Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1931

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1931 were Mary for girls (1,174 babies) and James for boys (1,225). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,971 babies born in Arkansas in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1931

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

Girls

Christene: 19 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Ruthie: 61 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Floy: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Veda: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Syble: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dortha: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dorotha: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dorthy: 52 babies, 6× the national rate
Freddie: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Bobbye: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Odis: 22 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Burl: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Troy: 52 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doyle: 70 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lenard: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Charley: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Travis: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Thurman: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Claud: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Hershel: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	1,174	–	1
2	Betty	840	–	2
3	Dorothy	443	–	3
4	Wanda	293	↑1	54
5	Helen	283	↓1	6
6	Ruby	241	↑1	39
7	Martha	233	↓1	28
8	Virginia	233	↑1	12
9	Doris	203	↑5	10
10	Billie	200	–	81
11	Margaret	180	–	7
12	Frances	178	↑3	18
13	Mildred	178	↓5	26
14	Ruth	169	↓1	11
15	Patsy	164	↑19	83
16	Barbara	154	↑3	4
17	Joyce	151	↑7	15
18	Norma	151	↑5	22
19	Anna	143	↓2	25
20	Wilma	143	↓4	69
21	Juanita	141	↓9	57
22	Bonnie	139	↑8	73
23	Lois	139	↓2	20
24	Peggy	139	↑17	42
25	Annie	137	–	41
26	Willie	137	↓8	93
27	Louise	135	↓1	33
28	Bobbie	127	↑4	>100
29	Alice	120	–	21
30	Hazel	120	↓3	74
31	Emma	119	↓9	76
32	Evelyn	113	↓12	24
33	Patricia	113	–	8
34	Thelma	111	↓3	53
35	Edna	103	↑5	52
36	Bernice	101	↓1	63
37	Clara	100	↑8	61
38	Velma	97	↑1	>100
39	Geneva	91	↓3	>100
40	Gladys	91	new	55
41	Pauline	89	↓3	56
42	Elizabeth	88	↓14	16
43	Maxine	88	↑1	>100
44	Lillie	86	↓7	>100
45	Geraldine	82	new	38
46	Georgia	81	new	>100
47	Jean	81	↑3	13
48	Margie	81	↓1	>100
49	Marie	80	↓1	27
50	Marjorie	79	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	1,225	–	2
2	Charles	654	↑4	6
3	John	652	–	3
4	Robert	623	–	1
5	William	609	↓3	4
6	Billy	574	↓1	19
7	Bobby	380	–	32
8	George	293	–	8
9	Joe	266	↑2	29
10	Thomas	233	↑2	10
11	Willie	226	↓2	31
12	Donald	216	↑1	7
13	Harold	196	↓3	18
14	Kenneth	195	–	14
15	Paul	165	↑4	12
16	Jack	157	↑1	15
17	Raymond	151	↑9	17
18	David	149	↑4	13
19	Roy	148	↓1	35
20	Henry	145	↓5	22
21	Carl	139	–	28
22	Edward	138	↓6	11
23	Richard	136	↓3	5
24	Walter	120	↑1	20
25	Eugene	119	↑4	21
26	Jimmie	118	↑4	81
27	Frank	114	↑8	16
28	Albert	108	↑3	24
29	Joseph	108	↓6	9
30	Jimmy	107	↑8	89
31	Billie	100	↓4	>100
32	Clarence	100	↓4	39
33	Jerry	98	↑7	43
34	Earl	95	↓10	40
35	Fred	93	↑9	33
36	Bill	92	↑5	57
37	Lee	90	↓1	90
38	Floyd	88	↓1	66
39	Eddie	85	↑7	95
40	Howard	78	↓7	34
41	Ray	78	↓7	60
42	Curtis	77	new	>100
43	Ralph	77	↓1	25
44	Arthur	75	↓12	23
45	Leon	75	↓6	84
46	Herbert	73	↑4	41
47	Jesse	73	new	97
48	Johnnie	72	↓1	>100
49	Leroy	72	↓6	52
50	Marvin	71	new	45

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