Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1910

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1910 were Mary for girls (408 babies) and James for boys (231). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,041 babies born in Arkansas in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1910

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

Girls

Floy: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jewell: 47 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Oma: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Virgie: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Margie: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Allie: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rosie: 67 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Billie: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jewel: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zelma: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Elbert: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jessie: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Will: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Otis: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cecil: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luther: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Homer: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lee: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Charlie: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Willie: 127 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	408	1
2	Ruby	148	27
3	Ruth	140	5
4	Willie	132	56
5	Ethel	109	13
6	Gladys	104	15
7	Hazel	101	24
8	Edna	95	18
9	Bessie	88	37
10	Mildred	85	8
11	Annie	84	19
12	Helen	83	2
13	Thelma	81	25
14	Marie	78	9
15	Bertha	76	33
16	Myrtle	74	43
17	Dorothy	71	4
18	Irene	70	21
19	Pearl	70	39
20	Jessie	68	63
21	Minnie	68	50
22	Martha	67	28
23	Mattie	67	60
24	Rosie	67	>100
25	Lucille	66	31
26	Opal	66	87
27	Lillie	65	54
28	Elizabeth	64	7
29	Louise	62	20
30	Beatrice	61	36
31	Clara	61	32
32	Edith	59	35
33	Velma	58	90
34	Alice	57	10
35	Anna	56	6
36	Lillian	56	14
37	Lois	56	76
38	Emma	55	34
39	Pauline	53	42
40	Elsie	50	44
41	Alma	49	61
42	Margaret	49	3
43	Ida	47	47
44	Jewell	47	>100
45	Frances	46	11
46	Fannie	45	78
47	Florence	45	12
48	Alberta	44	>100
49	Hattie	44	73
50	Eva	43	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	James	231	2
2	William	203	3
3	John	188	1
4	Robert	128	4
5	Willie	127	11
6	Henry	84	10
7	George	79	5
8	Charles	67	7
9	Frank	64	8
10	Jack	57	23
11	Joe	50	25
12	Thomas	50	12
13	Albert	49	14
14	Charlie	49	34
15	Clarence	44	20
16	Walter	41	13
17	Fred	39	22
18	Roy	38	29
19	Lee	35	49
20	Edward	34	9
21	Joseph	33	6
22	Arthur	32	17
23	Ernest	32	31
24	Jessie	30	72
25	Earl	29	33
26	Herbert	28	41
27	Elmer	27	48
28	Carl	26	26
29	Cecil	25	77
30	Eddie	25	59
31	Eugene	25	39
32	Floyd	25	55
33	David	24	30
34	Harry	24	16
35	Raymond	23	19
36	Richard	23	21
37	Sam	23	40
38	Jesse	22	60
39	Samuel	21	32
40	Louis	20	24
41	Luther	20	87
42	Clyde	19	57
43	Herman	19	52
44	Howard	19	27
45	Lawrence	19	35
46	Paul	19	15
47	Theodore	19	54
48	Andrew	18	42
49	Ralph	18	28
50	Ray	18	68

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