Arkansas · 1931

Top 100 names in Arkansas, 1931, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,174
#2	Betty	840
#3	Dorothy	443
#4	Wanda	293
#5	Helen	283
#6	Ruby	241
#7	Virginia	233
#8	Martha	233
#9	Doris	203
#10	Billie	200
#11	Margaret	180
#12	Mildred	178
#13	Frances	178
#14	Ruth	169
#15	Patsy	164
#16	Barbara	154
#17	Norma	151
#18	Joyce	151
#19	Anna	143
#20	Wilma	143
#21	Juanita	141
#22	Bonnie	139
#23	Peggy	139
#24	Lois	139
#25	Willie	137
#26	Annie	137
#27	Louise	135
#28	Bobbie	127
#29	Hazel	120
#30	Alice	120
#31	Emma	119
#32	Patricia	113
#33	Evelyn	113
#34	Thelma	111
#35	Edna	103
#36	Bernice	101
#37	Clara	100
#38	Velma	97
#39	Geneva	91
#40	Gladys	91
#41	Pauline	89
#42	Maxine	88
#43	Elizabeth	88
#44	Lillie	86
#45	Geraldine	82
#46	Jean	81
#47	Margie	81
#48	Georgia	81
#49	Marie	80
#50	Marjorie	79
#51	Lula	77
#52	Erma	77
#53	Alma	77
#54	Lucille	76
#55	Jo	75
#56	Opal	75
#57	Rosie	74
#58	Nancy	74
#59	Jessie	74
#60	Eva	73
#61	Ethel	72
#62	Bertha	71
#63	Joan	71
#64	Mattie	71
#65	Ida	70
#66	Vera	70
#67	Imogene	69
#68	Carolyn	69
#69	Lillian	69
#70	Bessie	67
#71	Catherine	66
#72	Minnie	65
#73	Edith	64
#74	Sarah	63
#75	Lorene	63
#76	Irene	62
#77	Ruthie	61
#78	Rose	58
#79	Bettye	58
#80	Christine	58
#81	Ella	57
#82	Johnnie	57
#83	Mae	57
#84	Joy	56
#85	Vivian	56
#86	Shirley	56
#87	Gloria	55
#88	Laura	53
#89	June	52
#90	Dorthy	52
#91	Myrtle	50
#92	Faye	50
#93	Cora	48
#94	Melba	47
#95	Beatrice	46
#96	Charlene	46
#97	Ernestine	45
#98	Pearl	44
#99	Sue	44
#100	Mable	44

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
Ruthie	61	35	3
Floy	20	11	1
Syble	21	12	1
Dortha	25	14	2
Dorthy	52	30	5
Freddie	20	11	2
Robbie	31	18	3
Earnestine	29	16	3
Lorene	63	36	7
Bobby	20	11	2
Bettye	58	33	7
Imogene	69	39	9

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.