Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,700
2	Betty	977
3	Barbara	923
4	Patricia	735
5	Linda	658
6	Shirley	656
7	Joyce	531
8	Wanda	518
9	Carolyn	477
10	Martha	424
11	Nancy	414
12	Phyllis	387
13	Anna	379
14	Janice	376
15	Brenda	374
16	Judith	363
17	Margaret	357
18	Dorothy	332
19	Carol	317
20	Bonnie	303
20	Helen	303
20	Judy	303
23	Ruth	301
24	Elizabeth	300
25	Virginia	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	271
27	Doris	265
28	Norma	250
29	Sandra	229
30	Janet	224
31	Alice	218
31	Wilma	218
33	Donna	215
34	Lois	204
35	Ruby	195
36	Patsy	190
37	Frances	186
38	Sue	178
39	Mildred	167
40	Charlotte	158
40	Joan	158
42	Jo	149
43	Juanita	147
44	Emma	146
45	Ann	139
45	Geraldine	139
47	Gloria	137
48	Marilyn	133
48	Sarah	133
50	Rose	132
51	Evelyn	128
52	Loretta	125
53	Edna	124
54	Thelma	121
55	Beverly	111
55	Sharon	111
57	Jane	110
58	Jean	109
59	Glenda	107
59	Rita	107
61	Eva	104
62	Margie	100
63	Hazel	97
64	Rebecca	93
65	Alma	88
65	Clara	88
65	Joann	88
68	Geneva	86
68	Louise	86
68	Sylvia	86
71	Edith	85
72	Georgia	81
73	Pauline	80
74	Ella	77
74	Ethel	77
76	Delores	76
76	Marie	76
78	Julia	75
79	Christine	73
79	Gladys	73
81	Irene	71
82	Susan	69
83	Billie	68
83	Carole	68
83	Nellie	68
86	Shelby	67
87	Faye	66
87	Patty	66
89	Lillian	65
89	Vivian	65
91	Beulah	63
91	Charlene	63
91	Stella	63
94	Kathleen	62
95	Lillie	61
96	Ida	60
97	Bobbie	59
97	Ellen	59
97	June	59
97	Minnie	59