Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1925

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,400 babies) and James for boys (1,422). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,838 babies born in Arkansas in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1925

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

Girls

Rubie: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Floy: 25 babies, 9× the national rate
Dovie: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Florene: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Freddie: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Glenda: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Artie: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Earnestine: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Syble: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Johnie: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Jewell: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Doyle: 62 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Coy: 30 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Claud: 37 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Burl: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Olen: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Troy: 57 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Odis: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Winfred: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Thurman: 30 babies, 6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,400	–	1
2	Dorothy	576	–	2
3	Betty	432	↑3	3
4	Helen	371	–	4
5	Ruby	370	↓2	30
6	Mildred	349	↓1	9
7	Ruth	323	–	6
8	Virginia	319	↑1	7
9	Margaret	269	↑1	5
10	Martha	245	↑1	23
11	Juanita	234	↓3	49
12	Willie	220	↑3	68
13	Frances	212	↓1	11
14	Annie	205	↑5	32
15	Hazel	200	↓1	45
16	Wanda	200	↑8	72
17	Gladys	199	↑3	33
18	Doris	187	↑7	8
19	Pauline	187	↑3	38
20	Evelyn	180	↑3	12
21	Thelma	176	↓5	35
22	Lois	172	↓4	18
23	Louise	165	↓10	27
24	Marie	165	↓3	16
25	Anna	163	↓8	13
26	Wilma	160	↑7	62
27	Mattie	153	↑11	100
28	Emma	150	↓1	57
29	Bernice	145	↑19	46
30	Edna	145	↓4	37
31	Edith	144	↑6	42
32	Jessie	143	↓3	97
33	Ethel	141	↑13	43
34	Geneva	140	↓6	>100
35	Lucille	138	↑1	41
36	Maxine	137	↑6	79
37	Elizabeth	135	↓7	10
38	Alice	134	↓3	15
39	Margie	126	new	99
40	Irene	125	↓9	19
41	Opal	124	↓9	>100
42	Lillie	123	↓8	91
43	Beatrice	122	↑2	50
44	Norma	120	new	34
45	Billie	119	new	>100
46	Alma	117	new	94
47	Velma	114	↓4	>100
48	Rosie	113	new	>100
49	Sarah	112	new	58
50	Bertha	111	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	1,422	–	4
2	William	946	–	3
3	John	759	–	2
4	Robert	703	–	1
5	Charles	521	–	5
6	George	344	–	6
7	Thomas	287	–	11
8	Willie	277	–	27
9	Joe	242	–	34
10	Henry	215	↑4	18
11	Harold	206	↑4	14
12	Billy	201	↑4	49
13	Roy	201	↑8	32
14	Edward	198	↓3	9
15	Paul	192	↓3	13
16	Jack	181	↓6	17
17	Eugene	170	↑7	24
18	Walter	159	↓5	16
19	Frank	155	–	12
20	Raymond	146	–	15
21	Clarence	145	↑6	30
22	Calvin	141	↑1	47
23	Albert	139	↑2	21
24	Joseph	136	↓6	7
25	Richard	133	↓3	8
26	Carl	132	↓9	28
27	Earl	132	↑1	31
28	David	128	↓2	22
29	Floyd	126	↑16	58
30	Kenneth	126	↑1	19
31	Fred	115	↓1	33
32	Cecil	112	↑4	87
33	Ralph	111	↓1	25
34	Arthur	110	↓5	20
35	Jessie	105	–	>100
36	Herman	100	↑3	69
37	Clyde	96	↑12	68
38	Ray	93	↑4	64
39	Jimmie	92	new	>100
40	Leon	91	↓2	76
41	Herbert	90	↑5	42
42	Jesse	90	↑6	85
43	Howard	89	↓6	26
44	Leroy	88	↑3	52
45	Lee	86	↓11	82
46	Samuel	85	↓5	46
47	Marvin	84	new	51
48	Elmer	83	new	61
49	Ernest	82	↓16	37
50	Louis	82	↓10	29

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