Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,351
2	Dorothy	859
3	Betty	740
4	Helen	599
5	Anna	567
6	Virginia	537
7	Ruth	520
8	Margaret	478
9	Mildred	448
10	Ruby	442
11	Martha	436
12	Juanita	380
13	Elizabeth	327
14	Doris	325
15	Frances	295
16	Edna	278
17	Thelma	277
18	Hazel	267
18	Pauline	267
20	Gladys	266
21	Geneva	243
22	Evelyn	239
23	Edith	231
24	Marie	229
25	Jean	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	224
27	Louise	221
28	Alice	204
29	Wanda	202
30	Emma	194
31	Irene	193
32	Lillian	187
33	Nancy	182
34	Lois	177
34	Sarah	177
36	Norma	167
37	Lucille	162
38	Elsie	160
39	Ethel	158
39	Opal	158
41	Margie	157
42	Christine	152
43	Alma	149
44	Nellie	147
45	Marjorie	146
46	Eva	144
47	Clara	136
47	Myrtle	136
49	Bessie	130
50	Georgia	129
51	Catherine	124
51	Joyce	124
53	Ida	119
54	Minnie	118
55	Bertha	116
55	Beulah	116
55	Imogene	116
58	Laura	115
59	Bonnie	114
60	June	113
61	Ella	112
62	Rose	111
63	Beatrice	109
64	Ann	107
64	Barbara	107
66	Bernice	106
66	Florence	106
66	Jane	106
69	Geraldine	104
69	Mattie	104
71	Katherine	102
71	Patricia	102
73	Mabel	100
73	Shirley	100
75	Audrey	99
76	Lena	98
77	Stella	96
78	Josephine	95
78	Lillie	95
80	Lucy	94
80	Roberta	94
82	Billie	93
82	Kathleen	93
82	Mae	93
82	Maxine	93
86	Grace	90
87	Jessie	84
88	Viola	83
89	Jewell	82
89	Rosa	82
91	Ada	81
91	Nannie	81
93	Lula	80
94	Naomi	73
94	Velma	73
96	Agnes	72
96	Sylvia	72
98	Della	71
98	Eula	71
98	Julia	71