Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,562
2	Linda	1,256
3	Barbara	1,072
4	Patricia	995
5	Betty	812
6	Brenda	741
7	Sandra	730
8	Carolyn	728
9	Nancy	693
9	Shirley	693
11	Joyce	576
12	Margaret	496
13	Judy	465
14	Carol	446
15	Dorothy	405
16	Gloria	377
16	Judith	377
18	Virginia	344
19	Elizabeth	342
20	Sharon	330
21	Susan	329
22	Martha	325
23	Frances	314
24	Phyllis	299
25	Peggy	296

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donna	273
27	Helen	257
28	Janice	248
28	Joan	248
30	Doris	244
31	Jean	228
32	Alice	225
33	Bonnie	224
34	Rebecca	218
35	Ruth	214
36	Janet	211
37	Patsy	203
38	Ann	197
39	Diane	189
40	Evelyn	186
41	Jane	180
42	Wanda	175
43	Lois	168
44	Mildred	161
45	Sylvia	155
46	Beverly	152
47	Charlotte	149
48	Ruby	146
49	Anne	140
50	Connie	139
50	Jacqueline	139
52	Jo	135
52	Karen	135
54	Pamela	132
55	Catherine	131
56	Sarah	127
57	Cheryl	124
58	Cynthia	120
59	Delores	119
59	Ellen	119
61	Thelma	117
62	Norma	111
63	Annie	110
63	Edith	110
65	Juanita	106
65	Katherine	106
67	Anna	105
68	Christine	104
68	Marie	104
70	Laura	101
71	Rose	100
72	Rita	98
72	Sheila	98
74	Vivian	97
75	Gladys	92
75	Kathleen	92
77	Louise	91
77	Rosa	91
79	Diana	90
79	Geraldine	90
81	Julia	88
81	Lillian	88
83	Constance	84
84	Edna	80
84	Marilyn	80
84	Sue	80
87	Anita	78
87	Dianne	78
89	Ella	77
90	Audrey	76
90	Loretta	76
90	Yvonne	76
93	Glenda	75
94	Hazel	73
95	Kathryn	72
96	Suzanne	71
97	Ethel	70
97	Faye	70
97	Lillie	70
97	Sally	70