Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1921

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1921 were Mary for girls (1,190 babies) and James for boys (1,336). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,819 babies born in Arkansas in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1921

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

Girls

Elwanda: 18 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Nova: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Syble: 29 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ruthie: 35 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Floy: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Freddie: 21 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tressie: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ava: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Johnie: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Emogene: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Virgle: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Odis: 33 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Jewel: 21 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Coy: 31 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Doyle: 57 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Odell: 37 babies, 7× the national rate
Troy: 57 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Loyd: 57 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Charley: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Olen: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	1,190	–	1
2	Dorothy	507	–	2
3	Ruby	409	–	26
4	Helen	404	–	3
5	Mildred	390	–	7
6	Ruth	321	–	5
7	Margaret	280	↑1	4
8	Hazel	265	↓1	34
9	Virginia	246	↑3	6
10	Willie	232	↑8	74
11	Martha	216	–	21
12	Juanita	214	↑5	57
13	Frances	212	↑3	9
14	Pauline	202	–	37
15	Annie	197	↑4	36
16	Louise	197	↑6	22
17	Gladys	196	↓4	24
18	Thelma	194	↓8	30
19	Marie	191	↓10	14
20	Lois	180	–	38
21	Evelyn	175	↑4	12
22	Anna	166	↑1	11
23	Irene	164	↑5	18
24	Lucille	164	↓9	31
25	Edna	162	↑1	27
26	Betty	158	new	8
27	Edith	156	↑3	33
28	Jessie	147	↑15	91
29	Alice	145	–	15
30	Opal	143	↓9	>100
31	Lillian	142	↑6	19
32	Clara	139	new	45
33	Ethel	136	↓9	32
34	Lillie	136	↑1	94
35	Doris	128	↑9	13
36	Elizabeth	128	↓9	10
37	Wilma	126	↓4	72
38	Emma	125	↑2	52
39	Velma	124	↑2	>100
40	Alma	120	new	78
41	Bernice	120	↓7	39
42	Lorene	120	–	>100
43	Ida	116	↑3	67
44	Maxine	116	new	77
45	Rosie	116	new	>100
46	Beatrice	113	↓15	41
47	Wanda	113	new	>100
48	Marjorie	111	new	16
49	Vera	111	↓1	76
50	Minnie	107	↓14	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	1,336	–	4
2	William	908	–	3
3	John	854	–	1
4	Robert	581	–	2
5	Charles	448	–	5
6	George	344	–	6
7	Willie	289	–	34
8	Thomas	268	–	11
9	Paul	224	↑1	14
10	Henry	210	↓1	17
11	Edward	195	↑5	8
12	Joe	194	–	36
13	Jack	188	↓2	18
14	Roy	188	–	32
15	Joseph	181	↑2	7
16	Harold	177	↑3	12
17	Walter	170	↑1	15
18	Carl	168	↑5	30
19	Raymond	160	↓4	16
20	Frank	158	↓7	9
21	Eugene	152	↑4	26
22	Richard	143	↑6	10
23	Warren	142	↑9	24
24	Albert	138	–	20
25	Clarence	137	↓5	28
26	Ralph	134	–	23
27	Earl	130	↓5	31
28	Fred	130	↓7	33
29	David	128	↓2	25
30	Cecil	125	↑8	79
31	Arthur	115	↓2	19
32	Kenneth	111	new	22
33	Howard	108	↓3	27
34	Louis	105	↑6	29
35	Samuel	105	↑7	44
36	Floyd	102	↓5	63
37	Charlie	100	↑6	76
38	Ray	98	↓2	67
39	Ernest	95	↓4	38
40	Harry	95	new	21
41	Jessie	94	↓7	>100
42	Lee	90	↓5	86
43	Vernon	90	↑3	68
44	Herman	89	↓3	64
45	Leroy	87	↓1	55
46	Elmer	85	new	48
47	Jesse	84	↓8	77
48	Johnnie	80	new	>100
49	Andrew	79	new	51
50	Leonard	78	↓3	39

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