Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1932

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1932 were Mary for girls (1,249 babies) and James for boys (1,332). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,480 babies born in Arkansas in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1932

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

Girls

Bobbye: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ruthie: 49 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Syble: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Delois: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Earnestine: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Freddie: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dortha: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Oma: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Pearline: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Glenda: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Cleo: 24 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Booker: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Doyle: 62 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loyd: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Johnie: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sammie: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hershel: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charley: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Junior: 89 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Travis: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	1,249	–	1
2	Betty	960	–	2
3	Dorothy	490	–	4
4	Wanda	293	–	52
5	Helen	281	–	8
6	Barbara	253	↑10	3
7	Martha	241	–	27
8	Ruby	236	↓2	38
9	Virginia	220	↓1	14
10	Margaret	212	↑1	7
11	Doris	204	↓2	10
12	Mildred	197	↑1	26
13	Ruth	197	↑1	11
14	Joyce	188	↑3	12
15	Patsy	188	–	77
16	Norma	185	↑2	22
17	Billie	178	↓7	93
18	Peggy	175	↑6	40
19	Frances	168	↓7	19
20	Juanita	165	↑1	58
21	Wilma	165	↓1	65
22	Bonnie	160	–	64
23	Bobbie	147	↑5	>100
24	Louise	141	↑3	36
25	Willie	140	↑1	91
26	Anna	139	↓7	24
27	Patricia	139	↑6	6
28	Lois	138	↓5	20
29	Annie	130	↓4	41
30	Hazel	128	–	75
31	Emma	126	–	76
32	Evelyn	125	–	23
33	Alice	112	↓4	21
34	Thelma	112	–	51
35	Geneva	108	↑4	>100
36	Elizabeth	104	↑6	17
37	Carolyn	100	new	46
38	Gladys	100	↑2	54
39	Mattie	97	new	>100
40	Rosie	96	new	>100
41	Velma	95	↓3	>100
42	Clara	93	↓5	70
43	Lucille	93	new	63
44	Margie	93	↑4	>100
45	Jo	92	new	>100
46	Bernice	91	↓10	71
47	Minnie	91	new	>100
48	Edna	90	↓13	50
49	Georgia	90	↓3	>100
50	Pauline	90	↓9	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	1,332	–	2
2	Charles	725	–	6
3	Robert	693	↑1	1
4	John	679	↓1	3
5	William	657	–	4
6	Billy	631	–	20
7	Bobby	431	–	30
8	George	279	–	8
9	Willie	262	↑2	31
10	Donald	249	↑2	7
11	Joe	249	↓2	29
12	Harold	240	↑1	18
13	Thomas	233	↓3	10
14	Kenneth	189	–	14
15	David	167	↑3	12
16	Edward	165	↑6	11
17	Richard	164	↑6	5
18	Paul	154	↓3	13
19	Roy	151	–	38
20	Carl	149	↑1	28
21	Jack	142	↓5	17
22	Jimmy	141	↑8	76
23	Henry	137	↓3	23
24	Jerry	137	↑9	34
25	Jimmie	136	↑1	75
26	Raymond	134	↓9	19
27	Walter	120	↓3	21
28	Frank	118	↓1	15
29	Albert	115	↓1	26
30	Earl	109	↑4	41
31	Eugene	108	↓6	22
32	Joseph	96	↓3	9
33	Clarence	95	↓1	40
34	Eddie	92	↑5	91
35	Lee	92	↑2	86
36	Leon	90	↑9	83
37	Arthur	89	↑7	25
38	Junior	89	new	>100
39	Floyd	88	↓1	68
40	Ray	88	↑1	59
41	Johnny	87	new	96
42	Bill	86	↓6	58
43	Herbert	85	↑3	44
44	Don	84	new	55
45	Fred	84	↓10	33
46	Leroy	84	↑3	53
47	Cecil	80	new	>100
48	Franklin	79	new	66
49	Tommy	79	new	>100
50	Marvin	78	–	46

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