Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,749
2	Barbara	965
3	Betty	951
4	Patricia	734
5	Linda	709
6	Shirley	622
7	Joyce	581
8	Carolyn	560
9	Nancy	511
10	Wanda	468
11	Brenda	432
12	Phyllis	419
13	Carol	386
13	Judy	386
15	Margaret	379
16	Judith	370
17	Anna	361
18	Martha	351
19	Janice	335
20	Sandra	330
21	Dorothy	307
22	Ruth	299
23	Elizabeth	291
24	Helen	286
25	Doris	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	265
27	Virginia	257
28	Peggy	253
29	Donna	242
30	Patsy	231
31	Janet	222
32	Alice	214
33	Lois	209
34	Frances	206
35	Norma	203
36	Ruby	199
37	Wilma	194
38	Sharon	190
39	Jo	179
40	Sue	176
41	Joan	166
42	Ann	162
43	Beverly	160
44	Mildred	154
45	Charlotte	151
46	Juanita	147
47	Gloria	143
48	Thelma	137
49	Edna	132
50	Rita	125
51	Loretta	123
51	Marilyn	123
53	Emma	119
53	Geraldine	119
53	Glenda	119
56	Jane	115
56	Sarah	115
58	Jean	114
59	Edith	110
59	Margie	110
59	Rose	110
62	Evelyn	102
63	Carole	101
64	Rebecca	95
64	Susan	95
66	Joann	94
67	Billie	93
67	Geneva	93
67	Gladys	93
70	Clara	92
71	Alma	90
72	Pauline	87
73	Ethel	85
73	Eva	85
75	Hazel	83
76	Connie	82
76	Lillian	82
78	Georgia	80
79	Julia	75
80	Lillie	73
81	Diana	72
82	Laura	70
83	Delores	69
83	Katherine	69
83	Kathleen	69
86	Louise	68
86	Myrtle	68
86	Patty	68
89	Sylvia	67
90	Bertha	66
91	Bobbie	65
92	Ella	64
93	Irene	62
94	Vivian	61
95	Faye	59
96	Stella	58
97	Bessie	57
98	Charlene	56
98	Diane	56
98	Jacqueline	56
98	Minnie	56
98	Sally	56