Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1937

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1937 were Mary for girls (1,148 babies) and James for boys (1,304). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,245 babies born in Arkansas in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1937

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: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Earnestine: 45 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ruthie: 43 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Eddie: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freddie: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shelba: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Zelma: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Frankie: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dorthy: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Robbie: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Odis: 21 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Cleo: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Travis: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Hershel: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Doyle: 54 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Odell: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Troy: 50 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Monroe: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Loyd: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Coy: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	1,148	–	1
2	Betty	821	–	5
3	Shirley	589	–	4
4	Barbara	453	↑1	2
5	Dorothy	374	↓1	8
6	Patsy	308	↑2	54
7	Martha	281	–	24
8	Helen	250	↑1	12
9	Joyce	228	↑4	11
10	Patricia	227	–	3
11	Virginia	223	–	16
12	Carolyn	211	–	20
13	Wanda	211	↓7	55
14	Ruby	202	–	52
15	Doris	198	–	22
16	Frances	182	↑2	19
17	Margaret	181	–	10
18	Peggy	178	↓2	31
19	Norma	143	–	33
20	Nancy	142	↑11	7
21	Alice	136	↑4	28
22	Annie	134	↑5	46
23	Bonnie	132	↓1	64
24	Willie	130	–	>100
25	Mildred	128	↓5	43
26	Anna	127	↓3	39
27	Ruth	127	↓1	15
28	Wilma	122	↓7	80
29	Bobbie	121	↓1	>100
30	Elizabeth	110	↑5	17
31	Evelyn	108	↑5	36
32	Billie	105	–	>100
33	Emma	104	↓3	89
34	Jo	103	↓5	73
35	Linda	101	new	49
36	Lois	101	↓3	29
37	Thelma	97	↑1	78
38	Louise	94	↓1	48
39	Juanita	89	↓5	75
40	Jean	83	↑10	23
41	Edna	81	↓2	74
42	Geneva	81	new	>100
43	Ann	80	new	30
44	Sarah	80	–	65
45	Hazel	79	↓5	>100
46	Rosie	78	new	>100
47	Alma	77	new	>100
48	Ethel	77	↓7	88
49	Glenda	76	new	>100
50	Bertha	74	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	James	1,304	–	2
2	Charles	784	–	6
3	John	640	–	3
4	Robert	620	↑1	1
5	William	573	↑1	4
6	Billy	567	↓2	22
7	Bobby	508	–	24
8	Donald	320	–	7
9	Joe	316	–	25
10	Jerry	301	↑1	17
11	Jimmy	294	↓1	45
12	George	281	–	10
13	Willie	266	–	32
14	Thomas	240	–	9
15	Kenneth	219	↑3	14
16	Harold	200	↓1	21
17	Carl	188	↑3	28
18	David	181	↓2	8
19	Richard	172	–	5
20	Jimmie	160	↑1	72
21	Paul	157	↑1	15
22	Henry	155	↑1	30
23	Roy	151	↓6	40
24	Raymond	135	↑2	19
25	Tommy	132	–	84
26	Edward	131	↓2	13
27	Johnny	126	↑2	69
28	Walter	121	–	26
29	Jack	107	↓2	23
30	Bill	103	↑5	64
31	Don	103	↑1	51
32	Albert	102	↓1	37
33	Gerald	96	↑6	20
34	Larry	95	new	16
35	Eugene	94	↓1	33
36	Fred	92	↑4	35
37	Earl	91	↓1	48
38	Floyd	91	new	80
39	Joseph	91	↓9	12
40	Eddie	88	↑1	83
41	Jackie	87	new	>100
42	Frank	86	↓9	18
43	Clarence	80	↑1	54
44	Leroy	80	↓6	56
45	Lee	79	↓8	78
46	Howard	76	↑2	42
47	Johnnie	74	new	>100
48	Jesse	73	↑2	>100
49	Jessie	73	new	>100
50	Ralph	73	new	34

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