Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,321
2	Dorothy	605
3	Betty	506
4	Helen	393
5	Ruby	370
6	Mildred	313
7	Wanda	269
8	Virginia	256
9	Ruth	247
10	Martha	246
11	Juanita	238
11	Willie	238
13	Margaret	228
14	Thelma	207
15	Hazel	197
16	Frances	195
17	Doris	188
18	Annie	185
19	Louise	173
20	Lois	160
21	Evelyn	157
22	Marie	156
23	Anna	154
24	Lucille	150
25	Emma	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	146
26	Pauline	146
28	Alice	145
28	Gladys	145
30	Bonnie	138
30	Elizabeth	138
32	Wilma	134
33	Jessie	133
34	Billie	132
34	Opal	132
36	Geneva	131
37	Rosie	127
38	Ethel	125
39	Lillie	124
40	Bertha	122
41	Maxine	119
42	Mattie	116
43	Beatrice	114
43	Norma	114
45	Edith	113
46	Alma	112
47	Georgia	110
48	Bernice	107
49	Bessie	101
50	Geraldine	95
50	Margie	95
52	Clara	94
53	Imogene	93
54	Velma	90
55	Minnie	88
55	Myrtle	88
57	Lillian	86
57	Vera	86
59	Irene	85
60	Marjorie	83
61	Lorene	82
62	Catherine	81
62	Sarah	81
64	Jean	80
65	Nellie	79
66	Lula	78
67	Eva	76
68	Barbara	75
69	Ida	74
69	Joyce	74
71	Elsie	72
72	Erma	70
72	Lola	70
74	Christine	67
74	Peggy	67
76	Katherine	65
77	Melba	63
78	Mae	62
78	Nancy	62
80	Florence	61
81	Johnnie	59
82	Bobbie	57
82	Hattie	57
82	Ora	57
82	Reba	57
86	Ella	56
86	Inez	56
86	Jewel	56
89	Vivian	55
90	Carrie	54
90	Essie	54
90	Rose	54
93	Eula	53
94	Julia	52
95	Faye	51
95	Josephine	51
95	Laura	51
95	Lena	51
95	Lucy	51
100	Beulah	50
100	Cora	50
100	Mable	50
100	Maggie	50
100	Ollie	50
100	Patricia	50