Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1913

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1913 were Mary for girls (527 babies) and James for boys (526). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,969 babies born in Arkansas in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1913

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

Girls

Maudie: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dovie: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jewel: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jewell: 45 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Winnie: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gracie: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Pearlie: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Frankie: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ophelia: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Olen: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Doyle: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jess: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Loyd: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Monroe: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Troy: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charley: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Clifton: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roosevelt: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jessie: 46 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	527	–	1
2	Ruby	228	–	23
3	Mildred	202	↑2	6
4	Ruth	180	↓1	5
5	Hazel	163	↑2	27
6	Willie	136	–	65
7	Helen	135	↓3	2
8	Dorothy	131	↑5	3
9	Marie	129	↓1	10
10	Gladys	127	↑1	19
11	Margaret	126	↑9	4
12	Thelma	126	↓3	26
13	Opal	115	↓1	86
14	Annie	100	–	30
15	Pauline	100	↑10	35
16	Edna	98	↓1	18
17	Lois	96	↑15	59
18	Louise	96	↑11	17
19	Jessie	95	↑11	61
20	Myrtle	95	↓3	53
21	Lucille	94	↓5	31
22	Ethel	90	↓12	20
23	Irene	90	–	21
24	Virginia	88	↑7	15
25	Clara	87	↑1	36
26	Beatrice	86	↑22	37
27	Bessie	86	↓9	47
28	Edith	86	↓9	29
29	Alice	83	↑11	11
30	Elizabeth	77	↓6	8
31	Bertha	75	↓10	39
32	Frances	72	↑1	9
33	Mattie	72	↓11	75
34	Emma	71	↑12	38
35	Velma	71	↑4	89
36	Elsie	69	↑7	40
37	Grace	69	↓2	25
38	Lillian	69	↓11	16
39	Martha	67	↓3	28
40	Vera	66	new	68
41	Mabel	65	new	56
42	Pearl	65	↓14	55
43	Ida	64	new	49
44	Evelyn	63	↓3	12
45	Alma	62	new	64
46	Lillie	62	↓12	71
47	Anna	57	↓10	7
48	Minnie	57	↑1	63
49	Sarah	57	↓7	43
50	Bernice	56	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	James	526	–	3
2	William	417	–	2
3	John	386	–	1
4	Robert	254	–	4
5	George	190	↑1	6
6	Willie	172	↓1	24
7	Charles	155	–	7
8	Thomas	101	↑1	10
9	Roy	100	↑3	32
10	Henry	97	↓2	12
11	Fred	91	–	27
12	Carl	86	↑11	23
13	Joe	86	↓3	37
14	Clarence	85	↑7	21
15	Jack	85	↑10	28
16	Woodrow	84	↓3	44
17	Albert	83	–	16
18	Walter	83	↑1	11
19	Earl	82	↑5	31
20	Edward	82	↑8	8
21	Paul	82	↓1	14
22	Raymond	81	–	18
23	Joseph	79	↓8	5
24	Frank	67	↓8	9
25	Charlie	63	↑9	62
26	Harold	57	↑24	13
27	Lee	55	↑11	78
28	Ernest	54	↑1	34
29	Floyd	54	↑1	58
30	Herman	53	↓3	53
31	Ralph	53	↓17	22
32	Eugene	52	new	43
33	Howard	52	↓2	26
34	Elmer	49	↑3	45
35	Arthur	48	↓17	17
36	Richard	48	–	19
37	Samuel	48	↓2	36
38	Homer	46	↑4	96
39	Jessie	46	↑2	>100
40	Clyde	45	↑4	64
41	Herbert	43	↓2	39
42	Harry	42	↑3	15
43	Eddie	41	new	>100
44	Cecil	40	↓11	74
45	Lawrence	40	new	35
46	Louis	40	new	20
47	Oscar	40	new	76
48	Ray	39	↓8	73
49	Lester	38	new	59
50	Marvin	38	new	77

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