Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1936

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,089 babies) and James for boys (1,292). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,194 babies born in Arkansas in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1936

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

Girls

Maudie: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Freddie: 29 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ruthie: 41 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bennie: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jimmie: 56 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Eddie: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sammie: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Pearline: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ima: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Earlene: 33 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Jeff: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Hershel: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Travis: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Doyle: 61 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Troy: 51 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Coy: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Johnie: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Loyd: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 296 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Billie: 58 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,089	–	1
2	Betty	818	–	4
3	Shirley	722	–	2
4	Dorothy	388	–	6
5	Barbara	349	–	3
6	Wanda	248	–	56
7	Martha	245	–	24
8	Patsy	233	↑3	52
9	Helen	219	↓1	11
10	Patricia	203	↑5	5
11	Virginia	199	↓2	14
12	Carolyn	189	↑11	23
13	Joyce	189	–	12
14	Ruby	189	↓2	51
15	Doris	184	↓5	15
16	Peggy	182	↑10	35
17	Margaret	170	↓3	9
18	Frances	167	–	19
19	Norma	158	↓3	29
20	Mildred	142	–	40
21	Wilma	141	↑1	78
22	Bonnie	135	↓5	65
23	Anna	129	↑2	36
24	Willie	128	↑5	>100
25	Alice	125	↑10	27
26	Ruth	122	↓2	16
27	Annie	120	↑3	45
28	Bobbie	119	↓1	>100
29	Jo	119	↑7	72
30	Emma	116	↑3	85
31	Nancy	116	↓3	8
32	Billie	114	↓11	>100
33	Lois	113	↓14	26
34	Juanita	111	↓2	75
35	Elizabeth	106	↑3	18
36	Evelyn	91	↓5	34
37	Louise	91	–	46
38	Thelma	88	↑6	74
39	Edna	87	↓5	71
40	Hazel	86	–	96
41	Ethel	82	↑8	90
42	Lillie	81	↑4	>100
43	Clara	79	↓4	91
44	Sarah	78	↓1	63
45	Gladys	76	new	84
46	Georgia	75	new	>100
47	Donna	73	new	22
48	Jessie	73	new	>100
49	Marilyn	72	↓1	13
50	Jean	71	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	1,292	–	2
2	Charles	679	–	6
3	John	591	↑1	3
4	Billy	587	↓1	22
5	Robert	571	–	1
6	William	545	–	4
7	Bobby	517	–	24
8	Donald	343	–	7
9	Joe	327	–	23
10	Jimmy	296	↑1	46
11	Jerry	279	↑3	18
12	George	275	↓2	9
13	Willie	269	↓1	32
14	Thomas	229	↓1	8
15	Harold	197	–	21
16	David	175	↑2	10
17	Roy	174	↑7	42
18	Kenneth	171	↓1	14
19	Richard	166	↓3	5
20	Carl	162	↑3	27
21	Jimmie	156	↑1	71
22	Paul	155	↓3	15
23	Henry	139	↓2	28
24	Edward	132	↓4	13
25	Tommy	126	↑15	91
26	Raymond	125	↑4	17
27	Jack	120	↑1	20
28	Walter	103	↑1	26
29	Johnny	101	↓3	72
30	Joseph	100	↑12	11
31	Albert	99	↑4	34
32	Don	98	↓5	51
33	Frank	98	↑1	16
34	Eugene	96	↓1	29
35	Bill	94	↓10	61
36	Earl	93	↓5	47
37	Lee	92	↑9	76
38	Leroy	90	↓2	57
39	Gerald	88	–	19
40	Fred	86	↑8	36
41	Eddie	83	new	79
42	Leon	83	new	82
43	Marvin	79	↑4	49
44	Clarence	77	↓12	52
45	Ray	77	new	65
46	Wayne	76	↓8	45
47	Franklin	74	new	64
48	Howard	73	↓4	40
49	Curtis	71	new	>100
50	Jesse	71	new	>100

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