Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,517
2	Barbara	1,075
3	Linda	1,006
4	Patricia	798
5	Betty	796
6	Shirley	679
7	Carolyn	670
8	Nancy	608
9	Brenda	571
10	Sandra	525
11	Joyce	519
12	Margaret	453
13	Carol	410
14	Judy	401
15	Dorothy	391
16	Judith	365
17	Gloria	357
18	Elizabeth	338
19	Virginia	334
20	Frances	302
21	Doris	263
21	Helen	263
23	Phyllis	254
24	Joan	252
25	Martha	250

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	238
26	Susan	238
28	Alice	229
29	Ruth	228
30	Janice	215
30	Sharon	215
32	Janet	212
33	Donna	211
34	Jean	200
35	Ann	188
36	Evelyn	176
37	Bonnie	162
38	Rebecca	156
39	Charlotte	155
40	Lois	153
40	Patsy	153
42	Wanda	152
43	Mildred	148
44	Jane	147
44	Sarah	147
46	Diane	129
47	Annie	126
48	Ellen	116
49	Catherine	115
50	Ruby	114
50	Thelma	114
52	Anne	113
53	Sylvia	107
54	Edith	104
54	Norma	104
56	Marie	103
57	Connie	101
57	Louise	101
59	Beverly	100
59	Jo	100
61	Cheryl	99
61	Geraldine	99
61	Jacqueline	99
64	Anna	96
65	Delores	95
66	Karen	94
67	Kathleen	93
68	Juanita	92
69	Edna	91
69	Gladys	91
71	Christine	90
72	Pamela	89
73	Sue	88
74	Julia	86
74	Rose	86
76	Katherine	83
77	Rosa	79
78	Clara	78
78	Diana	78
78	Laura	78
81	Emma	76
81	Ethel	76
83	Hazel	75
84	Vivian	73
85	Carole	71
86	Constance	69
87	Faye	67
87	Loretta	67
89	Audrey	64
90	Ella	62
90	Elsie	62
90	Marilyn	62
90	Roberta	62
94	Lillian	61
94	Rita	61
96	Gail	60
96	Wilma	60
98	Bernice	59
99	Bertha	58
100	Elaine	56