Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,788
2	Betty	1,136
3	Barbara	957
4	Shirley	683
5	Patricia	615
6	Joyce	590
7	Linda	521
8	Wanda	517
9	Anna	435
10	Martha	424
11	Nancy	419
12	Phyllis	378
13	Margaret	356
14	Janice	343
15	Dorothy	341
16	Helen	337
17	Ruth	320
18	Carolyn	318
19	Doris	294
20	Judith	290
21	Norma	289
22	Elizabeth	284
23	Peggy	273
24	Virginia	260
25	Carol	258

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	246
27	Brenda	238
28	Bonnie	233
29	Judy	216
30	Alice	215
31	Patsy	208
32	Ruby	205
33	Janet	202
34	Lois	194
35	Frances	189
36	Donna	183
37	Sandra	182
37	Sue	182
39	Juanita	171
40	Ann	167
41	Mildred	163
42	Joan	154
43	Jo	150
44	Edna	144
45	Jean	140
45	Sarah	140
47	Geraldine	139
47	Loretta	139
49	Charlotte	138
50	Emma	137
51	Thelma	136
52	Rose	124
53	Marilyn	123
54	Jane	120
55	Gloria	119
56	Evelyn	115
57	Beverly	113
58	Edith	112
58	Louise	112
60	Margie	107
61	Gladys	106
62	Alma	96
63	Clara	95
64	Geneva	94
64	Sharon	94
66	Glenda	92
67	Eva	89
67	Hazel	89
69	Christine	88
70	Laura	87
71	Irene	80
72	Billie	79
72	Ethel	79
72	Shelby	79
75	Pauline	78
76	Georgia	77
76	Kathleen	77
76	Vivian	77
79	Marie	76
79	Sylvia	76
81	Ella	75
81	June	75
83	Delores	74
84	Julia	73
85	Beulah	72
86	Patty	71
86	Rebecca	71
88	Joann	70
89	Jeanette	68
89	Lucy	68
91	Bernice	67
91	Myrtle	67
91	Sally	67
94	Faye	66
94	Lillie	66
94	Marjorie	66
94	Rita	66
98	Lillian	65
99	Nellie	64
100	Elsie	63