Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1912

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1912 were Mary for girls (491 babies) and James for boys (399). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,833 babies born in Arkansas in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1912

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

Girls

Linnie: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dovie: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jewell: 47 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Frankie: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Roxie: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Odessa: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maudie: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jewel: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Oma: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gracie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Jewell: 16 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Doyle: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Troy: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Booker: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Charley: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Johnie: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sherman: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Grover: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	491	–	1
2	Ruby	263	–	23
3	Ruth	176	–	5
4	Helen	144	↑4	2
5	Mildred	140	↓1	6
6	Willie	126	↑1	61
7	Hazel	120	↓1	25
8	Marie	118	↑6	10
9	Thelma	116	↑6	26
10	Ethel	112	–	18
11	Gladys	112	↓6	19
12	Opal	112	–	85
13	Dorothy	108	↑4	3
14	Annie	101	↓5	27
15	Edna	96	↓4	16
16	Lucille	95	↑24	32
17	Myrtle	94	↑7	50
18	Bessie	88	–	43
19	Edith	88	↑4	31
20	Margaret	88	↑15	4
21	Bertha	85	↓5	36
22	Mattie	84	↑5	70
23	Irene	83	↑2	22
24	Elizabeth	82	↓3	8
25	Pauline	81	↑11	38
26	Clara	80	↓13	34
27	Lillian	80	↑7	14
28	Pearl	80	↑1	54
29	Louise	75	↑9	17
30	Jessie	73	↓10	65
31	Virginia	73	new	20
32	Lois	72	↓13	63
33	Frances	71	↑10	9
34	Lillie	71	↓8	67
35	Grace	70	↓4	24
36	Martha	63	↑12	29
37	Anna	62	↑10	7
38	Nellie	62	↑1	59
39	Velma	62	↑6	88
40	Alice	61	↓10	11
41	Evelyn	61	↑8	13
42	Sarah	61	new	41
43	Elsie	59	↓10	42
44	Viola	59	new	52
45	Beulah	58	new	80
46	Emma	58	↓4	35
47	Rosie	58	↓10	>100
48	Beatrice	57	↓16	37
49	Minnie	57	↓27	60
50	Eva	56	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	James	399	–	3
2	William	331	–	2
3	John	306	–	1
4	Robert	221	↑1	4
5	Willie	150	↑1	22
6	George	143	↓2	6
7	Charles	118	↑2	7
8	Henry	113	↓1	12
9	Thomas	111	↑1	10
10	Joe	91	↑9	36
11	Fred	75	↑3	26
12	Roy	74	↑3	31
13	Woodrow	73	new	46
14	Ralph	71	↑28	23
15	Joseph	70	↓4	5
16	Frank	69	↓8	9
17	Albert	67	–	17
18	Arthur	65	↑6	15
19	Walter	65	↑4	11
20	Paul	64	↑9	14
21	Clarence	60	–	21
22	Raymond	60	↑8	18
23	Carl	58	↓5	24
24	Earl	58	↓12	34
25	Jack	56	↓12	28
26	David	53	↑22	29
27	Herman	53	↑13	50
28	Edward	51	–	8
29	Ernest	50	↓13	32
30	Floyd	49	↑1	59
31	Howard	47	new	25
32	Jesse	47	↑9	74
33	Cecil	45	↓13	76
34	Charlie	43	↓2	57
35	Samuel	43	new	30
36	Richard	42	↓10	19
37	Elmer	41	↑1	47
38	Lee	41	↓13	78
39	Herbert	40	↑11	39
40	Ray	39	↓4	77
41	Jessie	38	↓14	>100
42	Homer	37	new	98
43	Leonard	37	new	45
44	Clyde	36	↓11	65
45	Harry	35	↓6	16
46	Luther	35	new	>100
47	Vernon	33	new	90
48	Virgil	33	new	>100
49	Andrew	32	new	44
50	Harold	31	↓1	13

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