Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1919

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,101 babies) and James for boys (1,222). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,494 babies born in Arkansas in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1919

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

Girls

Floy: 34 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Syble: 37 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ruthie: 30 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Magnolia: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Johnie: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Freddie: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sibyl: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Earnestine: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dovie: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Linnie: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 26 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Odis: 34 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Jewell: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Elvis: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Coy: 34 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Olen: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Troy: 63 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Burl: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Doyle: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Noble: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,101	–	1
2	Ruby	406	↑1	24
3	Mildred	405	↓1	6
4	Helen	392	↑1	2
5	Dorothy	342	↑2	3
6	Ruth	311	↓2	5
7	Hazel	264	↓1	32
8	Pauline	232	↑5	36
9	Thelma	223	–	31
10	Willie	222	↑1	61
11	Margaret	219	↓3	4
12	Gladys	213	↓2	21
13	Marie	207	↑1	12
14	Martha	207	↓2	25
15	Louise	196	↑6	20
16	Frances	191	–	9
17	Lucille	190	↑3	27
18	Virginia	188	–	7
19	Opal	181	↓2	98
20	Annie	178	↓1	35
21	Edna	176	↓6	22
22	Edith	169	↑1	29
23	Evelyn	169	↑7	11
24	Irene	169	↑4	16
25	Juanita	162	↓1	73
26	Elizabeth	159	↑1	8
27	Ethel	158	↓2	28
28	Lois	154	↓6	40
29	Bessie	150	↑5	59
30	Anna	143	↓4	10
31	Emma	143	↑2	45
32	Geneva	142	↑8	>100
33	Jessie	133	↓4	75
34	Lillie	130	↑3	81
35	Beatrice	128	new	41
36	Alice	126	↑3	13
37	Mattie	125	↑5	95
38	Clara	121	↑3	43
39	Bernice	119	↓7	42
40	Bertha	119	↓4	52
41	Velma	116	↓6	>100
42	Lillian	114	↓4	17
43	Lorene	112	–	>100
44	Georgia	110	new	>100
45	Ida	110	new	57
46	Myrtle	108	↓2	67
47	Minnie	107	–	80
48	Vera	106	↓3	65
49	Elsie	105	↓18	47
50	Alma	101	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	1,222	–	3
2	William	863	–	2
3	John	836	–	1
4	Robert	507	–	4
5	Charles	405	↑1	5
6	George	390	↓1	6
7	Willie	313	–	23
8	Thomas	260	–	10
9	Joe	225	↑1	35
10	Henry	210	↓1	16
11	Roy	209	↑2	32
12	Edward	195	↑2	8
13	Raymond	190	↓2	14
14	Joseph	167	↑3	7
15	Walter	166	↑1	11
16	Paul	152	↓1	15
17	Jack	150	↑7	21
18	Frank	148	↓6	9
19	Carl	141	↓1	29
20	Clarence	138	↑1	25
21	Fred	137	↑2	30
22	Harold	133	↑3	13
23	Albert	129	↓3	18
24	Earl	126	↓2	31
25	Ralph	124	↑2	22
26	Arthur	123	↑2	19
27	Eugene	119	↑2	33
28	Floyd	119	↑6	59
29	David	115	↑1	27
30	Jessie	110	↑18	>100
31	Ernest	106	↑2	36
32	Charlie	105	↑3	66
33	Richard	105	↓7	12
34	Leonard	101	new	39
35	Howard	100	↑1	24
36	Lee	98	↑13	82
37	Lloyd	98	new	58
38	Ray	97	↓1	69
39	Clyde	96	↓1	67
40	Elmer	94	–	44
41	Woodrow	91	↓22	91
42	Cecil	89	↓11	78
43	Herman	88	new	61
44	Eddie	87	new	99
45	Herbert	87	↓4	40
46	Harry	85	↓2	20
47	Louis	85	↓5	28
48	Marvin	85	↓3	63
49	Jesse	82	↓17	77
50	Leroy	82	new	55

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