Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1912

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	984
2	Margaret	236
3	Anna	232
4	Ruth	221
5	Elizabeth	220
6	Dorothy	209
7	Ruby	206
8	Edna	205
9	Helen	178
10	Thelma	168
11	Mildred	166
12	Gladys	155
13	Hazel	153
13	Martha	153
15	Ethel	150
16	Virginia	149
17	Louise	146
17	Marie	146
19	Frances	133
20	Bessie	132
21	Lucille	131
22	Myrtle	128
22	Nellie	128
24	Grace	122
24	Lillian	122

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	121
27	Evelyn	118
28	Edith	110
29	Bertha	109
30	Clara	104
31	Ida	100
31	Minnie	100
33	Emma	98
34	Opal	97
35	Mabel	95
36	Mattie	94
37	Alma	93
37	Lucy	93
39	Mae	92
40	Florence	91
41	Catherine	90
41	Nancy	90
41	Pauline	90
44	Alice	89
45	Elsie	85
45	Irene	85
45	Pearl	85
48	Eva	82
49	Annie	81
50	Lillie	78
51	Laura	77
52	Ada	75
53	Lena	74
54	Ella	71
55	Geneva	70
55	Stella	70
57	Della	69
57	Katherine	69
59	Jessie	68
60	Fannie	67
60	Lula	67
62	Beulah	66
63	Viola	65
64	Gertrude	63
65	Beatrice	61
65	Carrie	61
67	Nannie	60
68	Agnes	58
68	Georgia	58
70	Flora	57
71	Hattie	55
72	Rose	52
73	Betty	51
73	Goldie	51
75	Ora	50
76	Ann	48
76	Eula	48
76	Julia	48
79	Christine	47
79	Cora	47
79	Nora	47
82	Daisy	46
83	Bernice	45
83	Lola	45
85	Kathryn	42
86	Josephine	41
86	Rosa	41
86	Virgie	41
89	Ollie	40
89	Willie	40
91	Effie	39
91	Flossie	39
91	Lois	39
94	Blanche	38
94	Esther	38
96	Dora	36
96	Susie	36
98	Alberta	35
98	Lizzie	35
100	Juanita	34
100	Leona	34
100	Mable	34
100	Nettie	34