Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1931

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,174
2	Betty	840
3	Dorothy	443
4	Wanda	293
5	Helen	283
6	Ruby	241
7	Martha	233
7	Virginia	233
9	Doris	203
10	Billie	200
11	Margaret	180
12	Frances	178
12	Mildred	178
14	Ruth	169
15	Patsy	164
16	Barbara	154
17	Joyce	151
17	Norma	151
19	Anna	143
19	Wilma	143
21	Juanita	141
22	Bonnie	139
22	Lois	139
22	Peggy	139
25	Annie	137
25	Willie	137
27	Louise	135
28	Bobbie	127
29	Alice	120
29	Hazel	120
31	Emma	119
32	Evelyn	113
32	Patricia	113
34	Thelma	111
35	Edna	103
36	Bernice	101
37	Clara	100
38	Velma	97
39	Geneva	91
39	Gladys	91
41	Pauline	89
42	Elizabeth	88
42	Maxine	88
44	Lillie	86
45	Geraldine	82
46	Georgia	81
46	Jean	81
46	Margie	81
49	Marie	80
50	Marjorie	79

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,225
2	Charles	654
3	John	652
4	Robert	623
5	William	609
6	Billy	574
7	Bobby	380
8	George	293
9	Joe	266
10	Thomas	233
11	Willie	226
12	Donald	216
13	Harold	196
14	Kenneth	195
15	Paul	165
16	Jack	157
17	Raymond	151
18	David	149
19	Roy	148
20	Henry	145
21	Carl	139
22	Edward	138
23	Richard	136
24	Walter	120
25	Eugene	119
26	Jimmie	118
27	Frank	114
28	Albert	108
28	Joseph	108
30	Jimmy	107
31	Billie	100
31	Clarence	100
33	Jerry	98
34	Earl	95
35	Fred	93
36	Bill	92
37	Lee	90
38	Floyd	88
39	Eddie	85
40	Howard	78
40	Ray	78
42	Curtis	77
42	Ralph	77
44	Arthur	75
44	Leon	75
46	Herbert	73
46	Jesse	73
48	Johnnie	72
48	Leroy	72
50	Marvin	71