Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	957
2	Ruby	354
3	Ruth	323
4	Helen	319
5	Mildred	312
6	Dorothy	297
7	Hazel	236
8	Pauline	220
9	Margaret	217
10	Willie	208
11	Frances	198
12	Thelma	192
13	Edna	189
14	Gladys	178
15	Lois	176
15	Virginia	176
17	Marie	174
18	Annie	170
19	Ethel	164
19	Lucille	164
21	Martha	163
22	Opal	159
23	Edith	150
24	Elizabeth	146
25	Jessie	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bessie	138
26	Juanita	138
26	Mattie	138
29	Anna	137
30	Alice	136
30	Louise	136
32	Irene	135
33	Beatrice	132
34	Evelyn	125
35	Clara	120
36	Lillian	118
37	Emma	115
38	Bernice	112
38	Elsie	112
40	Lillie	111
41	Bertha	107
42	Velma	100
43	Alma	99
44	Myrtle	97
45	Georgia	92
45	Vera	92
47	Geneva	91
48	Lorene	90
49	Nellie	89
50	Pearl	88
50	Sarah	88
52	Grace	84
52	Mabel	84
52	Rosie	84
55	Eva	83
56	Ida	81
57	Minnie	76
58	Mamie	74
58	Maxine	74
60	Doris	73
60	Jewell	73
62	Ella	72
62	Lula	72
64	Inez	71
65	Katherine	69
66	Catherine	68
66	Wilma	68
68	Carrie	67
68	Florence	67
70	Josephine	66
71	Agnes	65
72	Eunice	64
72	Faye	64
72	Lena	64
72	Viola	64
76	Beulah	63
76	Fannie	63
76	Ollie	63
79	Flora	62
80	Mae	61
81	Laura	60
82	Essie	58
82	Geraldine	58
82	Lucy	58
85	Bonnie	57
85	Julia	57
85	Ora	57
85	Vivian	57
89	Blanche	56
89	Gertrude	56
89	Hattie	56
92	Esther	55
92	Eula	55
94	Erma	52
95	Cora	51
95	Marjorie	51
97	Mable	50
97	Stella	50
99	Christine	49
99	Nina	49
99	Reba	49