Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1918

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,048
2	Mildred	409
3	Ruby	375
4	Ruth	359
5	Helen	319
6	Hazel	306
7	Dorothy	298
8	Margaret	250
9	Thelma	231
10	Gladys	230
11	Willie	220
12	Martha	208
13	Pauline	205
14	Marie	186
15	Edna	185
16	Frances	183
17	Opal	182
18	Virginia	180
19	Annie	178
20	Lucille	176
21	Louise	175
22	Lois	172
23	Edith	169
24	Juanita	165
25	Ethel	163
26	Anna	153
27	Elizabeth	149
28	Irene	146
29	Jessie	141
30	Evelyn	140
31	Elsie	134
32	Bernice	132
32	Emma	132
34	Bessie	131
34	Velma	131
36	Bertha	130
37	Lillie	129
38	Lillian	125
39	Alice	122
39	Geneva	122
41	Clara	119
42	Mattie	117
43	Lorene	111
43	Myrtle	111
45	Vera	101
46	Eva	100
47	Minnie	98
47	Wilma	98
49	Pearl	96
50	Nellie	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,156
2	William	810
3	John	782
4	Robert	512
5	George	350
6	Charles	349
7	Willie	250
8	Thomas	248
9	Henry	207
10	Joe	201
11	Raymond	180
12	Frank	179
13	Roy	173
14	Edward	172
15	Paul	164
15	Walter	164
17	Joseph	157
18	Carl	147
19	Woodrow	133
20	Albert	132
21	Clarence	131
22	Earl	126
22	Fred	126
24	Jack	123
25	Harold	122
26	Richard	121
27	Ralph	115
28	Arthur	109
28	Eugene	109
30	David	107
31	Cecil	106
32	Jesse	105
33	Ernest	102
34	Floyd	99
35	Charlie	92
36	Howard	88
37	Ray	86
38	Clyde	85
39	Samuel	80
40	Elmer	78
40	Herbert	78
40	Louis	78
40	Vernon	78
44	Harry	77
44	Marvin	77
46	Johnnie	76
46	Leon	76
48	Jessie	74
49	Lee	72
50	Homer	70