Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,190
2	Dorothy	507
3	Ruby	409
4	Helen	404
5	Mildred	390
6	Ruth	321
7	Margaret	280
8	Hazel	265
9	Virginia	246
10	Willie	232
11	Martha	216
12	Juanita	214
13	Frances	212
14	Pauline	202
15	Annie	197
15	Louise	197
17	Gladys	196
18	Thelma	194
19	Marie	191
20	Lois	180
21	Evelyn	175
22	Anna	166
23	Irene	164
23	Lucille	164
25	Edna	162

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	158
27	Edith	156
28	Jessie	147
29	Alice	145
30	Opal	143
31	Lillian	142
32	Clara	139
33	Ethel	136
33	Lillie	136
35	Doris	128
35	Elizabeth	128
37	Wilma	126
38	Emma	125
39	Velma	124
40	Alma	120
40	Bernice	120
40	Lorene	120
43	Ida	116
43	Maxine	116
43	Rosie	116
46	Beatrice	113
46	Wanda	113
48	Marjorie	111
48	Vera	111
50	Minnie	107
51	Bessie	105
51	Geneva	105
53	Elsie	103
53	Mattie	103
55	Bertha	101
56	Eva	95
57	Vivian	94
58	Margie	91
59	Grace	90
59	Myrtle	90
61	Katherine	88
61	Norma	88
61	Sarah	88
64	Ella	86
65	Geraldine	85
66	Audrey	83
66	Nellie	83
68	Pearl	81
69	Georgia	80
70	Florence	78
71	Bonnie	77
72	Christine	76
72	Flora	76
72	Mabel	76
75	Catherine	75
76	Julia	74
76	Mable	74
78	Josephine	71
79	Fannie	70
79	Mae	70
79	Viola	70
82	Jewell	68
82	Lula	68
84	Inez	67
84	Maggie	67
86	Lena	66
87	Cora	65
88	Laura	64
89	Beulah	63
89	Eula	63
91	Essie	60
91	Jean	60
93	Ellen	59
93	Eunice	59
93	Melba	59
96	Hattie	58
97	Esther	57
97	Ora	57
99	Gertrude	56
100	Daisy	55
100	Dora	55
100	Faye	55
100	Jewel	55