	293	↓4	7
8	Patricia	291	↓1	6
9	Teresa	280	↑3	18
10	Debra	269	↓1	13
11	Cynthia	258	↓1	8
12	Sharon	255	↑3	17
13	Deborah	234	↑1	10
14	Pamela	231	↓3	15
15	Susan	209	↑3	3
16	Tammy	188	↑3	28
17	Debbie	187	↓1	31
18	Kathy	186	↓1	25
19	Barbara	185	↓6	12
20	Carolyn	173	–	42
21	Sherry	166	↑10	53
22	Sheila	165	↑6	59
23	Rhonda	154	↓1	46
24	Angela	153	↑13	38
25	Cheryl	149	↑9	20
26	Shirley	144	–	85
27	Rebecca	143	↑9	44
28	Janice	140	↓5	52
29	Kimberly	137	↑10	22
30	Cindy	136	↓5	33
31	Laura	136	↑15	21
32	Nancy	132	↑3	16
33	Elizabeth	130	↓1	19
34	Connie	128	↓7	50
35	Janet	127	↓14	32
36	Judy	120	↑2	58
37	Robin	120	↑5	27
38	Tina	120	↑5	41
39	Beverly	119	↓10	66
40	Terri	116	↑4	51
41	Betty	115	↓17	87
42	Carol	111	↓9	24
43	Joyce	110	↓13	62
44	Paula	109	↓4	60
45	Carla	103	new	77
46	Vickie	101	new	>100
47	Jacqueline	98	new	37
48	Martha	96	↓7	81
49	Marilyn	92	↑1	>100
50	Phyllis	92	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	911	–	4
2	David	706	–	2
3	Michael	655	–	1
4	Robert	579	↑1	5
5	John	545	↓1	3
6	Charles	430	–	13
7	William	408	–	7
8	Mark	388	–	6
9	Kenneth	294	↑1	16
10	Larry	272	↑1	30
11	Ricky	271	↑4	44
12	Jerry	270	–	37
13	Gary	269	↑1	21
14	Billy	252	↑3	68
15	Terry	252	↓6	32
16	Steven	238	↑5	10
17	Richard	233	↓4	8
18	Timothy	230	–	15
19	Jimmy	225	↓3	71
20	Bobby	224	–	76
21	Gregory	210	↑8	23
22	Donald	198	↓3	22
23	Tony	193	↑3	53
24	Danny	192	↑1	54
25	Randy	189	↓2	33
26	Ronald	187	↑1	24
27	Thomas	183	↓5	9
28	Johnny	161	↓4	70
29	Dennis	159	↑1	34
30	Anthony	155	↑3	25
31	Paul	154	↓3	18
32	Ronnie	154	↑10	91
33	Kevin	150	↑5	14
34	Willie	139	–	86
35	Jeffrey	133	new	11
36	Rickey	128	↓5	>100
37	Roger	128	↑7	47
38	Tommy	128	↑2	>100
39	Steve	125	↑8	45
40	Jeffery	120	new	50
41	George	119	↓5	31
42	Mike	117	↓7	36
43	Joe	114	↓11	60
44	Stephen	114	↓5	27
45	Roy	113	–	83
46	Eddie	111	↓3	>100
47	Douglas	106	new	28
48	Carl	104	↓11	56
49	Keith	104	↓1	35
50	Joseph	97	↓1	12

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