Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,159
2	Betty	818
3	Shirley	610
4	Barbara	552
5	Dorothy	411
6	Carolyn	283
6	Patsy	283
8	Martha	270
9	Wanda	245
10	Joyce	244
11	Patricia	233
12	Virginia	223
13	Helen	218
14	Linda	200
15	Margaret	197
16	Doris	194
17	Norma	186
18	Ruby	182
19	Peggy	177
20	Frances	168
21	Nancy	161
22	Bobbie	152
23	Alice	147
24	Bonnie	146
25	Jo	131

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wilma	131
27	Anna	130
28	Ruth	128
29	Emma	127
30	Willie	125
31	Annie	118
32	Elizabeth	111
33	Mildred	110
34	Billie	104
35	Louise	102
36	Evelyn	100
36	Marilyn	100
38	Hazel	97
38	Lois	97
40	Glenda	93
41	Juanita	92
42	Margie	90
43	Clara	87
43	Lillie	87
45	Erma	80
46	Donna	78
46	Rosie	78
48	Sarah	77
49	Gloria	76
50	Minnie	75
51	Joann	73
52	Ann	71
52	Edna	71
52	Thelma	71
52	Velma	71
56	Carol	70
57	Sue	69
58	Jean	68
59	Ethel	67
59	Melba	67
61	Jessie	66
62	Gladys	63
62	Janice	63
62	Sylvia	63
65	Marie	62
66	Rose	61
67	Alma	60
67	Bertha	60
67	Johnnie	60
70	Ida	58
71	Bernice	57
71	Georgia	57
73	Geraldine	56
73	Mae	56
75	Bessie	55
75	Charlene	55
75	Phyllis	55
75	Vera	55
79	Geneva	54
79	Jane	54
79	Mattie	54
79	Maxine	54
79	Sandra	54
84	Ella	53
85	Christine	52
85	Loretta	52
87	Charlotte	51
88	Joy	50
89	Bettye	49
89	Beverly	49
89	Eva	49
89	Joan	49
89	Katherine	49
94	Faye	48
94	Lula	48
96	Pauline	47
97	Ruthie	46
98	Catherine	45
98	Frankie	45
98	Lola	45
98	Shelby	45