Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1920

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1920 were Mary for girls (1,206 babies) and James for boys (1,308). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,284 babies born in Arkansas in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1920

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: 33 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Freddie: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Nova: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Artie: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Earnestine: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Syble: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Sibyl: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ester: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Pearlie: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Queen: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Olen: 25 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Doyle: 57 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jewel: 19 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Coy: 32 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Hershel: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Charley: 54 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Odis: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Houston: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hoyt: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	1,206	–	1
2	Dorothy	414	↑3	2
3	Ruby	411	↓1	26
4	Helen	384	–	3
5	Mildred	376	↓2	6
6	Ruth	326	–	5
7	Hazel	279	–	34
8	Margaret	273	↑3	4
9	Marie	237	↑4	13
10	Thelma	237	↓1	31
11	Martha	224	↑3	23
12	Virginia	217	↑6	7
13	Gladys	208	↓1	22
14	Pauline	208	↓6	36
15	Lucille	205	↑2	29
16	Frances	197	–	9
17	Juanita	189	↑8	61
18	Willie	189	↓8	74
19	Annie	184	↑1	35
20	Lois	181	↑8	38
21	Opal	179	↓2	>100
22	Louise	174	↓7	19
23	Anna	172	↑7	10
24	Ethel	165	↑3	30
25	Evelyn	165	↓2	12
26	Edna	162	↓5	27
27	Elizabeth	162	↓1	8
28	Irene	161	↓4	17
29	Alice	147	↑7	15
30	Edith	144	↓8	32
31	Beatrice	140	↑4	41
32	Mattie	139	↑5	96
33	Wilma	129	new	78
34	Bernice	128	↑5	40
35	Lillie	126	↓1	90
36	Minnie	125	↑11	87
37	Lillian	123	↑5	18
38	Geneva	121	↓6	>100
39	Bessie	120	↓10	71
40	Emma	120	↓9	46
41	Velma	120	–	>100
42	Lorene	118	↑1	>100
43	Jessie	113	↓10	84
44	Doris	112	new	14
45	Eva	112	new	58
46	Ida	109	↓1	66
47	Vivian	106	new	64
48	Vera	105	–	75
49	Bertha	104	↓9	57
50	Elsie	104	↓1	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	James	1,308	–	4
2	William	938	–	2
3	John	882	–	1
4	Robert	563	–	3
5	Charles	410	–	5
6	George	343	–	6
7	Willie	300	–	29
8	Thomas	277	–	11
9	Henry	227	↑1	17
10	Paul	206	↑6	14
11	Jack	202	↑6	20
12	Joe	191	↓3	35
13	Frank	184	↑5	9
14	Roy	171	↓3	32
15	Raymond	170	↓2	15
16	Edward	168	↓4	8
17	Joseph	168	↓3	7
18	Walter	165	↓3	13
19	Harold	164	↑3	12
20	Clarence	154	–	26
21	Fred	153	–	33
22	Earl	152	↑2	31
23	Carl	140	↓4	27
24	Albert	136	↓1	19
25	Eugene	129	↑2	30
26	Ralph	128	↓1	22
27	David	124	↑2	25
28	Richard	121	↑5	10
29	Arthur	117	↓3	18
30	Howard	116	↑5	24
31	Floyd	114	↓3	61
32	Warren	113	new	39
33	Clyde	111	↑6	68
34	Jessie	108	↓4	>100
35	Ernest	101	↓4	37
36	Ray	100	↑2	67
37	Lee	99	↓1	82
38	Cecil	97	↑4	77
39	Jesse	93	↑10	79
40	Louis	93	↑7	28
41	Herman	88	↑2	66
42	Samuel	88	new	44
43	Charlie	84	↓11	70
44	Leroy	83	↑6	56
45	Earnest	82	new	>100
46	Vernon	80	new	65
47	Leonard	79	↓13	38
48	Eddie	78	↓4	>100
49	Lloyd	78	↓12	58
50	Chester	77	new	55

← Arkansas 1919 Arkansas: all years · US 1920 Arkansas 1921 →