Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Arkansas, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,148
2	Betty	821
3	Shirley	589
4	Barbara	453
5	Dorothy	374
6	Patsy	308
7	Martha	281
8	Helen	250
9	Joyce	228
10	Patricia	227
11	Virginia	223
12	Carolyn	211
12	Wanda	211
14	Ruby	202
15	Doris	198
16	Frances	182
17	Margaret	181
18	Peggy	178
19	Norma	143
20	Nancy	142
21	Alice	136
22	Annie	134
23	Bonnie	132
24	Willie	130
25	Mildred	128
26	Anna	127
26	Ruth	127
28	Wilma	122
29	Bobbie	121
30	Elizabeth	110
31	Evelyn	108
32	Billie	105
33	Emma	104
34	Jo	103
35	Linda	101
35	Lois	101
37	Thelma	97
38	Louise	94
39	Juanita	89
40	Jean	83
41	Edna	81
41	Geneva	81
43	Ann	80
43	Sarah	80
45	Hazel	79
46	Rosie	78
47	Alma	77
47	Ethel	77
49	Glenda	76
50	Bertha	74

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,304
2	Charles	784
3	John	640
4	Robert	620
5	William	573
6	Billy	567
7	Bobby	508
8	Donald	320
9	Joe	316
10	Jerry	301
11	Jimmy	294
12	George	281
13	Willie	266
14	Thomas	240
15	Kenneth	219
16	Harold	200
17	Carl	188
18	David	181
19	Richard	172
20	Jimmie	160
21	Paul	157
22	Henry	155
23	Roy	151
24	Raymond	135
25	Tommy	132
26	Edward	131
27	Johnny	126
28	Walter	121
29	Jack	107
30	Bill	103
30	Don	103
32	Albert	102
33	Gerald	96
34	Larry	95
35	Eugene	94
36	Fred	92
37	Earl	91
37	Floyd	91
37	Joseph	91
40	Eddie	88
41	Jackie	87
42	Frank	86
43	Clarence	80
43	Leroy	80
45	Lee	79
46	Howard	76
47	Johnnie	74
48	Jesse	73
48	Jessie	73
48	Ralph	73