Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,434
2	Linda	1,018
3	Barbara	854
4	Betty	777
5	Patricia	745
6	Brenda	678
7	Carolyn	580
8	Shirley	528
9	Judy	503
10	Joyce	486
11	Sandra	420
12	Wanda	410
13	Nancy	404
14	Carol	396
15	Judith	361
16	Donna	353
17	Sharon	340
18	Phyllis	339
19	Martha	322
20	Janice	317
21	Margaret	312
22	Anna	279
23	Dorothy	267
24	Elizabeth	243
25	Bonnie	242

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	235
27	Ruth	233
27	Virginia	233
29	Peggy	214
30	Doris	211
31	Janet	203
32	Wilma	187
33	Alice	184
34	Patsy	176
35	Charlotte	172
36	Frances	166
37	Marilyn	157
38	Sue	155
39	Lois	153
39	Norma	153
41	Ruby	151
42	Gloria	148
43	Beverly	142
44	Connie	141
45	Jo	140
46	Susan	136
47	Joan	125
48	Ann	121
49	Karen	119
50	Mildred	115
51	Diana	114
52	Jane	112
53	Geraldine	109
53	Glenda	109
55	Edna	107
56	Loretta	106
56	Rose	106
58	Rita	103
58	Thelma	103
60	Cheryl	97
61	Evelyn	96
62	Emma	95
63	Rebecca	92
64	Sarah	91
65	Juanita	89
66	Kathleen	88
67	Edith	85
68	Gladys	80
69	Geneva	79
69	Jean	79
71	Diane	78
72	Paula	76
73	Georgia	75
74	Pamela	74
75	Billie	71
76	Eva	68
76	Pauline	68
78	Sally	65
79	Laura	64
79	Patty	64
81	Charlene	63
82	Margie	61
83	Louise	60
83	Sylvia	60
85	Katherine	59
85	Marie	59
87	Ethel	58
88	Alma	57
88	Carole	57
90	Clara	56
90	Darlene	56
90	Lillie	56
93	Anita	55
94	Christine	54
94	Hazel	54
94	Sheila	54
97	Lucy	53
98	Delores	52
98	Julia	52
98	Sherry	52