Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1930

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	Betty	845
3	Dorothy	533
4	Helen	343
5	Wanda	309
6	Martha	260
7	Ruby	255
8	Mildred	242
9	Virginia	235
10	Billie	220
11	Margaret	199
12	Juanita	189
12	Ruth	189
14	Doris	187
15	Frances	180
16	Wilma	168
17	Anna	155
18	Willie	154
19	Barbara	151
20	Evelyn	150
21	Lois	149
22	Emma	144
22	Norma	144
24	Joyce	142
25	Annie	136

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	134
27	Hazel	132
28	Elizabeth	130
29	Alice	128
30	Bonnie	126
30	Thelma	126
32	Bobbie	121
33	Patricia	120
34	Patsy	119
35	Bernice	113
36	Geneva	112
36	Lillie	112
38	Pauline	110
38	Velma	110
40	Edna	108
41	Peggy	107
42	Jessie	103
42	Lucille	103
44	Maxine	102
45	Clara	97
45	Rosie	97
47	Margie	94
48	Marie	93
49	Ethel	91
49	Jean	91
51	Gladys	90
52	Georgia	88
53	Bessie	87
54	Bertha	82
55	Marjorie	80
56	Alma	79
56	Mattie	79
58	Ella	78
58	Geraldine	78
60	Vera	77
61	Eva	76
62	Imogene	74
62	Rose	74
64	Erma	72
65	Nancy	71
66	Mae	70
67	Lillian	69
68	Ida	68
68	Irene	68
68	Minnie	68
71	Sarah	67
72	Edith	65
73	Myrtle	64
74	Jo	63
74	Opal	63
74	Shirley	63
77	Lula	62
78	Beatrice	61
78	Lorene	61
80	Carolyn	59
80	Catherine	59
80	Melba	59
83	Christine	58
84	Joan	57
85	Florence	55
86	Katherine	52
86	Lola	52
86	Verna	52
89	Ann	51
89	Elsie	51
89	Nellie	51
92	Faye	50
92	Kathryn	50
94	Gloria	49
94	Mable	49
96	Dorthy	48
96	Johnnie	48
96	Naomi	48
99	Charlene	47
99	Julia	47