Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1920

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary2,339
2Dorothy873
3Margaret591
4Helen564
5Virginia541
6Ruth536
7Mildred509
8Anna506
9Ruby464
10Elizabeth404
11Martha401
12Edna364
13Thelma355
14Hazel337
15Marie320
16Edith309
16Frances309
18Gladys308
19Evelyn274
20Lillian267
21Pauline265
22Geneva258
23Ethel249
23Irene249
25Lucille245
RankNameBabies
26Louise230
27Juanita226
28Emma224
29Opal222
30Myrtle197
31Alma188
32Bessie181
33Catherine178
34Eva171
35Sarah168
36Clara166
37Nellie163
38Beulah162
39Grace160
40Georgia159
41Betty158
41Mabel158
43Nancy156
44Alice154
45Elsie145
46Lillie143
47Bertha139
47Christine139
49Beatrice138
49Katherine138
51Lucy135
52Mae127
53Marjorie125
54Viola124
55Laura123
56Minnie121
57Ida119
58Lena117
59Stella116
60Mattie114
61Ella112
62Doris110
62Gertrude110
62Jane110
65Florence107
66Josephine103
67Nora99
68Annie98
68Dora98
68Jessie98
68Nannie98
68Wilma98
73Lula97
73Pearl97
75Agnes96
76Cora95
77Ann93
78Bernice90
79Jean89
79June89
81Goldie88
82Vivian87
83Ada85
84Violet84
85Bonnie82
86Margie80
87Daisy79
87Lois79
89Della78
89Esther78
89Julia78
89Rose78
93Kathleen75
94Eula74
94Fannie74
96Flora73
97Eunice72
97Mable72
97Ollie72
100Norma70