Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,726
2	Betty	1,305
3	Shirley	908
4	Barbara	747
5	Patricia	476
6	Joyce	434
7	Wanda	403
8	Anna	400
9	Dorothy	397
10	Margaret	380
11	Martha	348
12	Helen	345
13	Nancy	337
14	Doris	335
15	Norma	290
16	Phyllis	286
17	Virginia	273
18	Ruth	265
19	Peggy	259
20	Wilma	256
21	Ruby	247
22	Elizabeth	236
22	Mildred	236
24	Carolyn	230
25	Carol	208

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	204
27	Lois	187
28	Frances	186
29	Bonnie	182
30	Shelby	178
30	Thelma	178
32	Patsy	167
33	Jo	161
34	Juanita	158
35	Jean	157
36	Alice	147
36	Janet	147
38	Sue	135
39	Edna	134
40	Loretta	133
41	Linda	131
42	Geneva	129
42	Joan	129
44	Gladys	128
45	Ann	127
46	Evelyn	124
46	Hazel	124
48	Donna	122
49	Geraldine	121
50	Emma	118
51	Margie	113
52	Pauline	111
52	Rose	111
54	Sylvia	110
55	Marilyn	109
56	Billie	108
57	Jane	107
58	Edith	105
58	Nellie	105
60	Sarah	104
61	Alma	103
62	Eva	102
63	Ethel	99
64	Joann	98
65	Clara	92
66	Laura	90
66	Louise	90
68	Yvonne	89
69	Christine	88
70	Beverly	86
70	Irene	86
72	Marie	79
73	Charlotte	78
73	Lillian	78
75	Bessie	76
76	Delores	74
77	Beulah	73
78	Ella	71
78	Elsie	71
78	Kathleen	71
78	Stella	71
82	Georgia	69
83	Audrey	67
83	Bobbie	67
83	June	67
86	Ida	66
86	Myrtle	66
88	Lillie	65
88	Roberta	65
90	Gloria	64
91	Bernice	63
91	Julia	63
91	Vivian	63
94	Judith	62
95	Bertha	59
95	Bettie	59
95	Marjorie	59
95	Maxine	59
99	Dolores	58
99	Faye	58