Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,344
2	Betty	605
3	Dorothy	541
4	Helen	419
5	Ruby	335
6	Mildred	303
7	Virginia	279
8	Wanda	257
9	Ruth	252
10	Juanita	238
11	Willie	237
12	Margaret	236
13	Martha	224
14	Doris	217
15	Annie	199
16	Frances	192
17	Hazel	191
18	Lois	177
18	Wilma	177
20	Louise	176
21	Thelma	175
22	Billie	172
23	Anna	160
24	Jessie	154
25	Emma	148

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	145
27	Bernice	144
27	Edna	144
27	Evelyn	144
30	Pauline	138
31	Marie	137
32	Clara	132
33	Alice	129
34	Elizabeth	126
35	Imogene	124
36	Rosie	123
37	Bonnie	119
37	Norma	119
39	Edith	115
40	Gladys	112
41	Ethel	110
42	Alma	108
43	Jean	103
43	Velma	103
45	Maxine	102
46	Geneva	98
46	Mattie	98
48	Bessie	96
49	Ella	95
49	Margie	95
51	Irene	94
51	Minnie	94
53	Geraldine	92
53	Lucille	92
55	Opal	91
56	Georgia	90
57	Ida	89
58	Joyce	87
59	Lillian	86
60	Bertha	83
60	Christine	83
62	Bobbie	82
63	Sarah	81
64	Eva	79
65	Marjorie	77
66	Vivian	76
67	Elsie	75
68	Barbara	72
68	Mae	72
68	Myrtle	72
71	Catherine	70
72	Lena	69
72	Nellie	69
72	Vera	69
75	Beatrice	67
76	Ruthie	65
77	Lorene	64
78	Dora	62
78	Laura	62
80	Erma	60
81	Peggy	59
82	Johnnie	58
82	Kathryn	58
82	Nancy	58
85	Dorthy	56
86	Florence	55
86	Patsy	55
88	Eula	54
88	Faye	54
88	Gloria	54
88	Inez	54
88	Katherine	54
88	Lola	54
88	Lucy	54
88	Melba	54
96	Lula	53
96	Naomi	53
98	Jewel	52
98	Rose	52
100	Essie	51
100	Ollie	51