Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,138
2	Dorothy	748
3	Anna	534
4	Ruth	521
5	Margaret	502
6	Virginia	483
7	Helen	466
8	Ruby	417
9	Elizabeth	414
10	Mildred	410
11	Hazel	358
12	Martha	349
13	Edna	342
14	Thelma	335
15	Frances	330
16	Gladys	283
17	Edith	276
18	Marie	268
19	Ethel	264
20	Evelyn	255
21	Lucille	252
22	Louise	238
23	Lillian	228
24	Pauline	216
25	Opal	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	205
27	Bessie	195
28	Myrtle	192
29	Emma	189
29	Nellie	189
31	Clara	180
32	Eva	167
32	Irene	167
34	Bertha	164
35	Alma	162
35	Elsie	162
37	Geneva	159
38	Katherine	158
39	Catherine	154
40	Grace	152
41	Alice	151
41	Beulah	151
43	Jessie	138
44	Laura	136
44	Mabel	136
46	Georgia	135
47	Ida	133
47	Mae	133
49	Juanita	132
50	Lillie	130
50	Lucy	130
52	Nancy	129
53	Christine	128
54	Marjorie	125
55	Florence	124
56	Beatrice	122
56	Gertrude	122
58	Pearl	119
59	Betty	117
59	Mattie	117
61	Viola	116
62	Lena	110
63	Stella	106
64	Cora	104
64	Minnie	104
66	Ella	103
67	Annie	102
68	Kathleen	100
69	Lula	98
70	Ann	97
71	Agnes	96
72	Ada	95
73	Carrie	92
74	Fannie	88
75	Josephine	87
76	Julia	86
77	Eula	84
77	Flora	84
79	Dora	83
79	Jane	83
81	Bernice	82
82	Rose	80
83	Lola	79
83	Wilma	79
85	Nannie	78
85	Nora	78
87	Esther	77
87	Margie	77
89	Doris	76
89	Goldie	76
89	Hattie	76
92	Daisy	72
92	Willie	72
94	Della	71
94	Maxine	71
96	Mable	70
96	Naomi	70
98	Lois	69
99	June	68
99	Rosa	68