Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1934

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,211 babies) and James for boys (1,358). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,826 babies born in Arkansas in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1934

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: 26 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Dortha: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Earnestine: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dorthy: 54 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Freddie: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ollie: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jewel: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ruthie: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Erma: 81 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Freda: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Doyne: 16 babies, 32.7× the national rate
Jewel: 19 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Jewell: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Odis: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Booker: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Doyle: 63 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Troy: 56 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Johnie: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Loyd: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Travis: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,211	–	1
2	Betty	926	–	2
3	Dorothy	460	–	5
4	Barbara	360	↑1	3
5	Wanda	302	↑1	47
6	Helen	282	↓2	9
7	Martha	254	↑1	27
8	Ruby	247	↓1	39
9	Virginia	247	↑4	15
10	Doris	225	–	11
11	Margaret	219	↑1	8
12	Norma	207	↑9	24
13	Patsy	204	↓2	59
14	Peggy	203	↑9	36
15	Shirley	203	↑21	4
16	Joyce	202	↓7	12
17	Frances	186	↓2	19
18	Billie	184	–	92
19	Mildred	183	↓5	35
20	Patricia	177	↑5	6
21	Ruth	160	↓5	13
22	Bonnie	152	–	58
23	Bobbie	145	↑4	>100
24	Anna	138	↓7	31
25	Wilma	138	↓5	73
26	Juanita	135	↑2	64
27	Evelyn	133	↑11	29
28	Carolyn	131	↑7	33
29	Willie	129	↓10	>100
30	Annie	126	↓1	38
31	Emma	125	↓7	85
32	Jo	125	↑10	75
33	Lois	124	↓3	20
34	Alice	118	↓2	25
35	Elizabeth	118	↑5	18
36	Thelma	117	↓3	65
37	Nancy	113	–	10
38	Hazel	107	↓7	87
39	Louise	106	↓13	40
40	Joan	100	new	7
41	Lillie	94	↑7	>100
42	Clara	93	↑5	76
43	Geneva	93	new	>100
44	Edna	91	↓1	55
45	Jean	86	↓4	16
46	Bernice	81	↓2	82
47	Erma	81	new	>100
48	Ethel	81	↑1	78
49	Ann	80	new	32
50	Georgia	80	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	1,358	–	2
2	Charles	751	–	7
3	Billy	721	–	20
4	John	707	–	3
5	Robert	641	↑1	1
6	William	637	↓1	4
7	Bobby	500	–	23
8	Donald	297	↑3	6
9	Joe	294	↑3	26
10	George	277	↓2	8
11	Harold	264	↑2	18
12	Jimmy	253	↑6	56
13	Willie	248	↓4	30
14	Thomas	234	↓4	9
15	Kenneth	212	–	15
16	Richard	199	↓2	5
17	Jerry	190	↑3	25
18	David	185	↑3	12
19	Carl	158	↑4	28
20	Paul	157	↓1	14
21	Roy	152	↓4	35
22	Jack	151	↑4	17
23	Henry	144	↓1	27
24	Jimmie	129	↑1	68
25	Walter	124	↑4	21
26	Eugene	121	↑4	24
27	Edward	118	↓11	13
28	Bill	114	↑6	59
29	Johnny	114	↑11	83
30	Frank	113	↓3	16
31	Albert	109	↑2	32
32	Lee	106	↑3	79
33	Raymond	101	↓5	19
34	Don	99	↓2	50
35	Franklin	98	↓11	46
36	Curtis	92	new	>100
37	Floyd	92	↓6	73
38	Clarence	90	↓2	45
39	Tommy	90	new	98
40	Earl	89	↓2	41
41	Eddie	88	new	92
42	Joseph	87	↓5	10
43	Wayne	81	new	48
44	Arthur	79	↑3	29
45	Fred	79	↓4	33
46	Leroy	79	new	54
47	Ralph	79	↓8	31
48	Ray	78	↓6	63
49	Gerald	76	↓6	22
50	Bob	75	new	75

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