Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,182
2	Mary	1,600
3	Barbara	1,185
4	Patricia	1,105
5	Brenda	1,042
6	Carolyn	851
7	Betty	817
7	Nancy	817
9	Sandra	780
10	Shirley	615
11	Joyce	604
12	Margaret	556
13	Judy	510
14	Gloria	463
15	Carol	417
16	Susan	415
17	Sharon	407
18	Elizabeth	401
19	Dorothy	396
20	Donna	368
21	Judith	359
22	Martha	356
23	Frances	354
24	Virginia	343
25	Phyllis	334

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	329
27	Alice	293
28	Bonnie	292
29	Joan	285
30	Janice	270
31	Helen	268
32	Doris	252
33	Wanda	245
34	Janet	242
35	Jean	238
36	Rebecca	228
36	Ruth	228
38	Ann	223
39	Jane	213
40	Patsy	210
41	Diane	197
42	Pamela	195
43	Evelyn	192
44	Cynthia	190
45	Beverly	184
46	Jo	170
47	Charlotte	169
48	Karen	166
49	Mildred	163
50	Jacqueline	162
51	Sarah	160
52	Sylvia	155
53	Lois	152
54	Catherine	151
54	Connie	151
56	Cheryl	140
57	Annie	137
58	Anne	136
59	Delores	135
60	Ellen	129
61	Katherine	125
61	Norma	125
63	Ruby	124
64	Juanita	120
65	Anna	116
65	Kathleen	116
67	Gail	108
67	Geraldine	108
67	Rose	108
67	Sheila	108
71	Julia	106
71	Rita	106
73	Gladys	105
74	Laura	104
74	Yvonne	104
76	Christine	103
77	Thelma	102
78	Diana	101
78	Marie	101
80	Sherry	100
80	Sue	100
82	Edna	99
83	Anita	98
83	Constance	98
85	Deborah	96
86	Marilyn	94
87	Edith	90
88	Lillian	89
88	Rosa	89
90	Ethel	88
90	Loretta	88
92	Audrey	87
92	Vivian	87
94	Glenda	84
95	Suzanne	83
96	Ella	82
97	Dianne	81
98	Emma	79
99	Gwendolyn	77
100	Darlene	76
100	June	76
100	Louise	76