Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1915

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1915 were Mary for girls (837 babies) and James for boys (880). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,483 babies born in Arkansas in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1915

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

Girls

Syble: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Chloe: 21 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Floy: 29 babies, 10× the national rate
Ruthie: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Johnie: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Dovie: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Retha: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Oma: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jewell: 61 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gertie: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Loy: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jewel: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Doyle: 36 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Coy: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Truman: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Odis: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Noel: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Thurman: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jeff: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Troy: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	837	–	1
2	Ruby	349	–	24
3	Ruth	286	↑1	5
4	Helen	243	↑1	2
5	Mildred	237	↓2	6
6	Dorothy	228	↑1	3
7	Hazel	219	↑1	26
8	Thelma	204	↑2	30
9	Gladys	195	↓3	21
10	Opal	184	↑10	90
11	Pauline	184	↑5	32
12	Margaret	183	–	4
13	Lois	176	↑4	47
14	Lucille	169	↓1	29
15	Marie	168	↓6	11
16	Willie	165	↓5	72
17	Edna	148	↑8	20
18	Jessie	144	↓3	66
19	Annie	141	↓5	36
20	Frances	137	↑2	9
21	Ethel	133	↓3	23
22	Martha	132	↑23	25
23	Elizabeth	126	↑7	8
24	Louise	124	↑3	18
25	Clara	123	↑17	38
26	Alice	121	↑5	13
27	Irene	121	↓8	17
28	Bessie	120	↓4	57
29	Myrtle	120	↓6	58
30	Edith	118	↓1	31
31	Virginia	114	↑5	12
32	Velma	109	↑6	94
33	Lillian	107	↓7	15
34	Evelyn	106	↑7	10
35	Anna	105	↓14	7
36	Mattie	105	↓2	91
37	Bernice	102	↑12	42
38	Pearl	100	↓3	56
39	Minnie	97	–	68
40	Bertha	95	↓3	46
41	Vera	95	new	65
42	Juanita	93	new	92
43	Ida	90	↑3	54
44	Emma	88	↓4	40
45	Alma	84	↓1	70
46	Ella	83	new	75
47	Nellie	81	new	63
48	Eva	80	↓16	55
49	Beatrice	79	↓1	37
50	Lucy	77	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	James	880	–	3
2	William	660	↑1	2
3	John	559	↓1	1
4	Robert	410	–	4
5	George	327	↑1	6
6	Charles	275	↓1	7
7	Willie	182	–	30
8	Henry	170	↑1	14
9	Thomas	159	↓1	10
10	Joseph	156	↑7	5
11	Paul	144	↑4	13
12	Frank	140	↑2	9
13	Carl	135	↑9	22
14	Earl	132	↓3	33
15	Joe	131	↓5	38
16	Walter	128	–	11
17	Edward	127	↑3	8
18	Jack	124	↓5	27
19	Roy	121	↓7	32
20	Raymond	118	↑3	16
21	Cecil	116	↑12	76
22	Fred	116	↓4	26
23	Albert	112	↓2	17
24	Clarence	109	↓5	24
25	Floyd	102	↑4	59
26	Arthur	100	↓2	18
27	Harold	98	↓2	12
28	Richard	96	↑13	15
29	Clyde	91	↓2	63
30	Harry	88	↑1	19
31	Herman	87	↓1	56
32	Ralph	87	↓6	21
33	Eugene	86	↓5	41
34	Jesse	86	–	77
35	Louis	80	↓3	23
36	Ray	79	↓1	67
37	Lee	77	↑11	84
38	Ernest	74	↑2	35
39	Howard	73	new	25
40	David	72	↓1	31
41	Charlie	70	new	75
42	Elmer	69	↑1	45
43	Jessie	67	↓6	>100
44	Alfred	66	new	42
45	Herbert	66	↓9	40
46	Marvin	65	new	72
47	Samuel	65	–	39
48	Lester	64	↓2	57
49	Leo	63	new	47
50	Leonard	62	new	44

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