Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1923

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,257 babies) and James for boys (1,396). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,128 babies born in Arkansas in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1923

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

Girls

Tressie: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Syble: 28 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Artie: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Joe: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ruthie: 38 babies, 7× the national rate
Gertie: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Charlene: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Robbie: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Allie: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Verlon: 18 babies, 28.6× the national rate
Jewel: 21 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Olen: 29 babies, 10× the national rate
Napoleon: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jewell: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Coy: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Doyle: 52 babies, 7× the national rate
Booker: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Troy: 52 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Thurman: 34 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,257	–	1
2	Dorothy	549	–	2
3	Helen	405	–	3
4	Mildred	390	–	8
5	Ruby	378	–	25
6	Ruth	333	–	6
7	Virginia	292	↑1	7
8	Willie	269	↑3	67
9	Margaret	246	↓2	4
10	Juanita	238	–	51
11	Martha	236	↑2	21
12	Frances	220	↑3	10
13	Betty	208	↑7	5
14	Hazel	207	↓5	40
15	Thelma	202	↓1	31
16	Marie	195	↑5	14
17	Louise	189	↑1	22
18	Gladys	187	↑1	29
19	Pauline	175	↓2	37
20	Evelyn	172	↓4	12
21	Annie	166	↓9	34
22	Lois	166	↑1	27
23	Anna	160	↑1	13
24	Edna	156	↑2	32
25	Irene	154	↑11	17
26	Opal	152	↑1	>100
27	Elizabeth	151	↑6	9
28	Lucille	151	↓6	35
29	Wanda	151	↑5	80
30	Alice	148	↓2	15
31	Doris	148	↓1	11
32	Bernice	142	↑6	43
33	Edith	142	↓8	36
34	Wilma	132	↑10	74
35	Lillie	129	↑2	91
36	Ethel	128	↓7	38
37	Jessie	128	↓5	94
38	Geneva	125	↑5	>100
39	Emma	123	↓8	53
40	Clara	121	↑1	49
41	Marjorie	121	↑8	16
42	Maxine	117	↑5	76
43	Beatrice	114	↓4	46
44	Lillian	108	↓9	20
45	Velma	108	new	>100
46	Margie	106	new	>100
47	Rosie	106	new	>100
48	Geraldine	105	new	58
49	Lorene	104	new	>100
50	Ida	102	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	1,396	–	4
2	William	931	–	3
3	John	829	–	1
4	Robert	647	–	2
5	Charles	447	–	5
6	George	376	–	6
7	Willie	271	–	30
8	Thomas	267	–	12
9	Jack	227	↑4	17
10	Henry	224	↓1	18
11	Roy	188	↑3	32
12	Edward	186	↓1	8
13	Joe	185	↓3	35
14	Harold	182	↓2	13
15	Paul	177	–	14
16	Joseph	173	–	7
17	Carl	172	↑7	28
18	Raymond	171	–	15
19	Walter	157	↓2	16
20	Frank	145	↑3	11
21	Richard	140	↑6	9
22	Eugene	138	↓1	25
23	Clarence	136	↓3	29
24	Earl	136	↓5	31
25	Ralph	136	↑1	23
26	Kenneth	135	↑10	21
27	Albert	123	↓5	20
28	Fred	116	↓3	33
29	Arthur	113	↑3	19
30	Cecil	113	↑3	87
31	David	109	↓2	24
32	Billy	105	↑3	78
33	Louis	104	↓3	27
34	Jessie	103	↓3	>100
35	Floyd	100	↓7	64
36	Charlie	97	↑8	79
37	Herman	94	↑3	66
38	Clyde	93	↑1	68
39	Lee	92	↑2	85
40	Ray	92	↑7	61
41	Ernest	90	↓4	38
42	Elmer	89	↑3	57
43	Jesse	87	↓5	83
44	Marvin	85	new	51
45	Calvin	84	new	82
46	Leon	82	new	77
47	Howard	81	↓13	26
48	Vernon	80	–	67
49	Chester	75	new	63
50	Donald	75	new	10

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