Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,313
2	Dorothy	893
3	Betty	639
4	Helen	613
5	Anna	569
6	Virginia	547
7	Margaret	511
8	Ruth	501
9	Mildred	454
10	Ruby	453
11	Martha	436
12	Frances	336
13	Juanita	328
14	Elizabeth	322
15	Edna	292
16	Thelma	290
17	Pauline	286
18	Gladys	272
19	Geneva	269
20	Evelyn	260
21	Edith	257
22	Doris	252
23	Hazel	225
24	Marie	219
25	Jean	208

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	203
27	Alice	198
27	Lillian	198
29	Alma	193
30	Wanda	191
31	Emma	190
32	Irene	189
33	Opal	188
34	Wilma	185
35	Norma	174
36	Lucille	173
37	Ethel	167
38	Sarah	166
39	Lois	164
40	Nancy	159
41	Christine	147
42	Marjorie	143
43	Bessie	140
44	Ella	138
44	Eva	138
44	Georgia	138
47	Clara	137
48	Myrtle	133
49	Bertha	127
50	Margie	126
51	Nellie	124
52	Beulah	119
52	Elsie	119
54	Beatrice	118
55	Jessie	112
56	Catherine	111
57	Kathleen	109
57	Laura	109
59	Rose	107
60	Audrey	105
61	Ida	104
61	Lillie	104
61	Mae	104
64	Ann	103
64	Maxine	103
66	Katherine	101
66	Mabel	101
66	Sylvia	101
69	June	99
69	Mattie	99
71	Barbara	98
71	Bonnie	98
73	Jane	96
74	Imogene	90
75	Pearl	89
76	Vivian	88
77	Florence	87
78	Minnie	85
78	Patricia	85
78	Stella	85
81	Lula	84
81	Viola	84
83	Shirley	83
84	Joyce	81
85	Gertrude	80
85	Nannie	80
87	Geraldine	79
87	Josephine	79
87	Lena	79
90	Bernice	78
90	Lucy	78
92	Grace	77
93	Ada	76
94	Dora	74
95	Nora	71
96	Esther	70
96	Naomi	70
98	Jewell	69
98	Mable	69
100	Eula	68
100	Roberta	68