Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1937

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	821
3	Shirley	589
4	Barbara	453
5	Dorothy	374
6	Patsy	308
7	Martha	281
8	Helen	250
9	Joyce	228
10	Patricia	227
11	Virginia	223
12	Carolyn	211
12	Wanda	211
14	Ruby	202
15	Doris	198
16	Frances	182
17	Margaret	181
18	Peggy	178
19	Norma	143
20	Nancy	142
21	Alice	136
22	Annie	134
23	Bonnie	132
24	Willie	130
25	Mildred	128

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	127
26	Ruth	127
28	Wilma	122
29	Bobbie	121
30	Elizabeth	110
31	Evelyn	108
32	Billie	105
33	Emma	104
34	Jo	103
35	Linda	101
35	Lois	101
37	Thelma	97
38	Louise	94
39	Juanita	89
40	Jean	83
41	Edna	81
41	Geneva	81
43	Ann	80
43	Sarah	80
45	Hazel	79
46	Rosie	78
47	Alma	77
47	Ethel	77
49	Glenda	76
50	Bertha	74
50	Georgia	74
52	Carol	73
52	Gloria	73
52	Shelby	73
55	Clara	70
55	Jessie	70
55	Joan	70
55	Velma	70
59	Ella	69
60	Loretta	68
60	Marilyn	68
60	Maxine	68
63	Margie	66
63	Rose	66
63	Sue	66
63	Sylvia	66
67	Gladys	65
68	Erma	64
68	Vera	64
70	Janice	61
71	Lillie	60
72	Geraldine	59
72	Joann	59
74	Mae	58
75	Lula	57
76	Jane	56
76	Mattie	56
78	Donna	55
79	Edith	54
80	Johnnie	53
80	Minnie	53
82	Marie	51
83	Bessie	50
84	Charlene	49
84	Eva	49
86	Bernice	48
86	Catherine	48
86	Laura	48
89	Cora	47
89	Myrtle	47
91	Frankie	46
91	Nina	46
93	Earnestine	45
93	Kathryn	45
93	Pauline	45
96	Bettye	44
96	Joy	44
98	Reba	43
98	Ruthie	43
100	Charlotte	41
100	Melba	41
100	Phyllis	41