Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1935

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1935 were Mary for girls (1,229 babies) and James for boys (1,376). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,300 babies born in Arkansas in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1935

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: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ruthie: 53 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dortha: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Freddie: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Earnestine: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Eddie: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lessie: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Pearline: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bobby: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ollie: 51 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Jewell: 16 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Cleo: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Winfred: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Odell: 30 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Huey: 54 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Travis: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Coy: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Doyle: 62 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Van: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Loyd: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	1,229	–	1
2	Betty	876	–	4
3	Shirley	594	↑12	2
4	Dorothy	416	↓1	6
5	Barbara	392	↓1	3
6	Wanda	299	↓1	49
7	Martha	267	–	24
8	Helen	251	↓2	10
9	Virginia	234	–	16
10	Doris	219	–	13
11	Patsy	218	↑2	56
12	Ruby	214	↓4	41
13	Joyce	203	↑3	12
14	Margaret	202	↓3	8
15	Patricia	185	↑5	5
16	Norma	180	↓4	29
17	Bonnie	179	↑5	62
18	Frances	176	↓1	19
19	Lois	169	↑14	21
20	Mildred	168	↓1	35
21	Billie	161	↓3	>100
22	Wilma	153	↑3	70
23	Carolyn	149	↑5	28
24	Ruth	145	↓3	15
25	Anna	142	↓1	34
26	Peggy	142	↓12	36
27	Bobbie	138	↓4	>100
28	Nancy	135	↑9	9
29	Willie	133	–	99
30	Annie	117	–	38
31	Evelyn	116	↓4	31
32	Juanita	116	↓6	72
33	Emma	114	↓2	89
34	Edna	113	↑10	67
35	Alice	104	↓1	25
36	Jo	104	↓4	73
37	Louise	102	↑2	45
38	Elizabeth	95	↓3	17
39	Clara	91	↑3	81
40	Hazel	89	↓2	92
41	Margie	89	new	100
42	Maxine	88	new	>100
43	Sarah	88	new	61
44	Thelma	87	↓8	76
45	Joan	85	↓5	7
46	Lillie	83	↓5	>100
47	Rosie	82	new	>100
48	Marilyn	81	new	14
49	Ethel	80	↓1	82
50	Eva	80	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	1,376	–	2
2	Charles	801	–	6
3	Billy	673	–	19
4	John	650	–	3
5	Robert	638	–	1
6	William	609	–	4
7	Bobby	502	–	24
8	Donald	351	–	7
9	Joe	291	–	25
10	George	285	–	8
11	Jimmy	280	↑1	47
12	Willie	263	↑1	30
13	Thomas	249	↑1	9
14	Jerry	236	↑3	22
15	Harold	224	↓4	20
16	Richard	212	–	5
17	Kenneth	202	↓2	15
18	David	177	–	11
19	Paul	166	↑1	14
20	Edward	159	↑7	13
21	Henry	154	↑2	27
22	Jimmie	153	↑2	69
23	Carl	152	↓4	28
24	Roy	148	↓3	40
25	Bill	132	↑3	60
26	Johnny	132	↑3	74
27	Don	128	↑7	51
28	Jack	123	↓6	18
29	Walter	121	↓4	23
30	Raymond	120	↑3	17
31	Earl	108	↑9	46
32	Clarence	103	↑6	48
33	Eugene	101	↓7	26
34	Frank	101	↓4	16
35	Albert	97	↓4	31
36	Leroy	92	↑10	50
37	Floyd	88	–	76
38	Wayne	87	↑5	49
39	Gerald	85	↑10	21
40	Tommy	84	↓1	95
41	Arthur	83	↑3	29
42	Joseph	83	–	10
43	Ralph	82	↑4	32
44	Howard	81	new	39
45	Cecil	80	new	>100
46	Lee	80	↓14	80
47	Marvin	79	new	45
48	Fred	76	↓3	34
49	Louis	76	new	42
50	Bob	75	–	81

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