Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1924

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,364 babies) and James for boys (1,508). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,028 babies born in Arkansas in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1924

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

Girls

Dortha: 36 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Glenda: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ruthie: 44 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Syble: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Linnie: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Charline: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Floy: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Oleta: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Florene: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 19 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jewell: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Hershel: 26 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Doyle: 52 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Burl: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Troy: 61 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Coy: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Odis: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Roosevelt: 40 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sammie: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,364	–	1
2	Dorothy	561	–	2
3	Ruby	404	↑2	26
4	Helen	399	↓1	3
5	Mildred	381	↓1	8
6	Betty	358	↑7	4
7	Ruth	330	↓1	6
8	Juanita	280	↑2	48
9	Virginia	279	↓2	7
10	Margaret	266	↓1	5
11	Martha	257	–	21
12	Frances	230	–	10
13	Louise	220	↑4	24
14	Hazel	212	–	42
15	Willie	212	↓7	68
16	Thelma	207	↓1	33
17	Anna	204	↑6	13
18	Lois	200	↑4	22
19	Annie	199	↑2	32
20	Gladys	194	↓2	30
21	Marie	180	↓5	14
22	Pauline	177	↓3	38
23	Evelyn	169	↓3	12
24	Wanda	168	↑5	74
25	Doris	164	↑6	9
26	Edna	161	↓2	31
27	Emma	156	↑12	57
28	Geneva	155	↑10	>100
29	Jessie	153	↑8	91
30	Elizabeth	144	↓3	11
31	Irene	144	↓6	18
32	Opal	144	↓6	>100
33	Wilma	140	↑1	67
34	Lillie	139	↑1	97
35	Alice	136	↓5	15
36	Lucille	136	↓8	37
37	Edith	135	↓4	36
38	Mattie	126	new	>100
39	Clara	125	↑1	56
40	Bonnie	114	new	>100
41	Geraldine	111	↑7	58
42	Maxine	111	–	77
43	Velma	108	↑2	>100
44	Myrtle	107	new	89
45	Beatrice	106	↓2	50
46	Ethel	106	↓10	39
47	Vera	106	new	85
48	Bernice	104	↓16	47
49	Imogene	104	new	>100
50	Lorene	104	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	1,508	–	4
2	William	927	–	3
3	John	837	–	2
4	Robert	641	–	1
5	Charles	549	–	5
6	George	387	–	6
7	Thomas	278	↑1	11
8	Willie	272	↓1	30
9	Joe	241	↑4	35
10	Jack	217	↓1	17
11	Edward	215	↑1	9
12	Paul	213	↑3	14
13	Walter	209	↑6	16
14	Henry	189	↓4	18
15	Harold	172	↓1	13
16	Billy	168	↑16	63
17	Carl	168	–	27
18	Joseph	167	↓2	7
19	Frank	162	↑1	12
20	Raymond	162	↓2	15
21	Roy	156	↓10	31
22	Richard	154	↓1	8
23	Calvin	150	↑22	44
24	Eugene	148	↓2	25
25	Albert	141	↑2	21
26	David	139	↑5	24
27	Clarence	133	↓4	29
28	Earl	129	↓4	33
29	Arthur	126	–	20
30	Fred	124	↓2	32
31	Kenneth	123	↓5	19
32	Ralph	119	↓7	23
33	Ernest	101	↑8	37
34	Lee	101	↑5	83
35	Jessie	99	↓1	>100
36	Cecil	97	↓6	85
37	Howard	97	↑10	26
38	Leon	95	↑8	76
39	Herman	94	↓2	70
40	Louis	94	↓7	28
41	Samuel	94	new	45
42	Ray	93	↓2	60
43	Charlie	91	↓7	80
44	Harry	90	new	22
45	Floyd	88	↓10	66
46	Herbert	87	new	41
47	Leroy	86	new	53
48	Jesse	83	↓5	86
49	Clyde	78	↓11	69
50	Eddie	75	new	>100

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