Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1921

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary2,510
2Dorothy989
3Anna641
4Margaret612
5Virginia605
6Ruth594
7Helen584
8Mildred538
9Ruby519
10Elizabeth435
11Edna419
12Thelma417
13Martha407
14Frances348
15Hazel338
16Gladys334
17Marie326
18Edith316
19Evelyn304
20Juanita285
21Pauline267
22Lucille265
23Geneva252
24Opal251
25Ethel245
RankNameBabies
25Louise245
27Irene242
27Lillian242
29Myrtle227
30Betty213
31Emma210
31Sarah210
33Alma199
34Alice194
35Nancy191
36Clara188
37Bertha184
38Bessie180
39Elsie177
40Catherine170
41Nellie167
42Georgia165
43Mabel163
44Katherine161
45Beulah160
46Christine153
46Laura153
48Beatrice150
49Marjorie148
50Ida147
51Eva144
52Margie143
53Grace137
54Ella136
54Lucy136
56Viola133
57Mae131
57Stella131
59Wilma129
60Agnes126
60Norma126
62Lula122
63Jean119
64Pearl118
65Doris117
66Jessie116
67Audrey113
67Florence113
69Lois112
69Mattie112
71Jane110
72Lillie108
72Minnie108
74Rose107
75Lena104
76Kathleen103
77Gertrude102
78Ada101
78June101
80Annie97
80Cora97
82Nannie96
82Vivian96
84Dora95
84Josephine95
86Ann94
87Nora91
88Maxine90
89Flora84
90Bernice83
90Carrie83
90Della83
90Fannie83
90Julia83
95Bonnie81
95Ollie81
95Willie81
98Daisy77
99Esther76
100Kathryn75
100Naomi75