Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,148
2	Betty	879
3	Dorothy	470
4	Helen	312
5	Barbara	303
6	Wanda	285
7	Ruby	263
8	Martha	230
9	Joyce	214
10	Doris	211
10	Patsy	211
12	Margaret	210
13	Virginia	205
14	Mildred	190
15	Frances	186
16	Ruth	175
17	Anna	174
18	Billie	168
19	Willie	166
20	Wilma	165
21	Norma	162
22	Bonnie	161
23	Peggy	160
24	Emma	140
25	Patricia	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	135
27	Bobbie	134
28	Juanita	131
29	Annie	129
30	Lois	124
31	Hazel	121
32	Alice	113
33	Thelma	112
34	Jessie	109
35	Carolyn	104
35	Shirley	104
37	Nancy	97
38	Evelyn	96
38	Velma	96
40	Elizabeth	91
40	Jean	91
42	Jo	90
43	Edna	87
44	Bernice	86
45	Minnie	85
46	Alma	83
46	Clara	83
46	Lillie	83
49	Ethel	82
49	Marie	82
49	Maxine	82
52	Gladys	81
53	Rosie	79
53	Sarah	79
55	Mattie	78
56	Georgia	75
57	Bertha	74
58	Joan	73
58	Mae	73
58	Margie	73
58	Melba	73
62	Lillian	72
63	Geraldine	71
63	Pauline	71
65	Ella	69
65	Erma	69
65	Geneva	69
68	Christine	67
68	Rose	67
70	Ida	66
71	Edith	64
72	Eva	62
73	Bessie	59
73	Gloria	59
73	Joann	59
73	Sue	59
73	Vera	59
78	Charlene	58
79	Donna	57
79	Imogene	57
81	Marjorie	56
82	Lucille	55
82	Lula	55
82	Opal	55
85	Bettye	53
86	Irene	52
86	Sylvia	52
88	Ann	50
89	Lola	49
89	Marilyn	49
89	Nellie	49
92	Catherine	47
92	Ellen	47
94	Jane	46
94	Lorene	46
94	Nina	46
97	Ernestine	45
97	Vivian	45
99	Dorthy	44
99	Katherine	44
99	Ollie	44