Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,191
2	Betty	851
3	Barbara	581
4	Shirley	542
5	Linda	360
6	Dorothy	353
7	Carolyn	332
8	Patricia	313
9	Martha	279
10	Joyce	272
11	Patsy	266
12	Helen	245
13	Wanda	227
14	Margaret	218
15	Peggy	211
16	Ruby	207
17	Nancy	192
18	Alice	184
19	Virginia	180
20	Doris	176
21	Frances	174
22	Norma	143
23	Bonnie	141
24	Glenda	134
25	Bobbie	126

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	123
27	Jo	122
28	Donna	116
29	Carol	113
30	Emma	112
30	Juanita	112
30	Lois	112
33	Ruth	111
34	Wilma	110
35	Judy	109
35	Willie	109
37	Anna	108
37	Gloria	108
39	Janice	107
40	Mildred	104
41	Sandra	103
42	Brenda	102
43	Evelyn	98
44	Annie	96
45	Phyllis	92
46	Louise	90
46	Sarah	90
48	Edna	88
48	Margie	88
50	Marilyn	87
51	Jean	86
52	Hazel	84
52	Thelma	84
54	Sue	82
55	Billie	80
56	Ann	79
57	Bertha	76
58	Clara	73
58	Judith	73
58	Lillie	73
61	Rose	72
62	Georgia	71
63	Rosie	70
64	Gladys	68
65	Joan	67
66	Anita	66
67	Ethel	61
67	Loretta	61
69	Charlotte	59
69	Ella	59
71	Beverly	58
71	Edith	58
71	Jessie	58
71	Melba	58
71	Sylvia	58
76	Eva	57
77	Mae	56
77	Maxine	56
79	Bernice	55
79	Geraldine	55
79	Jane	55
79	Joann	55
83	Geneva	54
83	Johnnie	54
85	Ellen	53
85	Laura	53
87	Bettye	52
88	Katherine	51
89	Mattie	50
89	Rebecca	50
89	Sharon	50
89	Velma	50
93	Alma	49
93	Marie	49
93	Vera	49
96	Catherine	48
97	Ida	47
97	Julia	47
97	Minnie	47
97	Vivian	47