Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	491
2	Ruby	263
3	Ruth	176
4	Helen	144
5	Mildred	140
6	Willie	126
7	Hazel	120
8	Marie	118
9	Thelma	116
10	Ethel	112
10	Gladys	112
10	Opal	112
13	Dorothy	108
14	Annie	101
15	Edna	96
16	Lucille	95
17	Myrtle	94
18	Bessie	88
18	Edith	88
18	Margaret	88
21	Bertha	85
22	Mattie	84
23	Irene	83
24	Elizabeth	82
25	Pauline	81
26	Clara	80
26	Lillian	80
26	Pearl	80
29	Louise	75
30	Jessie	73
30	Virginia	73
32	Lois	72
33	Frances	71
33	Lillie	71
35	Grace	70
36	Martha	63
37	Anna	62
37	Nellie	62
37	Velma	62
40	Alice	61
40	Evelyn	61
40	Sarah	61
43	Elsie	59
43	Viola	59
45	Beulah	58
45	Emma	58
45	Rosie	58
48	Beatrice	57
48	Minnie	57
50	Eva	56

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	399
2	William	331
3	John	306
4	Robert	221
5	Willie	150
6	George	143
7	Charles	118
8	Henry	113
9	Thomas	111
10	Joe	91
11	Fred	75
12	Roy	74
13	Woodrow	73
14	Ralph	71
15	Joseph	70
16	Frank	69
17	Albert	67
18	Arthur	65
18	Walter	65
20	Paul	64
21	Clarence	60
21	Raymond	60
23	Carl	58
23	Earl	58
25	Jack	56
26	David	53
26	Herman	53
28	Edward	51
29	Ernest	50
30	Floyd	49
31	Howard	47
31	Jesse	47
33	Cecil	45
34	Charlie	43
34	Samuel	43
36	Richard	42
37	Elmer	41
37	Lee	41
39	Herbert	40
40	Ray	39
41	Jessie	38
42	Homer	37
42	Leonard	37
44	Clyde	36
45	Harry	35
45	Luther	35
47	Vernon	33
47	Virgil	33
49	Andrew	32
50	Harold	31