Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1914

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1914 were Mary for girls (645 babies) and James for boys (648). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,430 babies born in Arkansas in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1914

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

Girls

Bennie: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Floy: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Dovie: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Maudie: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jewell: 50 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Elnora: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gracie: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Callie: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dessie: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Oma: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 16 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Doyle: 34 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jeff: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Coy: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Troy: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Garland: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Aubrey: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Thurman: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jess: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Charley: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	645	–	1
2	Ruby	265	–	24
3	Mildred	224	–	7
4	Ruth	203	–	5
5	Helen	174	↑2	2
6	Gladys	169	↑4	20
7	Dorothy	168	↑1	3
8	Hazel	168	↓3	29
9	Marie	156	–	10
10	Thelma	149	↑2	26
11	Willie	146	↓5	66
12	Margaret	133	↓1	4
13	Lucille	131	↑8	30
14	Annie	129	–	33
15	Jessie	127	↑4	64
16	Pauline	125	↓1	34
17	Lois	124	–	51
18	Ethel	121	↑4	21
19	Irene	117	↑4	22
20	Opal	114	↓7	89
21	Anna	105	↑26	6
22	Frances	105	↑10	9
23	Myrtle	105	↓3	60
24	Bessie	103	↑3	55
25	Edna	99	↓9	19
26	Lillian	99	↑12	16
27	Louise	99	↓9	17
28	Lillie	97	↑18	74
29	Edith	94	↓1	31
30	Elizabeth	93	–	8
31	Alice	89	↓2	12
32	Eva	88	new	52
33	Elsie	87	↑3	46
34	Mattie	87	↓1	78
35	Pearl	86	↑7	56
36	Virginia	85	↓12	14
37	Bertha	84	↓6	41
38	Velma	83	↓3	92
39	Minnie	82	↑9	67
40	Emma	80	↓6	39
41	Evelyn	80	↑3	11
42	Clara	79	↓17	37
43	Grace	79	↓6	25
44	Alma	75	↑1	69
45	Martha	71	↓6	27
46	Ida	69	↓3	49
47	Viola	69	new	57
48	Beatrice	68	↓22	38
49	Bernice	64	↑1	43
50	Rosie	63	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	648	–	3
2	John	520	↑1	1
3	William	485	↓1	2
4	Robert	361	–	4
5	Charles	220	↑2	7
6	George	210	↓1	6
7	Willie	170	↓1	25
8	Thomas	165	–	11
9	Henry	128	↑1	12
10	Joe	127	↑3	34
11	Earl	121	↑8	33
12	Roy	120	↓3	32
13	Jack	119	↑2	27
14	Frank	118	↑10	9
15	Paul	116	↑6	13
16	Walter	114	↑2	10
17	Joseph	113	↑6	5
18	Fred	106	↓7	28
19	Clarence	103	↓5	22
20	Edward	103	–	8
21	Albert	96	↓4	15
22	Carl	90	↓10	24
23	Raymond	88	↓1	16
24	Arthur	83	↑11	18
25	Harold	74	↑1	14
26	Ralph	70	↑5	21
27	Clyde	69	↑13	63
28	Eugene	69	↑4	43
29	Floyd	65	–	58
30	Herman	63	–	51
31	Harry	62	↑11	19
32	Louis	60	↑14	20
33	Cecil	59	↑11	79
34	Jesse	59	new	82
35	Ray	59	↑13	74
36	Herbert	58	↑5	42
37	Jessie	58	↑2	>100
38	Andrew	57	new	44
39	David	57	new	29
40	Ernest	57	↓12	38
41	Richard	56	↓5	17
42	Woodrow	55	↓26	71
43	Elmer	54	↓9	46
44	Lawrence	54	↑1	35
45	Leroy	54	new	60
46	Lester	54	↑3	57
47	Samuel	54	↓10	36
48	Lee	53	↓21	84
49	Chester	52	new	56
50	Homer	50	↓12	>100

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