Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,283
2	Dorothy	484
3	Helen	414
4	Mildred	402
5	Ruby	379
6	Ruth	315
7	Margaret	284
8	Virginia	251
9	Hazel	227
10	Juanita	225
10	Willie	225
12	Annie	223
13	Martha	219
14	Thelma	212
15	Frances	211
16	Evelyn	206
17	Pauline	200
18	Louise	188
19	Gladys	184
20	Betty	173
21	Marie	170
22	Lucille	154
23	Lois	152
24	Anna	150
24	Edith	150

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	149
27	Opal	147
28	Alice	145
29	Ethel	143
30	Doris	142
31	Emma	141
32	Jessie	140
33	Elizabeth	138
34	Wanda	135
35	Lillian	133
36	Irene	132
37	Lillie	126
38	Bernice	124
39	Beatrice	121
40	Mattie	118
41	Clara	117
42	Alma	114
42	Geneva	114
42	Wilma	114
45	Bertha	113
46	Bessie	111
46	Maxine	111
48	Myrtle	109
49	Marjorie	108
50	Minnie	107
51	Ida	104
52	Rosie	100
53	Elsie	96
53	Georgia	96
55	Vera	93
56	Katherine	92
56	Velma	92
58	Pearl	91
59	Geraldine	89
60	Eva	86
60	Florence	86
62	Josephine	82
63	Vivian	81
64	Lorene	80
65	Imogene	79
65	Norma	79
67	Bonnie	78
68	Sarah	77
69	Margie	76
70	Lula	75
71	Inez	73
71	Nellie	73
73	Viola	71
74	Christine	70
74	Ella	70
74	Jewell	70
77	Laura	68
78	Cora	66
79	Catherine	65
80	Lola	64
81	Daisy	63
81	Mae	63
83	Audrey	62
83	Hattie	62
85	Jewel	59
85	Mable	59
87	Ellen	58
87	Fannie	58
87	Jean	58
87	Maggie	58
87	Ollie	58
92	Grace	57
92	Melba	57
92	Violet	57
95	Erma	56
95	Eula	56
97	Carrie	55
98	Billie	54
98	Johnnie	54
98	Lucy	54