Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,364
2	Dorothy	561
3	Ruby	404
4	Helen	399
5	Mildred	381
6	Betty	358
7	Ruth	330
8	Juanita	280
9	Virginia	279
10	Margaret	266
11	Martha	257
12	Frances	230
13	Louise	220
14	Hazel	212
14	Willie	212
16	Thelma	207
17	Anna	204
18	Lois	200
19	Annie	199
20	Gladys	194
21	Marie	180
22	Pauline	177
23	Evelyn	169
24	Wanda	168
25	Doris	164

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	161
27	Emma	156
28	Geneva	155
29	Jessie	153
30	Elizabeth	144
30	Irene	144
30	Opal	144
33	Wilma	140
34	Lillie	139
35	Alice	136
35	Lucille	136
37	Edith	135
38	Mattie	126
39	Clara	125
40	Bonnie	114
41	Geraldine	111
41	Maxine	111
43	Velma	108
44	Myrtle	107
45	Beatrice	106
45	Ethel	106
45	Vera	106
48	Bernice	104
48	Imogene	104
48	Lorene	104
51	Lillian	103
51	Norma	103
51	Sarah	103
54	Bertha	102
55	Rosie	100
56	Alma	98
56	Margie	98
58	Elsie	96
59	Bessie	95
59	Marjorie	95
61	Christine	94
62	Ida	93
63	Minnie	92
64	Eva	91
65	Georgia	88
66	Catherine	87
67	Katherine	86
68	Ella	80
69	Billie	78
69	Nellie	78
71	Erma	77
72	Vivian	76
73	Lola	74
73	Lula	74
75	Pearl	73
76	Laura	71
77	Joyce	70
78	Mae	69
78	Nancy	69
78	Viola	69
81	Grace	68
81	Jean	68
83	Eunice	66
83	Johnnie	66
83	Mable	66
86	Lena	64
87	Dora	61
88	Mamie	60
88	Reba	60
88	Rose	60
91	Beulah	59
91	Carrie	59
91	Julia	59
94	Violet	58
95	Lucy	56
96	Eula	55
96	Fannie	55
96	Florence	55
96	Kathryn	55
100	Ellen	54
100	Jewell	54
100	Josephine	54