Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,229
2	Betty	876
3	Shirley	594
4	Dorothy	416
5	Barbara	392
6	Wanda	299
7	Martha	267
8	Helen	251
9	Virginia	234
10	Doris	219
11	Patsy	218
12	Ruby	214
13	Joyce	203
14	Margaret	202
15	Patricia	185
16	Norma	180
17	Bonnie	179
18	Frances	176
19	Lois	169
20	Mildred	168
21	Billie	161
22	Wilma	153
23	Carolyn	149
24	Ruth	145
25	Anna	142

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Peggy	142
27	Bobbie	138
28	Nancy	135
29	Willie	133
30	Annie	117
31	Evelyn	116
31	Juanita	116
33	Emma	114
34	Edna	113
35	Alice	104
35	Jo	104
37	Louise	102
38	Elizabeth	95
39	Clara	91
40	Hazel	89
40	Margie	89
42	Maxine	88
42	Sarah	88
44	Thelma	87
45	Joan	85
46	Lillie	83
47	Rosie	82
48	Marilyn	81
49	Ethel	80
49	Eva	80
49	Velma	80
52	Bernice	76
52	Jean	76
52	Marie	76
55	Ella	75
55	Geraldine	75
55	Gladys	75
58	Geneva	74
58	Georgia	74
60	Vera	72
61	Mattie	70
62	Edith	69
62	Minnie	69
64	Bertha	67
64	Erma	67
64	Jessie	67
67	Ann	66
67	Glenda	66
67	Ida	66
70	Gloria	65
71	Melba	64
72	Bessie	63
72	Nellie	63
74	Rose	62
75	Mae	61
75	Sue	61
77	Christine	59
78	Charlene	58
79	Alma	57
79	Donna	57
79	Lillian	57
82	Carol	56
83	Joann	55
83	Nina	55
85	Loretta	54
85	Sylvia	54
87	Beatrice	53
87	Ruthie	53
89	Pauline	52
90	Bettye	51
90	Johnnie	51
90	Ollie	51
93	Jane	50
93	Joy	50
95	Eula	49
95	Lucille	49
95	Reba	49
98	Catherine	48
99	Elsie	47
100	Lorene	46