Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1962

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1962 were Mary for girls (436 babies) and James for boys (839). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,195 babies born in Arkansas in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1962

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: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Jacquline: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 42 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Angelia: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rosie: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lillie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tanya: 61 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ethel: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Willie: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 112 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Scotty: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Doyle: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donnie: 61 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jackie: 54 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Earnest: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billy: 236 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 236 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tommie: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sylvester: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	436	–	2
2	Lisa	416	↑2	1
3	Brenda	367	–	12
4	Karen	349	↑1	4
5	Donna	332	↑2	7
6	Linda	307	↓4	5
7	Teresa	294	↑2	18
8	Sandra	285	↓2	10
9	Tammy	282	↑7	23
10	Cynthia	273	↑1	8
11	Patricia	260	↓3	6
12	Sharon	258	–	17
13	Barbara	241	↑6	14
14	Pamela	240	–	13
15	Debra	237	↓5	15
16	Deborah	202	↓3	9
17	Sherry	199	↑4	48
18	Susan	193	↓3	3
19	Debbie	190	↓2	32
20	Sheila	185	↑2	52
21	Kimberly	181	↑8	16
22	Kathy	173	↓4	27
23	Angela	170	↑1	36
24	Rhonda	169	↓1	45
25	Carolyn	166	↓5	46
26	Tina	153	↑12	33
27	Cheryl	141	↓2	24
28	Janet	140	↑7	35
29	Cindy	136	↑1	34
30	Connie	134	↑4	51
31	Rebecca	133	↓4	47
32	Elizabeth	128	↑1	20
33	Carol	124	↑9	28
34	Judy	119	↑2	63
35	Robin	119	↑2	25
36	Shirley	119	↓10	96
37	Beverly	118	↑2	69
38	Carla	117	↑7	78
39	Jacqueline	114	↑8	44
40	Anita	111	new	81
41	Terri	109	↓1	54
42	Laura	105	↓11	21
43	Betty	104	↓2	97
44	Janice	102	↓16	58
45	Paula	102	↓1	60
46	Kim	100	new	37
47	Lori	100	new	11
48	Melissa	100	new	68
49	Vickie	98	↓3	>100
50	Nancy	97	↓18	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	839	–	4
2	David	674	–	2
3	Michael	674	–	1
4	Robert	562	–	5
5	John	549	–	3
6	Charles	439	–	15
7	Mark	403	↑1	6
8	William	395	↓1	7
9	Kenneth	323	–	18
10	Terry	288	↑5	34
11	Gary	272	↑2	22
12	Jerry	238	–	38
13	Billy	236	↑1	71
14	Jimmy	236	↑5	75
15	Ricky	236	↓4	50
16	Richard	233	↑1	8
17	Larry	232	↓7	31
18	Gregory	230	↑3	21
19	Steven	223	↓3	12
20	Timothy	215	↓2	16
21	Randy	208	↑4	35
22	Donald	196	–	23
23	Anthony	190	↑7	24
24	Thomas	190	↑3	9
25	Tony	179	↓2	52
26	Paul	177	↑5	19
27	Bobby	176	↓7	78
28	Jeffrey	163	↑7	10
29	Ronald	163	↓3	25
30	Danny	162	↓6	54
31	Willie	156	↑3	89
32	Johnny	155	↓4	69
33	Scott	144	new	11
34	Kevin	143	↓1	14
35	Dennis	142	↓6	37
36	Carl	141	↑12	58
37	Joe	136	↑6	59
38	Roger	136	↓1	47
39	Steve	131	–	46
40	Tommy	127	↓2	>100
41	Ronnie	125	↓9	100
42	Douglas	124	↑5	27
43	Jeffery	124	↓3	45
44	Joseph	122	↑6	13
45	Phillip	118	new	68
46	George	117	↓5	32
47	Keith	117	↑2	36
48	Edward	114	new	29
49	Mike	114	↓7	39
50	Rickey	112	↓14	>100

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