Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,345
2	Dorothy	937
3	Virginia	635
4	Ruth	597
5	Margaret	594
6	Helen	589
7	Mildred	521
8	Anna	520
8	Ruby	520
10	Martha	425
11	Thelma	393
12	Edna	383
13	Elizabeth	374
14	Frances	344
15	Betty	339
16	Hazel	304
17	Edith	289
18	Juanita	285
19	Gladys	277
20	Pauline	273
21	Marie	271
22	Geneva	270
23	Evelyn	259
24	Louise	237
25	Lillian	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	217
27	Alice	212
27	Lucille	212
29	Ethel	208
30	Emma	205
31	Doris	199
31	Opal	199
31	Sarah	199
34	Christine	196
35	Marjorie	190
36	Eva	182
37	Elsie	180
38	Beulah	166
39	Myrtle	165
40	Nancy	162
41	Bessie	157
42	Alma	156
43	Jean	151
44	Clara	150
45	Bertha	146
46	Ella	145
47	Catherine	144
48	Katherine	142
49	Lucy	141
50	Beatrice	140
50	Georgia	140
52	Laura	138
53	Ida	137
54	Mabel	133
55	Nellie	132
55	Norma	132
57	Wilma	131
58	Lois	127
59	Mae	123
60	Kathleen	115
61	Minnie	114
62	Mattie	113
63	Jane	111
64	Lillie	109
65	Ann	107
65	Grace	107
65	Lena	107
68	Margie	106
69	Viola	104
70	Agnes	102
70	Annie	102
72	Vivian	100
72	Wanda	100
74	Ada	99
75	Jessie	97
76	Dora	96
77	Bonnie	95
77	Pearl	95
77	Stella	95
80	Gertrude	93
81	Lula	91
81	Willie	91
83	Kathryn	89
84	Bernice	88
85	Maxine	87
86	Geraldine	86
86	June	86
86	Nora	86
89	Cora	85
90	Naomi	83
91	Della	82
91	Rose	82
93	Alberta	81
93	Audrey	81
95	Eula	79
95	Florence	79
97	Josephine	78
98	Lola	77
99	Imogene	75
100	Julia	73