Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1911

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1911 were Mary for girls (386 babies) and James for boys (247). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,618 babies born in Arkansas in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1911

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

Girls

Jewell: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dessie: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gracie: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Ola: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rosie: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cleo: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jewel: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ollie: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Opal: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Otis: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jim: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cecil: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jessie: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ben: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lee: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Curtis: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marion: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Ray: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marvin: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	386	–	1
2	Ruby	155	–	22
3	Ruth	117	–	5
4	Mildred	113	↑6	8
5	Gladys	107	↑1	18
6	Hazel	105	↑1	25
7	Willie	104	↓3	61
8	Helen	100	↑4	2
9	Annie	90	↑2	24
10	Ethel	88	↓5	15
11	Edna	87	↓3	17
12	Opal	78	↑14	81
13	Clara	76	↑18	33
14	Marie	76	–	9
15	Thelma	76	↓2	27
16	Bertha	75	↓1	36
17	Dorothy	75	–	4
18	Bessie	73	↓9	40
19	Lois	68	↑18	68
20	Jessie	65	–	66
21	Elizabeth	64	↑7	7
22	Minnie	62	↓1	52
23	Edith	60	↑9	31
24	Myrtle	60	↓8	50
25	Irene	58	↓7	21
26	Lillie	58	↑1	60
27	Mattie	58	↓4	65
28	Ida	57	↑15	45
29	Pearl	57	↓10	48
30	Alice	54	↑4	11
31	Grace	54	new	23
32	Beatrice	52	↓2	37
33	Elsie	52	↑7	41
34	Lillian	52	↑2	13
35	Margaret	52	↑7	3
36	Pauline	52	↑3	38
37	Rosie	52	↓13	>100
38	Louise	50	↓9	19
39	Nellie	50	new	54
40	Lucille	49	↓15	32
41	Mabel	49	new	43
42	Emma	46	↓4	35
43	Frances	46	↑2	10
44	Hattie	46	↑5	86
45	Velma	46	↓12	90
46	Alma	45	↓5	62
47	Anna	45	↓12	6
48	Martha	45	↓26	28
49	Evelyn	44	new	16
50	Cora	43	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	James	247	–	3
2	William	200	–	2
3	John	187	–	1
4	George	127	↑3	4
5	Robert	114	↓1	5
6	Willie	99	↓1	14
7	Henry	61	↓1	11
8	Frank	56	↑1	8
9	Charles	54	↓1	7
10	Thomas	53	↑2	10
11	Joseph	49	↑10	6
12	Earl	48	↑13	34
13	Jack	48	↓3	25
14	Fred	46	↑3	22
15	Roy	46	↑3	31
16	Ernest	39	↑7	32
17	Albert	38	↓4	15
18	Carl	38	↑10	26
19	Joe	38	↓8	29
20	Cecil	36	↑9	76
21	Clarence	36	↓6	23
22	Sam	35	↑15	47
23	Walter	34	↓7	12
24	Arthur	33	↓2	18
25	Lee	33	↓6	67
26	Richard	33	↑10	20
27	Jessie	32	↓3	79
28	Edward	31	↓8	9
29	Paul	31	↑17	17
30	Raymond	30	↑5	19
31	Floyd	29	↑1	57
32	Charlie	28	↓18	45
33	Clyde	28	↑9	61
34	Chester	26	new	58
35	Otis	25	new	>100
36	Ray	25	↑14	71
37	Ben	24	new	86
38	Elmer	21	↓11	48
39	Harry	21	↓5	13
40	Herman	21	↑3	49
41	Jesse	21	↓3	72
42	Ralph	21	↑7	24
43	Eugene	20	↓12	43
44	Louis	20	↓4	21
45	Marvin	20	new	82
46	Eddie	19	↓16	78
47	Edgar	19	new	83
48	David	18	↓15	27
49	Harold	18	new	16
50	Herbert	18	↓24	41

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