Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,733
2	Betty	1,367
3	Barbara	907
4	Shirley	753
5	Joyce	524
6	Patricia	490
7	Nancy	474
8	Wanda	470
9	Anna	449
10	Martha	395
10	Phyllis	395
12	Margaret	372
13	Dorothy	359
14	Carolyn	327
15	Helen	314
16	Doris	311
17	Janice	307
18	Linda	296
19	Peggy	294
20	Norma	291
21	Ruth	285
22	Elizabeth	265
23	Virginia	263
24	Wilma	246
25	Alice	220

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Carol	220
27	Ruby	213
28	Frances	206
29	Lois	205
30	Janet	191
31	Bonnie	188
31	Patsy	188
33	Juanita	182
34	Judith	171
35	Sue	167
36	Donna	160
36	Mildred	160
38	Ann	159
39	Thelma	148
40	Jo	146
41	Emma	145
42	Edna	139
43	Evelyn	135
44	Geraldine	134
45	Marilyn	129
46	Judy	123
47	Joan	122
47	Loretta	122
49	Jean	121
50	Geneva	117
51	Margie	114
52	Beverly	112
52	Sarah	112
54	Sandra	111
55	Rose	108
56	Alma	104
57	Billie	103
58	Edith	100
58	Glenda	100
60	Pauline	98
61	Clara	97
61	Hazel	97
63	Brenda	95
64	Jane	94
64	Louise	94
66	Ella	93
66	Ethel	93
66	Shelby	93
69	Joann	92
70	Lillian	89
71	Charlotte	88
71	Roberta	88
73	Eva	87
74	Sharon	85
75	Delores	84
76	Rebecca	82
77	Sylvia	81
78	Gladys	80
78	Irene	80
80	Christine	75
81	Yvonne	74
82	Marie	73
83	Georgia	72
83	Nellie	72
85	Elsie	71
85	June	71
85	Laura	71
88	Bessie	68
89	Bertha	67
90	Faye	66
90	Lillie	66
92	Ida	65
93	Catherine	63
93	Vivian	63
95	Marjorie	61
95	Rita	61
97	Gloria	60
97	Lena	60
99	Beulah	59
99	Glenna	59
99	Lucy	59
99	Minnie	59
99	Patty	59