Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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	Elizabeth	142
21	Lucille	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
33	Geneva	112
35	Juanita	108
36	Evelyn	105
37	Elsie	104
38	Emma	102
39	Vera	101
40	Minnie	98
40	Myrtle	98
42	Bertha	97
42	Mattie	97
44	Clara	95
45	Bernice	93
46	Georgia	92
47	Sarah	89
48	Ida	88
48	Velma	88
50	Mabel	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	915
2	William	661
3	John	623
4	Robert	425
5	Charles	304
6	George	269
7	Henry	213
7	Thomas	213
9	Willie	203
10	Roy	179
11	Joe	155
12	Joseph	152
13	Walter	150
14	Paul	149
15	Carl	143
16	Jack	142
17	Fred	140
18	Edward	136
19	Raymond	133
20	Frank	127
21	Clarence	126
22	Earl	120
23	Woodrow	117
24	Ralph	115
25	Albert	108
26	Arthur	105
27	Richard	103
28	Lee	99
29	Cecil	98
30	Floyd	90
31	Harold	89
31	Ray	89
33	Louis	88
34	Charlie	87
35	David	84
36	Jesse	82
37	Eugene	79
38	Clyde	77
38	Herman	77
40	Elmer	76
40	Harry	76
42	Jessie	75
43	Homer	72
44	Ernest	70
45	Herbert	69
46	Alfred	67
47	Howard	65
48	Marvin	63
49	Oscar	62
50	Andrew	61