Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,693
2	Betty	1,213
3	Shirley	1,064
4	Barbara	701
5	Anna	453
6	Dorothy	409
7	Joyce	398
8	Wanda	354
9	Martha	346
10	Helen	343
11	Patricia	341
12	Doris	338
13	Nancy	315
14	Margaret	314
15	Norma	299
15	Virginia	299
17	Phyllis	278
18	Wilma	260
19	Ruth	258
20	Ruby	253
21	Elizabeth	250
22	Peggy	220
23	Lois	215
24	Carolyn	209
25	Frances	206

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	201
27	Patsy	192
28	Alice	184
29	Juanita	183
30	Emma	180
31	Bonnie	175
32	Edna	162
33	Thelma	161
34	Jo	154
35	Carol	153
36	Janice	152
37	Ann	148
38	Geneva	142
39	Joan	141
40	Sarah	134
40	Sue	134
42	Loretta	133
43	Jean	132
44	Billie	126
45	Rose	125
46	Evelyn	124
47	Edith	123
48	Hazel	122
49	Janet	121
50	Margie	119
51	Gladys	118
52	Pauline	117
53	Geraldine	108
54	Alma	107
55	Louise	106
55	Marilyn	106
57	Shelby	104
58	Joann	103
59	Sylvia	100
60	Clara	98
61	Charlotte	96
62	Bessie	95
62	Eva	95
62	Lillian	95
62	Marie	95
66	Ethel	92
67	Linda	91
68	Bobbie	90
69	Irene	85
69	Jane	85
69	Marjorie	85
72	Donna	83
73	Lucille	81
74	Ella	79
75	Minnie	75
76	Myrtle	74
77	Christine	73
77	Elsie	73
79	Delores	72
79	Yvonne	72
81	Gloria	71
81	June	71
83	Bertha	70
84	Georgia	69
85	Nellie	68
85	Roberta	68
87	Beulah	67
87	Ida	67
89	Opal	66
90	Laura	64
90	Naomi	64
90	Vivian	64
93	Stella	62
94	Audrey	61
94	Bernice	61
94	Jeanette	61
94	Jessie	61
98	Faye	60
99	Ada	59
99	Catherine	59
99	Lena	59
99	Maxine	59