Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,257
2	Dorothy	549
3	Helen	405
4	Mildred	390
5	Ruby	378
6	Ruth	333
7	Virginia	292
8	Willie	269
9	Margaret	246
10	Juanita	238
11	Martha	236
12	Frances	220
13	Betty	208
14	Hazel	207
15	Thelma	202
16	Marie	195
17	Louise	189
18	Gladys	187
19	Pauline	175
20	Evelyn	172
21	Annie	166
21	Lois	166
23	Anna	160
24	Edna	156
25	Irene	154
26	Opal	152
27	Elizabeth	151
27	Lucille	151
27	Wanda	151
30	Alice	148
30	Doris	148
32	Bernice	142
32	Edith	142
34	Wilma	132
35	Lillie	129
36	Ethel	128
36	Jessie	128
38	Geneva	125
39	Emma	123
40	Clara	121
40	Marjorie	121
42	Maxine	117
43	Beatrice	114
44	Lillian	108
44	Velma	108
46	Margie	106
46	Rosie	106
48	Geraldine	105
49	Lorene	104
50	Ida	102

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,396
2	William	931
3	John	829
4	Robert	647
5	Charles	447
6	George	376
7	Willie	271
8	Thomas	267
9	Jack	227
10	Henry	224
11	Roy	188
12	Edward	186
13	Joe	185
14	Harold	182
15	Paul	177
16	Joseph	173
17	Carl	172
18	Raymond	171
19	Walter	157
20	Frank	145
21	Richard	140
22	Eugene	138
23	Clarence	136
23	Earl	136
23	Ralph	136
26	Kenneth	135
27	Albert	123
28	Fred	116
29	Arthur	113
29	Cecil	113
31	David	109
32	Billy	105
33	Louis	104
34	Jessie	103
35	Floyd	100
36	Charlie	97
37	Herman	94
38	Clyde	93
39	Lee	92
39	Ray	92
41	Ernest	90
42	Elmer	89
43	Jesse	87
44	Marvin	85
45	Calvin	84
46	Leon	82
47	Howard	81
48	Vernon	80
49	Chester	75
49	Donald	75