Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1965

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1965 were Lisa for girls (586 babies) and James for boys (816). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,906 babies born in Arkansas in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1965

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

Girls

Gayla: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Rosie: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Ruby: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelia: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shelia: 65 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lesa: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jerri: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patsy: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bobbie: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 67 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Scotty: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Earnest: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Doyle: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tommy: 131 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Freddie: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jackie: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billy: 202 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Timmy: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	586	–	1
2	Karen	371	↑2	3
3	Mary	338	↓1	2
4	Tammy	287	↑1	11
5	Angela	267	↑5	10
6	Donna	243	↓3	7
7	Kimberly	233	↓1	4
8	Cynthia	229	↑5	9
9	Linda	224	↓2	8
10	Patricia	224	↓2	6
11	Teresa	220	–	24
12	Rhonda	218	↑11	37
13	Brenda	211	↑1	23
14	Sandra	210	↓2	15
15	Pamela	197	↓6	12
16	Sharon	194	–	22
17	Tina	167	–	29
18	Melissa	162	↑15	38
19	Barbara	160	↑2	25
20	Sheila	150	–	50
21	Susan	149	↓6	5
22	Rebecca	146	↑7	41
23	Deborah	136	↓1	13
24	Debra	134	–	27
25	Sherry	134	↓6	56
26	Laura	129	↑2	17
27	Kelly	127	↑15	30
28	Paula	125	↑3	49
29	Carolyn	124	↓11	58
30	Carla	108	↑8	76
31	Connie	105	↓5	61
32	Elizabeth	105	–	16
33	Robin	105	↓8	33
34	Stephanie	102	↑9	44
35	Tracy	101	↑15	36
36	Jennifer	98	new	20
37	Debbie	94	↓2	62
38	Dana	93	↑2	78
39	Carol	91	↓9	42
40	Cheryl	89	↓3	31
41	Cindy	89	↓2	53
42	Jacqueline	88	↓6	47
43	Janet	87	↓9	55
44	Janice	87	↑3	73
45	Terri	83	↑1	69
46	Nancy	81	new	32
47	Kathy	79	↓20	54
48	Julie	75	new	14
49	Regina	75	new	82
50	Lori	74	↓9	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	816	–	4
2	Michael	589	↑1	1
3	David	531	↑1	3
4	John	500	↓2	2
5	Robert	493	–	5
6	Charles	360	↑1	20
7	William	348	↓1	6
8	Kenneth	276	↑2	21
9	Mark	268	↓1	7
10	Kevin	256	↑9	13
11	Timothy	255	–	12
12	Richard	250	↓3	8
13	Gregory	222	↑3	23
14	Jerry	215	↑1	41
15	Terry	210	↓3	40
16	Billy	202	↑1	77
17	Gary	199	↑1	27
18	Anthony	185	↑5	22
19	Thomas	184	↑8	9
20	Bobby	181	↑1	80
21	Steven	179	↓8	14
22	Donald	176	↓2	26
23	Paul	175	↓1	16
24	Jeffrey	171	↑4	10
25	Rodney	167	new	33
26	Larry	165	↓2	38
27	Tony	154	↑2	48
28	Randy	146	↓2	42
29	Ricky	146	↓4	57
30	Jimmy	144	↓16	81
31	Ronald	142	–	24
32	Johnny	139	↓2	76
33	Danny	137	↓1	56
34	Christopher	131	new	18
35	Tommy	131	↑9	>100
36	Jeffery	126	↓2	47
37	Keith	124	↓1	35
38	Joseph	121	↓3	11
39	Scott	120	↓6	15
40	Douglas	116	↑3	32
41	Brian	115	↓1	19
42	Ronnie	114	↑3	>100
43	Carl	103	↓4	54
44	Stephen	102	↑6	28
45	Edward	101	↓8	29
46	Daniel	98	new	17
47	Willie	97	–	93
48	Joe	95	↓7	71
49	Roger	91	↓1	49
50	Phillip	89	new	70

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