Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,239
2	Betty	779
3	Dorothy	505
4	Helen	343
5	Ruby	304
6	Wanda	251
7	Mildred	239
7	Virginia	239
9	Martha	223
10	Doris	209
11	Margaret	205
11	Ruth	205
13	Billie	188
14	Frances	184
14	Willie	184
16	Wilma	174
17	Juanita	169
18	Louise	161
19	Evelyn	150
20	Anna	146
21	Annie	140
22	Emma	138
22	Norma	138
24	Thelma	134
25	Lois	130

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	128
27	Elizabeth	126
28	Hazel	125
29	Barbara	122
30	Pauline	120
31	Bobbie	119
32	Ethel	108
33	Geneva	107
34	Alice	106
34	Lucille	106
36	Patsy	105
37	Lillie	103
37	Maxine	103
37	Rosie	103
40	Gladys	101
41	Clara	98
41	Marie	98
43	Bernice	96
43	Margie	96
45	Edna	94
46	Jessie	91
47	Geraldine	88
47	Mae	88
49	Joyce	87
49	Mattie	87
51	Velma	85
52	Edith	83
52	Eva	83
54	Georgia	81
54	Peggy	81
56	Minnie	80
57	Ella	79
58	Sarah	78
59	Jean	77
60	Bertha	76
61	Beatrice	75
61	Opal	75
63	Ida	73
64	Imogene	69
65	Myrtle	68
65	Patricia	68
67	Johnnie	67
67	Mable	67
69	Bessie	66
70	Irene	65
70	Marjorie	65
70	Nancy	65
73	Vivian	64
74	Rose	61
75	Catherine	60
76	Eula	55
76	Laura	55
76	Lillian	55
76	Reba	55
76	Ruthie	55
81	Alma	54
82	Earnestine	53
82	Elsie	53
82	Nellie	53
85	Erma	52
85	Lula	52
87	Dorthy	51
87	Vera	51
89	Lorene	49
90	Bettye	48
90	Carolyn	48
90	Ollie	48
93	Cora	47
93	Essie	47
93	Faye	47
93	Florence	47
97	Christine	46
98	Agnes	45
98	Ernestine	45
98	Josephine	45
98	Ora	45