Arkansas · 1916

Top 100 names in Arkansas, 1916, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	904
#2	Ruby	315
#3	Ruth	298
#4	Mildred	292
#5	Dorothy	264
#6	Hazel	252
#7	Helen	248
#8	Gladys	200
#9	Thelma	199
#10	Pauline	193
#11	Willie	171
#12	Annie	170
#13	Lois	167
#14	Opal	159
#15	Margaret	155
#16	Frances	154
#17	Marie	150
#18	Edna	148
#19	Irene	145
#20	Martha	143
#21	Lucille	142
#22	Elizabeth	142
#23	Louise	133
#24	Alice	132
#25	Virginia	128
#26	Lillie	125
#27	Ethel	124
#28	Bessie	122
#29	Jessie	121
#30	Lillian	119
#31	Edith	116
#32	Anna	114
#33	Beatrice	112
#34	Geneva	112
#35	Juanita	108
#36	Evelyn	105
#37	Elsie	104
#38	Emma	102
#39	Vera	101
#40	Minnie	98
#41	Myrtle	98
#42	Mattie	97
#43	Bertha	97
#44	Clara	95
#45	Bernice	93
#46	Georgia	92
#47	Sarah	89
#48	Ida	88
#49	Velma	88
#50	Mabel	87
#51	Eva	85
#52	Grace	83
#53	Alma	80
#54	Pearl	80
#55	Lena	78
#56	Ollie	78
#57	Florence	78
#58	Nellie	76
#59	Doris	76
#60	Rosie	75
#61	Wilma	70
#62	Jewell	68
#63	Laura	67
#64	Lorene	62
#65	Vivian	62
#66	Eunice	62
#67	Ella	61
#68	Inez	60
#69	Mae	60
#70	Esther	60
#71	Lula	59
#72	Fannie	58
#73	Jewel	58
#74	Julia	58
#75	Mable	58
#76	Agnes	58
#77	Hattie	57
#78	Eula	56
#79	Mamie	55
#80	Viola	54
#81	Maxine	54
#82	Gertrude	54
#83	Lucy	54
#84	Josephine	54
#85	Beulah	52
#86	Maggie	52
#87	Catherine	52
#88	Geraldine	50
#89	Cleo	50
#90	Christine	50
#91	Lola	49
#92	Cora	49
#93	Carrie	47
#94	Bonnie	47
#95	Ora	47
#96	Marjorie	47
#97	Leona	47
#98	Addie	47
#99	Essie	47
#100	Nora	46

Uniquely popular in Arkansas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Floy	27	16	2
Dovie	20	12	2
Frankie	39	24	4
Jewell	68	41	7
Maudie	27	16	3
Oma	25	15	3
Ollie	78	48	9
Jewel	58	35	7
Corine	22	13	3
Imogene	32	20	4
Rosie	75	46	10
Lou	22	13	3

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.