Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1927

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1927 were Mary for girls (1,344 babies) and James for boys (1,388). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,288 babies born in Arkansas in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1927

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

Girls

Charline: 26 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 65 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tressie: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 40 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dortha: 28 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Glenda: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Freddie: 27 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Floy: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lorine: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Queen: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Burl: 29 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Jewel: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Coy: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Olen: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Doyle: 67 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hershel: 24 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lenard: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loyd: 54 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wilburn: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Travis: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	1,344	–	1
2	Betty	605	↑1	3
3	Dorothy	541	↓1	2
4	Helen	419	–	4
5	Ruby	335	–	30
6	Mildred	303	–	11
7	Virginia	279	↑1	8
8	Wanda	257	↓1	66
9	Ruth	252	–	6
10	Juanita	238	↑1	55
11	Willie	237	↑1	71
12	Margaret	236	↑1	5
13	Martha	224	↓3	24
14	Doris	217	↑3	7
15	Annie	199	↑3	36
16	Frances	192	–	12
17	Hazel	191	↓2	53
18	Lois	177	↑2	19
19	Wilma	177	↑13	68
20	Louise	176	↓1	27
21	Thelma	175	↓7	38
22	Billie	172	↑12	>100
23	Anna	160	–	16
24	Jessie	154	↑9	95
25	Emma	148	–	64
26	Lillie	145	↑13	94
27	Bernice	144	↑21	49
28	Edna	144	↓2	40
29	Evelyn	144	↓8	15
30	Pauline	138	↓3	42
31	Marie	137	↓9	20
32	Clara	132	new	63
33	Alice	129	↓5	17
34	Elizabeth	126	↓3	13
35	Imogene	124	new	>100
36	Rosie	123	↑1	>100
37	Bonnie	119	↓7	100
38	Norma	119	↑6	26
39	Edith	115	↑6	48
40	Gladys	112	↓11	37
41	Ethel	110	↓3	47
42	Alma	108	↑4	97
43	Jean	103	new	14
44	Velma	103	new	>100
45	Maxine	102	↓4	87
46	Geneva	98	↓10	>100
47	Mattie	98	↓5	>100
48	Bessie	96	↑1	88
49	Ella	95	new	98
50	Margie	95	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	1,388	–	3
2	William	793	–	4
3	John	781	–	2
4	Charles	650	↑1	5
5	Robert	609	↓1	1
6	Billy	400	↑2	31
7	George	323	↓1	7
8	Willie	297	↓1	27
9	Joe	238	↑1	30
10	Thomas	231	↓1	11
11	Harold	218	↑1	14
12	Roy	203	↑2	34
13	Henry	185	–	19
14	Jack	185	↓3	16
15	Paul	179	↑1	13
16	Edward	171	↓1	10
17	Raymond	169	–	15
18	Richard	163	↑1	6
19	Frank	162	↑4	12
20	Eugene	157	↑1	20
21	Walter	155	↓3	17
22	Clarence	149	↑6	32
23	Joseph	147	↑4	9
24	Donald	144	↑7	8
25	Carl	140	↓5	26
26	Floyd	137	↓1	53
27	David	132	↓5	21
28	Kenneth	127	↓2	18
29	Earl	123	↓5	33
30	Albert	119	↑6	23
31	Bobby	119	↑6	91
32	Fred	116	↓3	35
33	Ralph	114	↑5	24
34	Arthur	107	↓4	22
35	Charlie	106	↑11	80
36	Billie	97	new	>100
37	Eddie	95	↑13	>100
38	Clyde	92	new	68
39	Lee	91	↑10	86
40	Jessie	90	–	>100
41	Cecil	89	↓6	92
42	Jimmie	89	new	>100
43	Ray	89	↓9	60
44	Howard	88	↓3	28
45	Calvin	87	↓3	73
46	Herman	85	↓2	70
47	Louis	85	↓2	29
48	Bill	84	new	69
49	Junior	84	new	>100
50	Ernest	83	↓2	41

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