Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1967

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1967 were Lisa for girls (420 babies) and James for boys (745). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,506 babies born in Arkansas in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1967

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: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Jerri: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sondra: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Glenda: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christie: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeannie: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lana: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angelia: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rickey: 47 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Doyle: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Dewayne: 28 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Timmy: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Scotty: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Earnest: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donnie: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 162 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Billy: 156 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jessie: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	420	–	1
2	Kimberly	361	↑1	2
3	Angela	326	↓1	7
4	Tammy	258	↑1	8
5	Mary	255	↓1	4
6	Karen	223	–	6
7	Melissa	221	↑4	9
8	Pamela	204	–	17
9	Tina	195	↓2	21
10	Donna	193	↓1	19
11	Teresa	190	↑1	28
12	Sharon	185	↑6	30
13	Sandra	180	↑2	20
14	Patricia	176	↓1	11
15	Rhonda	170	↓1	41
16	Cynthia	168	↓6	18
17	Michelle	149	↑14	3
18	Brenda	142	↓2	31
19	Sherry	140	↑3	51
20	Susan	140	↓1	5
21	Linda	135	↓4	26
22	Stephanie	132	↑5	25
23	Barbara	128	↑2	33
24	Rebecca	127	–	39
25	Tracy	124	↓5	29
26	Laura	118	↑3	15
27	Jennifer	114	↓1	10
28	Elizabeth	113	↑4	13
29	Paula	110	↓1	46
30	Deborah	109	↓7	22
31	Sheila	109	↓10	56
32	Debra	100	↓2	38
33	Carla	99	↑2	82
34	Kelly	97	↑7	23
35	Tonya	94	new	68
36	Carolyn	92	↓3	60
37	Cheryl	87	↓3	35
38	Nancy	85	↑12	37
39	Regina	80	↑3	80
40	Lori	78	↓2	24
41	Carol	77	↑7	47
42	Dana	77	↓3	71
43	Amy	74	new	12
44	Stacy	70	new	74
45	Cindy	66	↑1	59
46	Janet	66	new	61
47	Connie	64	↓2	75
48	Jacqueline	63	↓8	52
49	Janice	62	–	99
50	Melinda	62	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	745	–	3
2	Michael	588	–	1
3	David	475	↑1	2
4	John	471	↓1	4
5	Robert	456	–	5
6	William	320	–	6
7	Mark	303	↑1	7
8	Charles	274	↓1	20
9	Timothy	269	↑6	11
10	Kenneth	242	–	22
11	Kevin	228	–	17
12	Richard	227	↑2	8
13	Steven	196	↓4	14
14	Terry	196	↑2	42
15	Jerry	189	↓2	41
16	Jeffrey	182	↑10	13
17	Brian	179	↑15	10
18	Gregory	173	↓6	25
19	Anthony	172	↑2	21
20	Christopher	171	↑11	9
21	Jimmy	162	↑1	74
22	Larry	158	↓2	38
23	Billy	156	↓5	76
24	Paul	153	↓5	18
25	Thomas	148	↓1	12
26	Ronald	145	↑1	24
27	Gary	144	↓10	32
28	Rodney	143	↓5	37
29	Keith	141	↑5	34
30	Tony	138	↓1	50
31	Donald	132	↓6	27
32	Bobby	126	↑1	83
33	Joseph	118	↑5	15
34	Stephen	116	↑1	26
35	Eric	112	↑6	23
36	Randy	111	↓8	49
37	Johnny	109	↑3	70
38	Jeffery	106	↓8	47
39	Danny	102	↓2	68
40	Scott	98	↓1	16
41	Ricky	90	↓5	75
42	Daniel	86	↑2	19
43	Edward	86	↑2	31
44	Bryan	81	new	52
45	George	81	↑2	36
46	Douglas	79	new	33
47	Ronnie	79	↑1	>100
48	Joe	77	↑2	85
49	Todd	73	new	29
50	Patrick	72	new	30

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