Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,881
2	Betty	1,454
3	Barbara	613
4	Dorothy	564
5	Anna	521
6	Helen	442
7	Joyce	420
8	Margaret	415
9	Doris	390
10	Martha	353
10	Shirley	353
12	Norma	349
13	Virginia	342
14	Wanda	340
15	Ruby	329
16	Ruth	320
17	Nancy	298
18	Patricia	272
19	Elizabeth	268
20	Wilma	266
21	Lois	257
22	Mildred	247
23	Juanita	245
24	Frances	223
25	Thelma	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	200
27	Jean	196
27	Joan	196
29	Evelyn	178
30	Alice	175
31	Edna	172
32	Phyllis	167
33	Carolyn	164
34	Patsy	162
35	Hazel	161
36	Emma	160
37	Jo	148
38	Alma	147
38	Bonnie	147
38	Gladys	147
41	Billie	140
41	Lillian	140
43	Irene	136
44	Edith	135
45	Pauline	134
46	Sarah	129
47	Clara	128
48	Geraldine	125
49	Geneva	124
50	Ann	121
51	Louise	120
52	Christine	109
52	Sue	109
54	Georgia	108
54	Joann	108
54	June	108
57	Ethel	107
57	Margie	107
57	Opal	107
60	Ella	106
60	Marie	106
62	Janet	105
63	Eva	102
63	Imogene	102
65	Rose	101
66	Loretta	99
67	Carol	98
67	Jane	98
69	Elsie	96
70	Bessie	94
71	Bobbie	91
72	Beulah	89
72	Lucille	89
74	Delores	87
74	Marjorie	87
74	Maxine	87
74	Sylvia	87
78	Gloria	83
78	Nellie	83
80	Bertha	82
80	Laura	82
82	Dolores	81
83	Roberta	79
84	Faye	76
84	Minnie	76
84	Naomi	76
87	Catherine	75
88	Cora	74
88	Kathleen	74
88	Vivian	74
91	Charlotte	73
91	Ida	73
93	Myrtle	72
94	Donna	71
94	Josephine	71
94	Mattie	71
97	Audrey	68
97	Dora	68
97	Jessie	68
97	Julia	68
97	Lucy	68