Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1964

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1964 were Lisa for girls (510 babies) and James for boys (919). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,457 babies born in Arkansas in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Arkansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Willie: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gayla: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cora: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Robbie: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rosie: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Verna: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 81 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lesa: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Glenda: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 77 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Doyle: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Otis: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jimmy: 231 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Earnest: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sylvester: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kenny: 63 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Scotty: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Billy: 222 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	510	–	1
2	Mary	379	–	2
3	Donna	369	↑1	7
4	Karen	335	↑1	4
5	Tammy	331	↓2	10
6	Kimberly	273	↑10	6
7	Linda	268	↓1	8
8	Patricia	263	↑2	5
9	Pamela	255	↑4	11
10	Angela	250	↑4	22
11	Teresa	248	↓2	21
12	Sandra	247	↓4	13
13	Cynthia	239	↓1	9
14	Brenda	237	↓7	18
15	Susan	226	–	3
16	Sharon	221	↓5	20
17	Tina	177	↑2	34
18	Carolyn	176	↑6	56
19	Sherry	176	↑6	50
20	Sheila	171	↑2	51
21	Barbara	170	↓4	19
22	Deborah	159	↓4	12
23	Rhonda	153	–	43
24	Debra	152	↓4	24
25	Robin	140	↑13	27
26	Connie	139	↑1	64
27	Kathy	138	↑1	39
28	Laura	137	↓7	14
29	Rebecca	137	↑1	46
30	Carol	130	↑12	36
31	Paula	130	↑2	45
32	Elizabeth	127	–	16
33	Melissa	127	↑4	53
34	Janet	124	↓5	48
35	Debbie	123	–	52
36	Jacqueline	123	–	37
37	Cheryl	121	↓3	29
38	Carla	117	↑1	78
39	Cindy	113	↓13	47
40	Dana	111	new	70
41	Lori	109	↓10	15
42	Kelly	105	↑2	35
43	Stephanie	101	new	57
44	Vickie	99	↑3	>100
45	Kim	97	new	42
46	Terri	95	↓6	62
47	Janice	93	↓6	69
48	Betty	92	↑2	>100
49	Shirley	91	↓4	>100
50	Tracy	89	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	919	–	4
2	John	657	↑2	2
3	Michael	648	↓1	1
4	David	637	↓1	3
5	Robert	545	–	5
6	William	433	↑1	7
7	Charles	401	↓1	17
8	Mark	365	–	6
9	Richard	306	↑2	8
10	Kenneth	305	↓1	18
11	Timothy	252	↑8	15
12	Terry	249	↓2	35
13	Steven	233	–	12
14	Jimmy	231	↑2	78
15	Jerry	229	↓3	40
16	Gregory	225	↓1	22
17	Billy	222	–	71
18	Gary	222	↓4	26
19	Kevin	216	↑3	13
20	Donald	212	↑5	25
21	Bobby	196	↑3	73
22	Paul	196	↓1	16
23	Anthony	188	↑5	21
24	Larry	186	↓4	36
25	Ricky	179	↓7	54
26	Randy	177	–	38
27	Thomas	174	–	9
28	Jeffrey	164	↑5	10
29	Tony	156	↓6	50
30	Johnny	151	↑2	74
31	Ronald	144	↓2	24
32	Danny	136	↓2	56
33	Scott	133	↓2	14
34	Jeffery	129	↑1	45
35	Joseph	121	↑6	11
36	Keith	117	↓2	34
37	Edward	115	new	27
38	Dennis	113	↑4	42
39	Carl	111	↓3	55
40	Brian	109	↑9	20
41	Joe	108	↓2	62
42	George	107	↑6	33
43	Douglas	106	↑3	31
44	Tommy	104	↓4	>100
45	Ronnie	101	↓8	>100
46	Patrick	100	new	30
47	Willie	100	↓4	90
48	Roger	97	↓1	49
49	Steve	97	↓4	51
50	Stephen	95	↓12	29

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