Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,678
2	Betty	967
3	Barbara	932
4	Linda	888
5	Patricia	703
6	Carolyn	591
7	Shirley	590
8	Joyce	570
9	Brenda	530
10	Wanda	457
11	Nancy	430
12	Judy	420
13	Phyllis	402
14	Carol	397
15	Judith	390
16	Margaret	372
17	Martha	351
18	Janice	344
19	Sandra	330
20	Donna	320
20	Sharon	320
22	Dorothy	315
23	Anna	296
24	Elizabeth	271
25	Ruth	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	266
27	Helen	259
28	Janet	248
29	Peggy	247
30	Doris	245
31	Virginia	234
32	Wilma	229
33	Patsy	209
34	Lois	202
35	Alice	193
36	Frances	191
37	Charlotte	184
38	Ruby	182
39	Sue	176
40	Norma	174
41	Beverly	169
41	Jo	169
43	Ann	150
43	Mildred	150
45	Gloria	148
46	Joan	141
47	Juanita	131
48	Glenda	130
49	Rita	128
50	Marilyn	124
50	Rose	124
52	Edna	118
53	Jane	115
53	Loretta	115
55	Sarah	114
56	Evelyn	111
57	Margie	110
58	Thelma	104
59	Connie	103
60	Billie	101
60	Susan	101
62	Jean	98
63	Rebecca	91
64	Sylvia	89
65	Edith	88
65	Georgia	88
65	Geraldine	88
68	Emma	86
69	Julia	79
70	Catherine	78
70	Diana	78
72	Hazel	77
72	Karen	77
74	Christine	76
74	Clara	76
74	Ethel	76
74	Pauline	76
78	Geneva	75
78	Lillian	75
80	Alma	74
81	Marie	71
81	Stella	71
83	Anita	69
83	Eva	69
83	Laura	69
86	Bobbie	67
86	Kathleen	67
86	Patty	67
89	Carole	66
89	Delores	66
89	Joann	66
89	Katherine	66
89	Paula	66
94	Gladys	65
94	Vivian	65
96	Louise	62
96	Roberta	62
98	Diane	60
98	Faye	60
100	Ella	58
100	Lillie	58