Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1966

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1966 were Lisa for girls (509 babies) and James for boys (737). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,691 babies born in Arkansas in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1966

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

Girls

Ladonna: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerri: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lesa: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelia: 66 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelia: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patsy: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Glenda: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ruby: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tammie: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vivian: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Earnest: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Doyle: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Rickey: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donnie: 42 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Scottie: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Scotty: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Billy: 180 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sammy: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 157 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	509	–	1
2	Angela	321	↑3	9
3	Kimberly	310	↑4	2
4	Mary	295	↓1	3
5	Tammy	269	↓1	8
6	Karen	260	↓4	5
7	Tina	227	↑10	23
8	Pamela	215	↑7	15
9	Donna	212	↓3	12
10	Cynthia	206	↓2	11
11	Melissa	206	↑7	22
12	Teresa	200	↓1	29
13	Patricia	194	↓3	7
14	Rhonda	190	↓2	39
15	Sandra	173	↓1	17
16	Brenda	171	↓3	25
17	Linda	156	↓8	18
18	Sharon	153	↓2	28
19	Susan	140	↑2	6
20	Tracy	136	↑15	31
21	Sheila	135	↓1	51
22	Sherry	132	↑3	53
23	Deborah	126	–	14
24	Rebecca	121	↓2	40
25	Barbara	120	↓6	27
26	Jennifer	114	↑10	10
27	Stephanie	114	↑7	38
28	Paula	113	–	50
29	Laura	112	↓3	19
30	Debra	110	↓6	35
31	Michelle	109	new	4
32	Elizabeth	108	–	16
33	Carolyn	105	↓4	60
34	Cheryl	96	↑6	34
35	Carla	92	↓5	77
36	Julie	87	↑12	13
37	Robin	86	↓4	42
38	Lori	85	↑12	21
39	Dana	84	↓1	68
40	Jacqueline	79	↑2	47
41	Kelly	75	↓14	26
42	Regina	75	↑7	82
43	Terri	75	↑2	72
44	Kathy	73	↑3	59
45	Connie	72	↓14	70
46	Cindy	71	↓5	56
47	Leslie	71	new	71
48	Carol	67	↓9	48
49	Janice	67	↓5	80
50	Nancy	66	↓4	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	737	–	3
2	Michael	604	–	1
3	John	519	↑1	4
4	David	492	↓1	2
5	Robert	414	–	5
6	William	333	↑1	6
7	Charles	327	↓1	20
8	Mark	268	↑1	7
9	Steven	247	↑12	13
10	Kenneth	222	↓2	21
11	Kevin	217	↓1	17
12	Gregory	210	↑1	23
13	Jerry	210	↑1	41
14	Richard	207	↓2	8
15	Timothy	201	↓4	11
16	Terry	197	↓1	40
17	Gary	187	–	28
18	Billy	180	↓2	80
19	Paul	174	↑4	18
20	Larry	172	↑6	38
21	Anthony	170	↓3	22
22	Jimmy	157	↑8	77
23	Rodney	157	↑2	35
24	Thomas	157	↓5	10
25	Donald	152	↓3	27
26	Jeffrey	149	↓2	9
27	Ronald	145	↑4	24
28	Randy	143	–	45
29	Tony	143	↓2	49
30	Jeffery	142	↑6	42
31	Christopher	138	↑3	12
32	Brian	134	↑9	14
33	Bobby	133	↓13	82
34	Keith	124	↑3	32
35	Stephen	121	↑9	26
36	Ricky	120	↓7	64
37	Danny	118	↓4	62
38	Joseph	113	–	15
39	Scott	111	–	16
40	Johnny	109	↓8	73
41	Eric	106	new	25
42	Roger	97	↑7	51
43	Carl	85	–	56
44	Daniel	84	↑2	19
45	Edward	84	–	30
46	Dennis	82	new	44
47	George	82	new	37
48	Ronnie	82	↓6	>100
49	Tommy	82	↓14	>100
50	Joe	81	↓2	74

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