Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1928

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1928 were Mary for girls (1,173 babies) and James for boys (1,278). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,384 babies born in Arkansas in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1928

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

Girls

Neoma: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Veda: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Charline: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Floy: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Robbie: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 122 babies, 6× the national rate
Ruthie: 37 babies, 6× the national rate
Freddie: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Letha: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bettye: 59 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 25 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Olen: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doyle: 52 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Loyd: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Coy: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Winfred: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Odell: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wilburn: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Billie: 104 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Troy: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	1,173	–	1
2	Betty	670	–	2
3	Dorothy	507	–	3
4	Helen	377	–	4
5	Ruby	310	–	34
6	Mildred	266	–	15
7	Virginia	255	–	9
8	Martha	245	↑5	22
9	Wanda	234	↓1	63
10	Ruth	212	↓1	6
11	Billie	207	↑11	96
12	Juanita	199	↓2	58
13	Willie	188	↓2	74
14	Margaret	187	↓2	5
15	Doris	174	↓1	7
16	Thelma	173	↑5	40
17	Frances	167	↓1	13
18	Anna	166	↑5	16
19	Lois	159	↓1	18
20	Hazel	158	↓3	59
21	Wilma	156	↓2	69
22	Alice	152	↑11	19
23	Annie	150	↓8	37
24	Emma	145	↑1	67
25	Louise	145	↓5	31
26	Norma	133	↑12	23
27	Marie	130	↑4	21
28	Evelyn	126	↑1	17
29	Edna	123	↓1	45
30	Bobbie	122	new	>100
31	Bonnie	117	↑6	89
32	Lillie	115	↓6	>100
33	Clara	114	↓1	65
34	Geneva	114	↑12	>100
35	Maxine	113	↑10	84
36	Gladys	112	↑4	41
37	Bernice	106	↓10	53
38	Barbara	104	new	8
39	Ethel	104	↑2	55
40	Pauline	102	↓10	48
41	Elizabeth	101	↓7	14
42	Jessie	96	↓18	>100
43	Georgia	94	new	>100
44	Lucille	94	new	51
45	Vera	94	new	92
46	Mattie	92	↑1	>100
47	Velma	91	↓3	>100
48	Edith	90	↓9	56
49	Jean	90	↓6	12
50	Joyce	90	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	1,278	–	3
2	William	749	–	4
3	John	697	–	2
4	Robert	617	↑1	1
5	Charles	581	↓1	5
6	Billy	455	–	27
7	George	340	–	8
8	Willie	275	–	29
9	Thomas	260	↑1	11
10	Joe	243	↓1	30
11	Jack	210	↑3	15
12	Harold	198	↓1	14
13	Roy	192	↓1	34
14	Edward	183	↑2	10
15	Bobby	173	↑16	65
16	Henry	173	↓3	21
17	Paul	156	↓2	13
18	Eugene	151	↑2	20
19	Raymond	149	↓2	16
20	Richard	149	↓2	6
21	Walter	149	–	18
22	Herbert	140	new	25
23	Earl	139	↑6	37
24	Donald	134	–	7
25	Kenneth	134	↑3	17
26	Carl	129	↓1	28
27	Frank	123	↓8	12
28	David	122	↓1	19
29	Fred	113	↑3	36
30	Ralph	112	↑3	24
31	Clarence	110	↓9	35
32	Albert	107	↓2	23
33	Ray	106	↑10	57
34	Billie	104	↑2	>100
35	Joseph	104	↓12	9
36	Samuel	100	new	52
37	Floyd	99	↓11	54
38	Howard	99	↑6	31
39	Arthur	90	↓5	22
40	Jessie	90	–	>100
41	Jimmie	89	↑1	100
42	Junior	88	↑7	>100
43	Lee	88	↓4	87
44	Jesse	87	new	91
45	Cecil	82	↓4	97
46	Clyde	81	↓8	74
47	Herman	80	↓1	78
48	Vernon	80	new	70
49	Bill	78	↓1	64
50	Curtis	77	new	>100

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