Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1916

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1916 were Mary for girls (904 babies) and James for boys (915). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,093 babies born in Arkansas in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1916

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

Girls

Earnestine: 15 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Floy: 27 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Tressie: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dovie: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Charlene: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Frankie: 39 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jewell: 68 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maudie: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Oma: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ollie: 78 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Doyle: 43 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Olen: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Odis: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Arlie: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Troy: 49 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Hershel: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Noble: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Coy: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	904	–	1
2	Ruby	315	–	23
3	Ruth	298	–	5
4	Mildred	292	↑1	6
5	Dorothy	264	↑1	3
6	Hazel	252	↑1	31
7	Helen	248	↓3	2
8	Gladys	200	↑1	22
9	Thelma	199	↓1	29
10	Pauline	193	↑1	33
11	Willie	171	↑5	73
12	Annie	170	↑7	36
13	Lois	167	–	43
14	Opal	159	↓4	91
15	Margaret	155	↓3	4
16	Frances	154	↑4	9
17	Marie	150	↓2	12
18	Edna	148	↓1	19
19	Irene	145	↑8	17
20	Martha	143	↑2	24
21	Elizabeth	142	↑2	8
22	Lucille	142	↓8	30
23	Louise	133	↑1	18
24	Alice	132	↑2	13
25	Virginia	128	↑6	10
26	Lillie	125	new	88
27	Ethel	124	↓6	25
28	Bessie	122	–	56
29	Jessie	121	↓11	68
30	Lillian	119	↑3	16
31	Edith	116	↓1	28
32	Anna	114	↑3	7
33	Beatrice	112	↑16	38
34	Geneva	112	new	>100
35	Juanita	108	↑7	90
36	Evelyn	105	↓2	11
37	Elsie	104	new	48
38	Emma	102	↑6	41
39	Vera	101	↑2	66
40	Minnie	98	↓1	71
41	Myrtle	98	↓12	58
42	Bertha	97	↓2	49
43	Mattie	97	↓7	93
44	Clara	95	↓19	39
45	Bernice	93	↓8	42
46	Georgia	92	new	>100
47	Sarah	89	new	52
48	Ida	88	↓5	54
49	Velma	88	↓17	99
50	Mabel	87	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	915	–	3
2	William	661	–	2
3	John	623	–	1
4	Robert	425	–	4
5	Charles	304	↑1	6
6	George	269	↓1	7
7	Henry	213	↑1	14
8	Thomas	213	↑1	10
9	Willie	203	↓2	30
10	Roy	179	↑9	33
11	Joe	155	↑4	35
12	Joseph	152	↓2	5
13	Walter	150	↑3	11
14	Paul	149	↓3	12
15	Carl	143	↓2	23
16	Jack	142	↑2	26
17	Fred	140	↑5	29
18	Edward	136	↓1	8
19	Raymond	133	↑1	16
20	Frank	127	↓8	9
21	Clarence	126	↑3	24
22	Earl	120	↓8	32
23	Woodrow	117	new	64
24	Ralph	115	↑8	21
25	Albert	108	↓2	17
26	Arthur	105	–	18
27	Richard	103	↑1	15
28	Lee	99	↑9	83
29	Cecil	98	↓8	80
30	Floyd	90	↓5	60
31	Harold	89	↓4	13
32	Ray	89	↑4	73
33	Louis	88	↑2	22
34	Charlie	87	↑7	68
35	David	84	↑5	28
36	Jesse	82	↓2	77
37	Eugene	79	↓4	39
38	Clyde	77	↓9	62
39	Herman	77	↓8	56
40	Elmer	76	↑2	45
41	Harry	76	↓11	19
42	Jessie	75	↑1	>100
43	Homer	72	new	>100
44	Ernest	70	↓6	36
45	Herbert	69	–	40
46	Alfred	67	↓2	43
47	Howard	65	↓8	25
48	Marvin	63	↓2	66
49	Oscar	62	new	86
50	Andrew	61	new	46

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