Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,400
2	Dorothy	576
3	Betty	432
4	Helen	371
5	Ruby	370
6	Mildred	349
7	Ruth	323
8	Virginia	319
9	Margaret	269
10	Martha	245
11	Juanita	234
12	Willie	220
13	Frances	212
14	Annie	205
15	Hazel	200
15	Wanda	200
17	Gladys	199
18	Doris	187
18	Pauline	187
20	Evelyn	180
21	Thelma	176
22	Lois	172
23	Louise	165
23	Marie	165
25	Anna	163

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	160
27	Mattie	153
28	Emma	150
29	Bernice	145
29	Edna	145
31	Edith	144
32	Jessie	143
33	Ethel	141
34	Geneva	140
35	Lucille	138
36	Maxine	137
37	Elizabeth	135
38	Alice	134
39	Margie	126
40	Irene	125
41	Opal	124
42	Lillie	123
43	Beatrice	122
44	Norma	120
45	Billie	119
46	Alma	117
47	Velma	114
48	Rosie	113
49	Sarah	112
50	Bertha	111
50	Georgia	111
52	Imogene	109
53	Lorene	108
53	Marjorie	108
55	Bonnie	107
56	Ida	104
56	Vera	104
58	Minnie	101
59	Clara	98
60	Bessie	97
60	Eva	97
60	Joyce	97
63	Lillian	96
64	Geraldine	94
65	Elsie	92
66	Catherine	90
67	Jean	87
68	Katherine	86
69	Laura	85
70	Myrtle	79
71	Jewel	77
71	Mae	77
73	Ella	73
73	Nellie	73
75	Lola	72
76	Vivian	69
77	Johnnie	67
78	Grace	66
78	Mable	66
80	Inez	64
81	Florence	63
82	Viola	62
83	Carrie	60
83	Pearl	60
83	Reba	60
86	Kathryn	59
87	Lula	58
88	Esther	57
88	Ollie	57
88	Verna	57
91	Jewell	56
92	Erma	55
92	Hattie	55
92	Lena	55
92	Melba	55
92	Patricia	55
97	Fannie	54
97	Josephine	54
99	Christine	53
99	Daisy	53
99	Flora	53