Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,913
2	Dorothy	650
3	Margaret	481
4	Anna	445
5	Ruth	433
6	Ruby	412
6	Virginia	412
8	Helen	407
9	Elizabeth	366
10	Edna	360
11	Mildred	355
12	Martha	339
13	Hazel	338
14	Thelma	312
15	Edith	287
16	Gladys	284
17	Frances	270
18	Lucille	259
19	Marie	254
20	Evelyn	228
21	Ethel	216
22	Lillian	215
23	Louise	196
23	Pauline	196
25	Bessie	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Myrtle	182
27	Sarah	179
28	Opal	177
29	Emma	173
29	Irene	173
31	Mabel	167
32	Clara	164
33	Geneva	159
34	Alma	158
35	Catherine	155
36	Grace	154
37	Alice	151
38	Nellie	149
39	Nancy	148
40	Eva	144
41	Bertha	141
42	Lucy	132
43	Katherine	131
44	Beulah	128
45	Beatrice	124
45	Mattie	124
47	Ida	121
48	Annie	120
48	Jessie	120
48	Laura	120
48	Pearl	120
52	Lillie	117
53	Florence	116
54	Ella	115
55	Georgia	114
56	Elsie	113
57	Mae	111
58	Christine	110
59	Juanita	109
59	Minnie	109
61	Stella	108
62	Viola	105
63	Lula	103
64	Gertrude	101
65	Ada	99
66	Della	98
67	Nora	94
68	Lena	93
68	Rose	93
70	Carrie	92
71	Ann	91
72	Cora	90
73	Dora	89
73	Josephine	89
75	Betty	87
75	Jane	87
75	Lois	87
78	Flora	83
78	Julia	83
80	Bernice	79
80	Goldie	79
80	Nannie	79
83	Hattie	78
84	Agnes	77
85	Fannie	76
85	Willie	76
87	Doris	75
88	Blanche	72
89	Kathleen	70
89	Marjorie	70
91	Kathryn	68
91	Lola	68
91	Ollie	68
94	Esther	67
94	Virgie	67
96	Maggie	66
97	Naomi	65
98	Eunice	63
99	Eula	62
99	Sylvia	62