Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1916

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	904
2	Ruby	315
3	Ruth	298
4	Mildred	292
5	Dorothy	264
6	Hazel	252
7	Helen	248
8	Gladys	200
9	Thelma	199
10	Pauline	193
11	Willie	171
12	Annie	170
13	Lois	167
14	Opal	159
15	Margaret	155
16	Frances	154
17	Marie	150
18	Edna	148
19	Irene	145
20	Martha	143
21	Elizabeth	142
21	Lucille	142
23	Louise	133
24	Alice	132
25	Virginia	128

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	125
27	Ethel	124
28	Bessie	122
29	Jessie	121
30	Lillian	119
31	Edith	116
32	Anna	114
33	Beatrice	112
33	Geneva	112
35	Juanita	108
36	Evelyn	105
37	Elsie	104
38	Emma	102
39	Vera	101
40	Minnie	98
40	Myrtle	98
42	Bertha	97
42	Mattie	97
44	Clara	95
45	Bernice	93
46	Georgia	92
47	Sarah	89
48	Ida	88
48	Velma	88
50	Mabel	87
51	Eva	85
52	Grace	83
53	Alma	80
53	Pearl	80
55	Florence	78
55	Lena	78
55	Ollie	78
58	Doris	76
58	Nellie	76
60	Rosie	75
61	Wilma	70
62	Jewell	68
63	Laura	67
64	Eunice	62
64	Lorene	62
64	Vivian	62
67	Ella	61
68	Esther	60
68	Inez	60
68	Mae	60
71	Lula	59
72	Agnes	58
72	Fannie	58
72	Jewel	58
72	Julia	58
72	Mable	58
77	Hattie	57
78	Eula	56
79	Mamie	55
80	Gertrude	54
80	Josephine	54
80	Lucy	54
80	Maxine	54
80	Viola	54
85	Beulah	52
85	Catherine	52
85	Maggie	52
88	Christine	50
88	Cleo	50
88	Geraldine	50
91	Cora	49
91	Lola	49
93	Addie	47
93	Bonnie	47
93	Carrie	47
93	Essie	47
93	Leona	47
93	Marjorie	47
93	Ora	47
100	Flora	46
100	Katherine	46
100	Nora	46
100	Susie	46