Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,089
2	Betty	818
3	Shirley	722
4	Dorothy	388
5	Barbara	349
6	Wanda	248
7	Martha	245
8	Patsy	233
9	Helen	219
10	Patricia	203
11	Virginia	199
12	Carolyn	189
12	Joyce	189
12	Ruby	189
15	Doris	184
16	Peggy	182
17	Margaret	170
18	Frances	167
19	Norma	158
20	Mildred	142
21	Wilma	141
22	Bonnie	135
23	Anna	129
24	Willie	128
25	Alice	125

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruth	122
27	Annie	120
28	Bobbie	119
28	Jo	119
30	Emma	116
30	Nancy	116
32	Billie	114
33	Lois	113
34	Juanita	111
35	Elizabeth	106
36	Evelyn	91
36	Louise	91
38	Thelma	88
39	Edna	87
40	Hazel	86
41	Ethel	82
42	Lillie	81
43	Clara	79
44	Sarah	78
45	Gladys	76
46	Georgia	75
47	Donna	73
47	Jessie	73
49	Marilyn	72
50	Jean	71
51	Geneva	70
51	Rosie	70
53	Joan	68
54	Alma	67
54	Carol	67
56	Bertha	64
57	Margie	63
58	Marie	62
58	Rose	62
58	Velma	62
61	Bessie	61
61	Gloria	61
63	Maxine	60
64	Ann	59
64	Loretta	59
64	Lula	59
67	Ella	58
67	Mattie	58
69	Bernice	57
69	Erma	57
69	Geraldine	57
69	Minnie	57
69	Vera	57
74	Jimmie	56
75	Edith	54
75	Eva	54
75	Johnnie	54
78	Sue	53
78	Sylvia	53
80	Melba	52
81	Ida	51
81	Linda	51
83	Glenda	50
83	Nellie	50
85	Janice	47
85	Joann	47
85	Joy	47
85	June	47
85	Lola	47
90	Charlene	46
90	Frankie	46
92	Anita	44
92	Catherine	44
92	Jane	44
95	Elsie	43
95	Ernestine	43
95	Myrtle	43
98	Delores	42
98	Lucille	42
100	Katherine	41
100	Lillian	41
100	Nina	41
100	Reba	41
100	Ruthie	41