Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,598
2	Linda	932
3	Betty	843
4	Barbara	817
5	Patricia	744
6	Brenda	599
7	Carolyn	593
8	Shirley	561
9	Joyce	494
10	Judy	483
11	Nancy	435
12	Wanda	418
13	Sandra	398
14	Carol	396
15	Phyllis	382
16	Martha	351
17	Judith	345
18	Sharon	343
19	Janice	306
20	Anna	297
20	Donna	297
22	Dorothy	293
23	Margaret	285
24	Bonnie	275
25	Helen	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	251
27	Virginia	246
28	Doris	229
29	Janet	227
29	Ruth	227
31	Peggy	222
32	Alice	197
32	Wilma	197
34	Patsy	182
35	Frances	180
36	Norma	179
37	Charlotte	176
38	Ruby	162
39	Lois	158
40	Sue	155
41	Marilyn	149
42	Glenda	143
43	Mildred	139
44	Jo	138
45	Beverly	136
46	Gloria	132
47	Joan	126
48	Susan	125
49	Jane	121
50	Margie	120
51	Ann	117
51	Thelma	117
53	Edna	113
53	Rose	113
53	Sarah	113
56	Geraldine	110
57	Juanita	108
58	Billie	105
59	Karen	101
60	Jean	99
61	Rebecca	96
62	Connie	95
62	Emma	95
64	Rita	93
65	Loretta	92
66	Georgia	84
67	Evelyn	83
68	Cheryl	81
69	Sylvia	80
70	Pamela	79
71	Ethel	78
72	Kathleen	77
73	Edith	76
74	Alma	73
74	Diana	73
76	Clara	71
77	Louise	70
78	Carole	69
79	Pauline	68
80	Julia	67
81	Bobbie	66
81	Eva	66
81	Vivian	66
84	Anita	64
85	Delores	63
85	Ella	63
85	Gladys	63
88	Catherine	62
88	Geneva	62
90	Paula	61
91	Charlene	60
91	Katherine	60
91	Sherry	60
94	Laura	59
95	Jacqueline	58
95	Lillian	58
95	Stella	58
98	Hazel	57
98	Minnie	57
100	Diane	56
100	Irene	56