Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1914

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	645
2	Ruby	265
3	Mildred	224
4	Ruth	203
5	Helen	174
6	Gladys	169
7	Dorothy	168
7	Hazel	168
9	Marie	156
10	Thelma	149
11	Willie	146
12	Margaret	133
13	Lucille	131
14	Annie	129
15	Jessie	127
16	Pauline	125
17	Lois	124
18	Ethel	121
19	Irene	117
20	Opal	114
21	Anna	105
21	Frances	105
21	Myrtle	105
24	Bessie	103
25	Edna	99
25	Lillian	99
25	Louise	99
28	Lillie	97
29	Edith	94
30	Elizabeth	93
31	Alice	89
32	Eva	88
33	Elsie	87
33	Mattie	87
35	Pearl	86
36	Virginia	85
37	Bertha	84
38	Velma	83
39	Minnie	82
40	Emma	80
40	Evelyn	80
42	Clara	79
42	Grace	79
44	Alma	75
45	Martha	71
46	Ida	69
46	Viola	69
48	Beatrice	68
49	Bernice	64
50	Rosie	63

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	648
2	John	520
3	William	485
4	Robert	361
5	Charles	220
6	George	210
7	Willie	170
8	Thomas	165
9	Henry	128
10	Joe	127
11	Earl	121
12	Roy	120
13	Jack	119
14	Frank	118
15	Paul	116
16	Walter	114
17	Joseph	113
18	Fred	106
19	Clarence	103
19	Edward	103
21	Albert	96
22	Carl	90
23	Raymond	88
24	Arthur	83
25	Harold	74
26	Ralph	70
27	Clyde	69
27	Eugene	69
29	Floyd	65
30	Herman	63
31	Harry	62
32	Louis	60
33	Cecil	59
33	Jesse	59
33	Ray	59
36	Herbert	58
36	Jessie	58
38	Andrew	57
38	David	57
38	Ernest	57
41	Richard	56
42	Woodrow	55
43	Elmer	54
43	Lawrence	54
43	Leroy	54
43	Lester	54
43	Samuel	54
48	Lee	53
49	Chester	52
50	Homer	50