Arkansas · 1930

Top 100 names in Arkansas, 1930, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,321
#2	Betty	845
#3	Dorothy	533
#4	Helen	343
#5	Wanda	309
#6	Martha	260
#7	Ruby	255
#8	Mildred	242
#9	Virginia	235
#10	Billie	220
#11	Margaret	199
#12	Ruth	189
#13	Juanita	189
#14	Doris	187
#15	Frances	180
#16	Wilma	168
#17	Anna	155
#18	Willie	154
#19	Barbara	151
#20	Evelyn	150
#21	Lois	149
#22	Emma	144
#23	Norma	144
#24	Joyce	142
#25	Annie	136
#26	Louise	134
#27	Hazel	132
#28	Elizabeth	130
#29	Alice	128
#30	Bonnie	126
#31	Thelma	126
#32	Bobbie	121
#33	Patricia	120
#34	Patsy	119
#35	Bernice	113
#36	Geneva	112
#37	Lillie	112
#38	Velma	110
#39	Pauline	110
#40	Edna	108
#41	Peggy	107
#42	Lucille	103
#43	Jessie	103
#44	Maxine	102
#45	Rosie	97
#46	Clara	97
#47	Margie	94
#48	Marie	93
#49	Jean	91
#50	Ethel	91
#51	Gladys	90
#52	Georgia	88
#53	Bessie	87
#54	Bertha	82
#55	Marjorie	80
#56	Alma	79
#57	Mattie	79
#58	Geraldine	78
#59	Ella	78
#60	Vera	77
#61	Eva	76
#62	Imogene	74
#63	Rose	74
#64	Erma	72
#65	Nancy	71
#66	Mae	70
#67	Lillian	69
#68	Ida	68
#69	Minnie	68
#70	Irene	68
#71	Sarah	67
#72	Edith	65
#73	Myrtle	64
#74	Jo	63
#75	Shirley	63
#76	Opal	63
#77	Lula	62
#78	Lorene	61
#79	Beatrice	61
#80	Melba	59
#81	Catherine	59
#82	Carolyn	59
#83	Christine	58
#84	Joan	57
#85	Florence	55
#86	Katherine	52
#87	Verna	52
#88	Lola	52
#89	Nellie	51
#90	Elsie	51
#91	Ann	51
#92	Kathryn	50
#93	Faye	50
#94	Gloria	49
#95	Mable	49
#96	Dorthy	48
#97	Naomi	48
#98	Johnnie	48
#99	Julia	47
#100	Charlene	47

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	23	12	1
Syble	24	13	1
Pearlie	30	16	3
Ruthie	36	19	4
Allie	24	13	2
Earnestine	30	16	3
Estella	37	20	4
Eddie	27	14	3
Imogene	74	39	9
Rosie	97	51	12
Jimmie	41	22	5
Lorene	61	32	8

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.