Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1922

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,283 babies) and James for boys (1,417). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,376 babies born in Arkansas in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1922

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: 38 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Elwanda: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Floy: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Tressie: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 32 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Pearline: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dortha: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dovie: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Johnie: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Finis: 16 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Virgle: 16 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Jewel: 27 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Doyle: 63 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Odis: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Coy: 28 babies, 8× the national rate
Olen: 25 babies, 8× the national rate
Burl: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Troy: 55 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wilburn: 24 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,283	–	1
2	Dorothy	484	–	2
3	Helen	414	↑1	3
4	Mildred	402	↑1	8
5	Ruby	379	↓2	26
6	Ruth	315	–	5
7	Margaret	284	–	4
8	Virginia	251	↑1	7
9	Hazel	227	↓1	37
10	Juanita	225	↑2	57
11	Willie	225	↓1	70
12	Annie	223	↑3	30
13	Martha	219	↓2	21
14	Thelma	212	↑4	31
15	Frances	211	↓2	10
16	Evelyn	206	↑5	13
17	Pauline	200	↓3	36
18	Louise	188	↓2	22
19	Gladys	184	↓2	25
20	Betty	173	↑6	6
21	Marie	170	↓2	14
22	Lucille	154	↑2	33
23	Lois	152	↓3	35
24	Anna	150	↓2	12
25	Edith	150	↑2	34
26	Edna	149	↓1	29
27	Opal	147	↑3	>100
28	Alice	145	↑1	15
29	Ethel	143	↑4	32
30	Doris	142	↑5	11
31	Emma	141	↑7	50
32	Jessie	140	↓4	87
33	Elizabeth	138	↑3	9
34	Wanda	135	↑13	92
35	Lillian	133	↓4	19
36	Irene	132	↓13	17
37	Lillie	126	↓3	85
38	Bernice	124	↑3	41
39	Beatrice	121	↑7	43
40	Mattie	118	new	>100
41	Clara	117	↓9	47
42	Alma	114	↓2	84
43	Geneva	114	new	>100
44	Wilma	114	↓7	77
45	Bertha	113	new	63
46	Bessie	111	new	81
47	Maxine	111	↓3	82
48	Myrtle	109	new	75
49	Marjorie	108	↓1	16
50	Minnie	107	–	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	1,417	–	4
2	William	869	–	3
3	John	813	–	1
4	Robert	610	–	2
5	Charles	483	–	5
6	George	350	–	6
7	Willie	294	–	28
8	Thomas	265	–	11
9	Henry	232	↑1	17
10	Joe	221	↑2	35
11	Edward	202	–	8
12	Harold	194	↑4	13
13	Jack	187	–	18
14	Roy	185	–	32
15	Paul	170	↓6	14
16	Joseph	165	↓1	7
17	Walter	163	–	15
18	Raymond	160	↑1	16
19	Earl	159	↑8	31
20	Clarence	152	↑5	29
21	Eugene	148	–	25
22	Albert	147	↑2	20
23	Frank	142	↓3	10
24	Carl	135	↓6	30
25	Fred	133	↑3	33
26	Ralph	132	–	23
27	Richard	129	↓5	9
28	Floyd	124	↑8	61
29	David	121	–	24
30	Louis	121	↑4	27
31	Jessie	117	↑10	>100
32	Arthur	115	↓1	19
33	Cecil	105	↓3	85
34	Howard	99	↓1	26
35	Billy	98	new	90
36	Kenneth	94	↓4	21
37	Ernest	91	↑2	37
38	Jesse	90	↑9	81
39	Clyde	88	new	67
40	Herman	86	↑4	66
41	Lee	85	↑1	83
42	Leroy	85	↑3	55
43	Samuel	85	↓8	43
44	Charlie	83	↓7	72
45	Elmer	82	↑1	54
46	Harry	81	↓6	22
47	Ray	80	↓9	65
48	Vernon	79	↓5	68
49	Lawrence	77	new	36
50	Andrew	75	↓1	53

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