Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,873
2	Betty	1,248
3	Dorothy	704
4	Anna	480
5	Helen	446
6	Martha	395
7	Margaret	387
8	Doris	366
9	Ruth	365
10	Virginia	352
11	Barbara	351
12	Mildred	344
13	Norma	323
14	Ruby	306
15	Joyce	296
16	Wanda	294
17	Elizabeth	275
18	Juanita	252
19	Thelma	236
20	Wilma	230
21	Lois	221
22	Nancy	214
23	Frances	212
24	Jean	204
25	Geneva	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	198
27	Evelyn	180
27	Hazel	180
27	Patricia	180
30	Joan	169
31	Gladys	165
32	Louise	164
33	Pauline	159
34	Alice	158
35	Edith	150
36	Alma	148
36	Geraldine	148
38	Peggy	147
39	Billie	146
40	Marie	143
41	Shirley	139
42	Christine	134
42	Eva	134
44	Ann	131
44	Lucille	131
46	Bonnie	130
47	Irene	126
48	Emma	125
49	Clara	124
50	Phyllis	122
51	Sarah	118
52	Lillian	115
53	Jane	114
53	Opal	114
55	Margie	112
56	Patsy	111
56	Rose	111
58	Carolyn	110
59	Bessie	109
60	Georgia	108
61	June	106
62	Ethel	103
62	Marjorie	103
64	Catherine	94
65	Ella	92
66	Ida	91
66	Loretta	91
66	Maxine	91
69	Beulah	90
69	Imogene	90
71	Jo	86
71	Myrtle	86
71	Nellie	86
74	Bernice	85
75	Lillie	84
76	Elsie	83
76	Vivian	83
78	Kathleen	80
78	Laura	80
80	Bertha	79
80	Dolores	79
82	Lucy	75
83	Beatrice	74
83	Josephine	74
83	Minnie	74
86	Sue	73
87	Audrey	72
87	Katherine	72
89	Annie	71
89	Stella	71
91	Velma	69
92	Marilyn	68
93	Eula	67
93	Florence	67
93	Roberta	67
96	Grace	66
96	Janet	66
96	Joann	66
99	Dora	65
100	Delores	64
100	Mae	64
100	Mattie	64