Most popular girls’ names in Kentucky, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,734
2	Linda	1,354
3	Barbara	931
4	Patricia	927
5	Betty	903
6	Brenda	897
7	Carolyn	708
8	Sandra	659
9	Judy	648
10	Shirley	618
11	Sharon	579
12	Donna	524
13	Joyce	514
14	Nancy	491
15	Carol	470
16	Wanda	457
17	Phyllis	443
18	Judith	404
19	Janice	380
20	Margaret	371
21	Martha	326
22	Peggy	286
23	Anna	284
24	Elizabeth	279
25	Bonnie	276

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dorothy	262
26	Helen	262
28	Janet	256
29	Virginia	243
30	Doris	240
31	Ruth	238
32	Susan	233
33	Beverly	222
34	Alice	215
35	Sue	213
36	Gloria	203
37	Patsy	200
38	Diana	197
39	Wilma	194
40	Norma	184
41	Frances	180
42	Marilyn	178
43	Jo	177
44	Connie	176
44	Lois	176
46	Karen	165
47	Rita	159
48	Charlotte	156
49	Joan	153
50	Ruby	150
51	Glenda	146
51	Rebecca	146
53	Ann	144
53	Pamela	144
55	Sheila	129
56	Jane	128
56	Kathleen	128
58	Cheryl	125
58	Rose	125
60	Mildred	120
61	Loretta	118
62	Evelyn	113
62	Geraldine	113
64	Sarah	108
64	Sherry	108
66	Diane	104
67	Edna	95
68	Jean	92
68	Juanita	92
68	Margie	92
71	Thelma	88
72	Anita	87
73	Laura	86
74	Billie	85
74	Paula	85
76	Suzanne	84
77	Darlene	82
78	Vivian	79
79	Geneva	78
79	Julia	78
81	Eva	76
82	Cynthia	74
82	Katherine	74
84	Clara	72
84	Emma	72
84	Louise	72
84	Sylvia	72
88	Catherine	71
88	Ethel	71
90	Hazel	69
91	Charlene	67
92	Jacqueline	66
93	Gladys	65
93	Marie	65
95	June	61
96	Carole	60
96	Lillian	60
98	Ella	59
98	Georgia	59
100	Sara	58