Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1929

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,239
2	Betty	779
3	Dorothy	505
4	Helen	343
5	Ruby	304
6	Wanda	251
7	Mildred	239
7	Virginia	239
9	Martha	223
10	Doris	209
11	Margaret	205
11	Ruth	205
13	Billie	188
14	Frances	184
14	Willie	184
16	Wilma	174
17	Juanita	169
18	Louise	161
19	Evelyn	150
20	Anna	146
21	Annie	140
22	Emma	138
22	Norma	138
24	Thelma	134
25	Lois	130
26	Bonnie	128
27	Elizabeth	126
28	Hazel	125
29	Barbara	122
30	Pauline	120
31	Bobbie	119
32	Ethel	108
33	Geneva	107
34	Alice	106
34	Lucille	106
36	Patsy	105
37	Lillie	103
37	Maxine	103
37	Rosie	103
40	Gladys	101
41	Clara	98
41	Marie	98
43	Bernice	96
43	Margie	96
45	Edna	94
46	Jessie	91
47	Geraldine	88
47	Mae	88
49	Joyce	87
49	Mattie	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,296
2	William	729
3	John	699
4	Robert	625
5	Charles	586
6	Billy	553
7	George	291
8	Willie	283
9	Joe	263
10	Bobby	260
11	Thomas	243
12	Harold	205
13	Edward	191
14	Henry	186
15	Kenneth	181
16	Jack	178
17	Roy	159
18	Donald	157
19	Paul	153
20	Herbert	147
21	Richard	145
22	David	139
23	Joseph	128
24	Eugene	124
24	Walter	124
26	Raymond	122
27	Carl	118
28	Clarence	113
29	Albert	110
30	Earl	107
31	Billie	106
32	Frank	104
33	Fred	101
34	Lee	94
35	Arthur	93
35	Floyd	93
37	Jimmie	91
38	Jessie	88
39	Howard	87
40	Leroy	85
41	Ralph	84
42	Herman	82
42	Samuel	82
44	Bill	81
44	Louis	81
44	Marvin	81
47	Ernest	80
48	Leon	79
49	Junior	77
49	Vernon	77