Arkansas · 1948

Top 100 names in Arkansas, 1948, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	1,424
#2	Mary	1,132
#3	Barbara	640
#4	Brenda	555
#5	Carolyn	552
#6	Patricia	530
#7	Betty	522
#8	Shirley	437
#9	Sharon	416
#10	Judy	414
#11	Sandra	392
#12	Donna	294
#13	Joyce	290
#14	Dorothy	275
#15	Nancy	245
#16	Martha	244
#17	Margaret	231
#18	Peggy	224
#19	Carol	213
#20	Gloria	207
#21	Helen	199
#22	Wanda	197
#23	Patsy	187
#24	Phyllis	185
#25	Glenda	184
#26	Janice	172
#27	Virginia	171
#28	Karen	162
#29	Marilyn	161
#30	Doris	156
#31	Rebecca	155
#32	Susan	152
#33	Elizabeth	147
#34	Ruby	138
#35	Frances	136
#36	Pamela	135
#37	Beverly	126
#38	Ruth	125
#39	Jo	124
#40	Charlotte	121
#41	Connie	119
#42	Bobbie	119
#43	Janet	114
#44	Judith	113
#45	Sherry	110
#46	Alice	110
#47	Evelyn	102
#48	Deborah	100
#49	Paula	96
#50	Bonnie	92
#51	Diane	86
#52	Rosie	85
#53	Rita	84
#54	Annie	84
#55	Lois	83
#56	Rose	80
#57	Thelma	77
#58	Cheryl	75
#59	Sue	74
#60	Willie	74
#61	Jane	72
#62	Wilma	71
#63	Ann	71
#64	Anna	70
#65	Lynda	69
#66	Juanita	68
#67	Norma	68
#68	Cynthia	68
#69	Laura	68
#70	Sarah	68
#71	Sheila	67
#72	Kathy	66
#73	Emma	65
#74	Louise	64
#75	Vicki	64
#76	Georgia	63
#77	Catherine	63
#78	Diana	63
#79	Mildred	60
#80	Billie	60
#81	Kathryn	59
#82	Loretta	58
#83	Joan	57
#84	Edna	56
#85	Jean	56
#86	Geraldine	55
#87	Teresa	55
#88	Anita	53
#89	Erma	53
#90	Ethel	52
#91	Janis	52
#92	Minnie	51
#93	Stella	50
#94	Marsha	50
#95	Margie	50
#96	Lillie	50
#97	Katherine	50
#98	Janie	48
#99	Charlene	48
#100	Gwendolyn	47

Uniquely popular in Arkansas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Ora	34	15	2
Ruthie	41	18	2
Freddie	23	10	1
Delois	32	14	2
Pearlie	32	14	2
Erma	53	24	4
Dorthy	22	10	2
Reba	34	15	3
Bobbie	119	53	9
Essie	24	11	2
Rosie	85	38	7
Ollie	25	11	2

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.