Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,834
2	Dorothy	585
3	Margaret	492
4	Anna	448
5	Elizabeth	411
6	Ruth	401
7	Helen	398
8	Ruby	395
9	Virginia	385
10	Edna	369
11	Mildred	315
12	Martha	304
13	Thelma	287
14	Hazel	284
15	Edith	283
16	Lucille	269
17	Gladys	267
18	Frances	253
19	Marie	232
20	Ethel	229
20	Louise	229
22	Pauline	211
23	Evelyn	197
23	Lillian	197
25	Sarah	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	191
27	Opal	187
28	Myrtle	186
29	Nellie	180
30	Bessie	176
31	Alice	168
32	Bertha	163
32	Emma	163
34	Clara	153
35	Eva	151
35	Mabel	151
37	Grace	149
38	Catherine	148
39	Alma	147
40	Nancy	138
41	Elsie	132
42	Lucy	130
43	Geneva	128
43	Jessie	128
45	Beatrice	127
45	Beulah	127
47	Minnie	126
48	Katherine	125
49	Mattie	117
50	Mae	115
51	Lillie	114
52	Florence	110
53	Gertrude	109
54	Ida	108
55	Juanita	107
56	Pearl	106
57	Laura	103
58	Cora	102
58	Stella	102
60	Ella	101
61	Georgia	99
62	Julia	98
63	Lula	94
63	Viola	94
65	Ada	93
65	Annie	93
65	Dora	93
68	Agnes	92
69	Christine	90
70	Betty	88
71	Nora	87
72	Ann	85
72	Flora	85
72	Rose	85
75	Nannie	84
76	Lena	83
77	Jane	82
78	Josephine	77
79	Hattie	76
80	Della	73
80	Goldie	73
82	Carrie	71
83	Lois	70
83	Ollie	70
85	Blanche	68
86	Bonnie	67
86	Fannie	67
88	Bernice	66
88	Marjorie	66
88	Naomi	66
91	Leona	65
92	Margie	64
93	Lola	62
94	Doris	61
94	Eula	61
94	Nettie	61
97	Alberta	60
98	Flossie	59
99	Mable	58
100	Daisy	57
100	Kathleen	57
100	Verna	57