Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1926

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,321
2	Dorothy	605
3	Betty	506
4	Helen	393
5	Ruby	370
6	Mildred	313
7	Wanda	269
8	Virginia	256
9	Ruth	247
10	Martha	246
11	Juanita	238
11	Willie	238
13	Margaret	228
14	Thelma	207
15	Hazel	197
16	Frances	195
17	Doris	188
18	Annie	185
19	Louise	173
20	Lois	160
21	Evelyn	157
22	Marie	156
23	Anna	154
24	Lucille	150
25	Emma	148
26	Edna	146
26	Pauline	146
28	Alice	145
28	Gladys	145
30	Bonnie	138
30	Elizabeth	138
32	Wilma	134
33	Jessie	133
34	Billie	132
34	Opal	132
36	Geneva	131
37	Rosie	127
38	Ethel	125
39	Lillie	124
40	Bertha	122
41	Maxine	119
42	Mattie	116
43	Beatrice	114
43	Norma	114
45	Edith	113
46	Alma	112
47	Georgia	110
48	Bernice	107
49	Bessie	101
50	Geraldine	95

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,458
2	William	851
3	John	779
4	Robert	709
5	Charles	612
6	George	412
7	Willie	308
8	Billy	288
9	Thomas	268
10	Joe	238
11	Jack	218
12	Harold	212
13	Henry	209
14	Roy	183
15	Edward	177
16	Paul	174
17	Raymond	167
18	Walter	161
19	Richard	153
20	Carl	146
21	Eugene	145
22	David	143
23	Frank	136
24	Earl	135
24	Floyd	135
26	Kenneth	133
27	Joseph	132
28	Clarence	123
28	Fred	123
30	Arthur	118
31	Donald	114
32	Samuel	111
33	Gerald	110
34	Ray	109
35	Cecil	108
36	Albert	106
37	Bobby	103
38	Ralph	101
39	Herbert	98
39	Jessie	98
41	Howard	97
42	Calvin	94
43	Vernon	90
44	Herman	88
45	Louis	86
46	Charlie	84
46	Leon	84
48	Ernest	82
49	Lee	81
50	Eddie	79