Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,173
2	Betty	670
3	Dorothy	507
4	Helen	377
5	Ruby	310
6	Mildred	266
7	Virginia	255
8	Martha	245
9	Wanda	234
10	Ruth	212
11	Billie	207
12	Juanita	199
13	Willie	188
14	Margaret	187
15	Doris	174
16	Thelma	173
17	Frances	167
18	Anna	166
19	Lois	159
20	Hazel	158
21	Wilma	156
22	Alice	152
23	Annie	150
24	Emma	145
24	Louise	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	133
27	Marie	130
28	Evelyn	126
29	Edna	123
30	Bobbie	122
31	Bonnie	117
32	Lillie	115
33	Clara	114
33	Geneva	114
35	Maxine	113
36	Gladys	112
37	Bernice	106
38	Barbara	104
38	Ethel	104
40	Pauline	102
41	Elizabeth	101
42	Jessie	96
43	Georgia	94
43	Lucille	94
43	Vera	94
46	Mattie	92
47	Velma	91
48	Edith	90
48	Jean	90
48	Joyce	90
51	Geraldine	89
52	Rosie	86
53	Margie	85
54	Ida	84
55	Eva	83
56	Patricia	81
57	Imogene	80
58	Elsie	76
58	Peggy	76
58	Sarah	76
61	Ella	75
62	Johnnie	74
63	Minnie	73
64	Bertha	72
64	Bessie	72
64	Irene	72
67	Opal	71
68	Alma	70
69	Erma	69
69	Lula	69
71	Marjorie	68
72	Lorene	67
73	Lillian	66
73	Mae	66
73	Melba	66
76	Nellie	63
77	Gloria	62
77	Katherine	62
79	Beatrice	60
80	Bettye	59
80	Myrtle	59
82	Catherine	58
83	Patsy	57
84	Vivian	56
85	Florence	54
85	Nancy	54
85	Ora	54
88	Kathryn	53
89	Christine	51
90	Dorthy	50
90	Lola	50
90	Lucy	50
90	Rose	50
94	Daisy	49
94	Laura	49
96	Ernestine	48
96	Reba	48
98	Ollie	47
99	Julia	46
100	Jewel	45
100	Lena	45