Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,001
2	Betty	1,258
3	Dorothy	781
4	Helen	518
5	Anna	500
6	Margaret	422
7	Doris	412
8	Martha	400
9	Virginia	387
10	Ruth	385
11	Ruby	345
12	Mildred	310
13	Elizabeth	284
13	Juanita	284
15	Thelma	280
16	Wanda	268
17	Norma	266
18	Frances	262
19	Wilma	244
20	Jean	232
21	Barbara	217
21	Edna	217
21	Joyce	217
24	Evelyn	209
25	Edith	204

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	202
26	Pauline	202
28	Lois	201
29	Nancy	198
30	Gladys	192
31	Geneva	186
32	Patricia	184
33	Louise	174
34	Alice	168
35	Marie	166
36	Billie	165
37	Irene	160
38	Emma	159
39	Lillian	158
40	Shirley	155
41	Alma	147
41	Ethel	147
43	Opal	141
44	Eva	136
45	Joan	132
46	Lucille	127
47	Christine	124
47	Dolores	124
49	Clara	123
49	Georgia	123
51	Bonnie	121
51	Margie	121
53	Ann	118
54	Maxine	117
55	Rose	116
56	Marjorie	115
57	Kathleen	114
58	Sarah	111
59	Myrtle	109
60	Elsie	106
60	Imogene	106
60	Jane	106
63	Beulah	105
64	Geraldine	103
65	Catherine	100
65	Ella	100
67	Nellie	98
68	June	95
69	Bessie	94
69	Katherine	94
69	Peggy	94
72	Beatrice	92
73	Loretta	90
74	Bertha	88
74	Laura	88
74	Mattie	88
74	Phyllis	88
78	Lena	87
78	Lillie	87
80	Bernice	86
81	Minnie	84
82	Carolyn	83
83	Audrey	82
83	Vivian	82
85	Mabel	79
86	Annie	77
86	Lucy	77
88	Julia	75
89	Stella	74
90	Dora	73
91	Florence	72
91	Ida	72
93	Sue	71
94	Patsy	70
95	Eula	67
95	Jo	67
95	Velma	67
98	Delores	66
98	Jessie	66
100	Jacqueline	65
100	Roberta	65