Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1933

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,148 babies) and James for boys (1,333). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,613 babies born in Arkansas in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1933

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: 22 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Dortha: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dessie: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 43 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bobbye: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Pearline: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Freddie: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Melba: 73 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maudie: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gracie: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Jewel: 16 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Travis: 35 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doyle: 71 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Coy: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Hershel: 19 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Booker: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Claud: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wilburn: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Charley: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,148	–	1
2	Betty	879	–	2
3	Dorothy	470	–	4
4	Helen	312	↑1	8
5	Barbara	303	↑1	3
6	Wanda	285	↓2	48
7	Ruby	263	↑1	43
8	Martha	230	↓1	27
9	Joyce	214	↑5	12
10	Doris	211	↑1	10
11	Patsy	211	↑4	65
12	Margaret	210	↓2	7
13	Virginia	205	↓4	15
14	Mildred	190	↓2	32
15	Frances	186	↑4	18
16	Ruth	175	↓3	13
17	Anna	174	↑9	29
18	Billie	168	↓1	92
19	Willie	166	↑6	93
20	Wilma	165	↑1	66
21	Norma	162	↓5	23
22	Bonnie	161	–	68
23	Peggy	160	↓5	36
24	Emma	140	↑7	75
25	Patricia	137	↑2	6
26	Louise	135	↓2	39
27	Bobbie	134	↓4	>100
28	Juanita	131	↓8	63
29	Annie	129	–	37
30	Lois	124	↓2	19
31	Hazel	121	↓1	82
32	Alice	113	↑1	22
33	Thelma	112	↑1	57
34	Jessie	109	new	>100
35	Carolyn	104	↑2	40
36	Shirley	104	new	9
37	Nancy	97	new	11
38	Evelyn	96	↓6	30
39	Velma	96	↑2	>100
40	Elizabeth	91	↓4	17
41	Jean	91	new	14
42	Jo	90	↑3	90
43	Edna	87	↑5	55
44	Bernice	86	↑2	83
45	Minnie	85	↑2	>100
46	Alma	83	new	>100
47	Clara	83	↓5	67
48	Lillie	83	new	>100
49	Ethel	82	new	71
50	Marie	82	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	1,333	–	2
2	Charles	763	–	6
3	Billy	665	↑3	20
4	John	617	–	3
5	William	608	–	4
6	Robert	600	↓3	1
7	Bobby	447	–	26
8	George	260	–	8
9	Willie	252	–	32
10	Thomas	246	↑3	10
11	Donald	243	↓1	7
12	Joe	233	↓1	27
13	Harold	217	↓1	18
14	Richard	182	↑3	5
15	Kenneth	181	↓1	15
16	Edward	179	–	11
17	Roy	174	↑2	39
18	Jimmy	166	↑4	64
19	Paul	162	↓1	14
20	Jerry	161	↑4	31
21	David	155	↓6	13
22	Henry	146	↑1	24
23	Carl	145	↓3	28
24	Franklin	134	↑24	33
25	Jimmie	133	–	72
26	Jack	126	↓5	17
27	Frank	125	↑1	16
28	Raymond	121	↓2	19
29	Walter	117	↓2	21
30	Eugene	113	↑1	23
31	Floyd	104	↑8	69
32	Don	101	↑12	54
33	Albert	100	↓4	30
34	Bill	100	↑8	59
35	Lee	99	–	79
36	Clarence	95	↓3	43
37	Joseph	95	↓5	9
38	Earl	94	↓8	41
39	Ralph	91	new	29
40	Johnny	90	↑1	90
41	Fred	89	↑4	34
42	Ray	88	↓2	62
43	Gerald	86	new	22
44	Jessie	84	new	>100
45	Louis	83	new	40
46	Vernon	82	new	83
47	Arthur	80	↓10	25
48	Howard	74	new	36
49	Billie	72	new	>100
50	Doyle	71	new	>100

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