Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,165
2	Betty	962
3	Dorothy	829
4	Anna	542
5	Helen	513
6	Virginia	475
7	Margaret	459
8	Mildred	439
9	Ruth	429
10	Ruby	400
11	Martha	371
12	Doris	356
13	Juanita	325
14	Elizabeth	322
15	Thelma	264
16	Frances	257
17	Evelyn	250
18	Pauline	247
19	Jean	246
20	Edna	241
21	Geneva	228
22	Gladys	227
23	Lois	223
24	Norma	217
25	Edith	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	200
26	Wanda	200
28	Marie	192
29	Wilma	188
30	Louise	184
31	Emma	175
32	Barbara	174
33	Nancy	172
34	Irene	164
35	Lillian	158
36	Georgia	153
37	Opal	151
38	Alma	149
39	Alice	148
39	Ethel	148
41	Marjorie	147
42	Lucille	146
42	Sarah	146
44	Joyce	143
45	Bessie	139
46	Margie	137
47	Eva	133
48	Christine	130
49	Myrtle	121
50	Patricia	118
51	Catherine	117
51	Nellie	117
53	Bertha	115
53	Geraldine	115
55	Bonnie	114
55	Clara	114
57	Laura	113
58	Elsie	112
59	June	107
59	Katherine	107
59	Shirley	107
62	Billie	106
62	Imogene	106
64	Minnie	105
65	Beulah	104
65	Rose	104
67	Ella	99
67	Maxine	99
69	Mae	97
70	Bernice	96
71	Lillie	95
72	Ann	94
73	Ida	93
73	Lucy	93
75	Audrey	91
75	Jane	91
75	Kathleen	91
78	Beatrice	90
78	Mabel	90
80	Jessie	88
81	Stella	85
82	Agnes	83
82	Florence	83
82	Nora	83
85	Annie	82
86	Grace	81
86	Mattie	81
86	Peggy	81
86	Velma	81
90	Lena	80
91	Josephine	79
92	Vivian	76
93	Eula	75
94	Phyllis	74
95	Dolores	72
95	Jewell	72
97	Sylvia	71
98	Goldie	70
99	Viola	69
100	Joan	68
100	Sue	68
100	Willie	68