Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,784
2	Betty	1,369
3	Barbara	940
4	Shirley	930
5	Joyce	498
6	Patricia	495
7	Nancy	453
8	Wanda	440
9	Dorothy	409
10	Anna	407
11	Martha	404
12	Doris	354
13	Helen	353
14	Margaret	338
15	Norma	331
16	Phyllis	327
17	Elizabeth	301
18	Carolyn	288
18	Ruth	288
20	Virginia	284
21	Wilma	279
22	Peggy	266
23	Janice	264
24	Ruby	239
25	Alice	226

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	218
26	Lois	218
28	Carol	217
29	Patsy	200
30	Linda	197
31	Mildred	195
32	Jo	184
33	Bonnie	181
34	Ann	176
35	Donna	175
36	Thelma	171
37	Edna	168
38	Sue	152
39	Joan	151
40	Juanita	149
41	Emma	145
41	Loretta	145
43	Janet	144
44	Jean	143
45	Shelby	141
46	Geraldine	136
47	Alma	135
48	Margie	133
49	Sarah	129
50	Evelyn	121
50	Rose	121
52	Edith	119
53	Jane	115
54	Hazel	113
55	Ethel	109
55	Judith	109
57	Beverly	108
57	Clara	108
59	Pauline	107
60	Gladys	106
61	Geneva	104
61	Joann	104
63	Lillian	102
64	Louise	93
64	Sylvia	93
66	Charlotte	92
66	Marilyn	92
68	Christine	90
69	Marjorie	85
70	Sandra	84
71	Gloria	83
72	Eva	82
72	Julia	82
74	Georgia	81
74	Irene	81
74	Laura	81
77	Ella	79
77	June	79
79	Bessie	77
80	Lillie	76
81	Billie	75
81	Delores	75
81	Glenda	75
81	Marie	75
85	Kathleen	72
86	Anita	70
86	Bobbie	70
88	Opal	69
89	Myrtle	68
89	Nellie	68
91	Rebecca	67
92	Roberta	66
93	Sally	65
94	Elsie	64
94	Yvonne	64
96	Mattie	63
97	Judy	62
97	Maxine	62
99	Ida	61
100	Jeanette	60
100	Naomi	60