Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1930

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1930 were Mary for girls (1,321 babies) and James for boys (1,246). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,382 babies born in Arkansas in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1930

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

Girls

Floy: 23 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Syble: 24 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Bobbye: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Ava: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Freddie: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ruthie: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Pearlie: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Allie: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Queen: 17 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Hershel: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cleo: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Van: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Charley: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Odell: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Claud: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Winfred: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Billie: 121 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Troy: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	1,321	–	1
2	Betty	845	–	2
3	Dorothy	533	–	3
4	Helen	343	–	4
5	Wanda	309	↑1	56
6	Martha	260	↑3	27
7	Ruby	255	↓2	36
8	Mildred	242	↓1	21
9	Virginia	235	↓1	12
10	Billie	220	↑3	79
11	Margaret	199	–	5
12	Juanita	189	↑5	57
13	Ruth	189	↓1	10
14	Doris	187	↓4	9
15	Frances	180	↓1	16
16	Wilma	168	–	68
17	Anna	155	↑3	23
18	Willie	154	↓3	87
19	Barbara	151	↑10	6
20	Evelyn	150	↓1	19
21	Lois	149	↑4	17
22	Emma	144	–	73
23	Norma	144	–	25
24	Joyce	142	↑25	18
25	Annie	136	↓4	40
26	Louise	134	↓8	31
27	Hazel	132	↑1	71
28	Elizabeth	130	↓1	15
29	Alice	128	↑5	20
30	Bonnie	126	↓4	78
31	Thelma	126	↓7	45
32	Bobbie	121	↓1	>100
33	Patricia	120	new	7
34	Patsy	119	↑2	97
35	Bernice	113	↑8	58
36	Geneva	112	↓3	>100
37	Lillie	112	–	>100
38	Pauline	110	↓8	52
39	Velma	110	new	>100
40	Edna	108	↑5	51
41	Peggy	107	new	67
42	Jessie	103	↑4	>100
43	Lucille	103	↓8	59
44	Maxine	102	↓6	93
45	Clara	97	↓4	64
46	Rosie	97	↓7	>100
47	Margie	94	↓3	>100
48	Marie	93	↓6	26
49	Ethel	91	↓17	65
50	Jean	91	new	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	James	1,246	–	2
2	William	746	–	4
3	John	720	–	3
4	Robert	666	–	1
5	Billy	649	↑1	20
6	Charles	639	↓1	6
7	Bobby	356	↑3	41
8	George	315	↓1	8
9	Willie	279	↓1	29
10	Harold	230	↑2	18
11	Joe	228	↓2	27
12	Thomas	219	↓1	11
13	Donald	194	↑5	7
14	Kenneth	189	↑1	17
15	Henry	182	↓1	22
16	Edward	178	↓3	10
17	Jack	169	↓1	14
18	Roy	164	↓1	33
19	Paul	161	–	12
20	Richard	155	↑1	5
21	Carl	150	↑6	26
22	David	149	–	15
23	Joseph	144	–	9
24	Earl	130	↑6	38
25	Walter	130	–	19
26	Raymond	127	–	16
27	Billie	121	↑4	>100
28	Clarence	115	–	39
29	Eugene	113	↓5	21
30	Jimmie	112	↑7	86
31	Albert	108	↓2	24
32	Arthur	107	↑3	23
33	Howard	104	↑6	31
34	Ray	104	new	57
35	Frank	102	↓3	13
36	Lee	100	↓2	82
37	Floyd	99	↓1	61
38	Jimmy	98	new	>100
39	Leon	96	↑9	81
40	Jerry	94	new	51
41	Bill	93	↑3	59
42	Ralph	93	↓1	25
43	Leroy	89	↓3	53
44	Fred	86	↓11	32
45	Junior	86	↑4	>100
46	Eddie	83	new	97
47	Johnnie	83	new	>100
48	Louis	80	↓3	34
49	Wayne	80	new	65
50	Herbert	79	↓30	35

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