Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,994
2	Betty	1,040
3	Dorothy	823
4	Helen	509
5	Anna	478
6	Margaret	430
7	Virginia	417
8	Ruth	416
9	Martha	386
10	Ruby	369
11	Mildred	355
12	Doris	349
13	Juanita	290
14	Elizabeth	284
15	Thelma	268
16	Frances	254
17	Evelyn	244
18	Wanda	242
19	Edna	241
20	Wilma	229
21	Lois	219
22	Jean	215
23	Pauline	213
24	Hazel	211
25	Edith	200

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gladys	198
27	Geneva	197
27	Norma	197
29	Emma	189
30	Marie	184
31	Nancy	178
32	Barbara	177
33	Louise	176
34	Joyce	164
35	Alice	155
36	Irene	152
37	Clara	149
38	Ethel	148
39	Lucille	147
40	Eva	146
41	Christine	138
42	Shirley	137
43	Patricia	135
44	Alma	133
45	Lillian	131
46	Billie	130
47	Sarah	127
48	Dolores	125
48	Myrtle	125
50	Joan	124
51	Opal	121
52	Ann	119
52	Margie	119
54	Imogene	117
55	Marjorie	116
56	Rose	108
57	Georgia	107
58	Bessie	106
58	Bonnie	106
60	Catherine	105
60	Elsie	105
62	Geraldine	103
63	Maxine	102
64	Bertha	99
64	Ella	99
66	Lena	98
67	Katherine	96
68	Nellie	94
69	June	92
70	Laura	91
70	Peggy	91
72	Ida	86
73	Beulah	85
73	Carolyn	85
73	Mae	85
76	Beatrice	84
76	Florence	84
78	Mabel	82
79	Audrey	81
80	Dora	80
80	Josephine	80
82	Bernice	79
83	Grace	78
83	Jessie	78
83	Kathleen	78
83	Lucy	78
87	Stella	76
88	Jewell	75
89	Agnes	72
90	Jane	71
90	Minnie	71
92	Mattie	69
92	Phyllis	69
94	Eula	67
94	Jo	67
96	Gloria	66
97	Lillie	65
97	Lula	65
99	Sylvia	64
100	Cora	63
100	Naomi	63
100	Nora	63