Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,223
2	Betty	766
3	Barbara	557
4	Linda	520
5	Shirley	513
6	Carolyn	427
7	Patsy	352
8	Dorothy	350
9	Patricia	346
10	Wanda	290
11	Joyce	275
12	Martha	256
13	Margaret	243
14	Helen	235
15	Peggy	217
16	Doris	200
17	Nancy	191
17	Virginia	191
19	Ruby	187
20	Alice	150
21	Brenda	148
21	Elizabeth	148
23	Judy	147
24	Bonnie	145
25	Frances	143

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Glenda	137
27	Anna	136
27	Sandra	136
29	Norma	135
30	Lois	122
31	Jo	121
31	Marilyn	121
33	Bobbie	120
34	Gloria	119
35	Annie	116
35	Wilma	116
37	Ruth	115
38	Judith	113
39	Carol	111
40	Mildred	108
41	Donna	102
42	Emma	101
42	Evelyn	101
44	Edna	98
45	Phyllis	97
46	Willie	94
47	Margie	93
48	Billie	90
48	Janice	90
50	Louise	87
51	Hazel	86
51	Sarah	86
53	Thelma	84
54	Ann	80
54	Sue	80
56	Juanita	79
57	Beverly	75
57	Sharon	75
59	Charlotte	72
59	Rosie	72
61	Clara	71
62	Lillie	70
63	Erma	68
64	Mattie	67
65	Alma	65
66	Georgia	64
67	Jean	63
67	Maxine	63
67	Sylvia	63
70	Julia	62
70	Rose	62
72	Ida	61
72	Velma	61
74	Joann	60
75	Johnnie	59
76	Ethel	58
76	Loretta	58
76	Mae	58
79	Jane	57
80	Bessie	56
81	Joan	55
81	Rebecca	55
81	Vera	55
84	Bertha	54
84	Pat	54
86	Bernice	53
86	Ellen	53
86	Eva	53
89	Charlene	52
89	Edith	52
89	Gladys	52
92	Lynda	51
93	Ella	50
94	Jessie	49
94	Laura	49
96	Geneva	48
96	Marie	48
98	Anita	46
98	Melba	46
100	Bettye	45
100	Catherine	45
100	Geraldine	45
100	Minnie	45