Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,307
2	Mary	1,486
3	Barbara	1,117
4	Brenda	1,061
5	Patricia	1,041
6	Carolyn	779
7	Betty	725
8	Sandra	698
9	Nancy	687
10	Joyce	590
11	Shirley	554
12	Susan	509
13	Judy	501
14	Margaret	495
15	Carol	404
16	Sharon	394
17	Dorothy	389
18	Elizabeth	383
19	Gloria	368
20	Donna	356
21	Martha	330
22	Peggy	318
23	Frances	314
24	Phyllis	313
25	Virginia	294

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	290
27	Janice	268
28	Alice	262
29	Judith	257
30	Wanda	256
31	Cynthia	254
32	Janet	253
33	Deborah	247
34	Helen	244
35	Doris	241
36	Rebecca	237
37	Pamela	215
38	Joan	212
39	Diane	210
40	Ann	207
41	Ruth	202
42	Beverly	193
42	Evelyn	193
44	Jean	189
45	Karen	186
46	Jacqueline	184
47	Patsy	180
48	Catherine	179
49	Jane	172
50	Jo	164
51	Connie	163
52	Sarah	157
53	Cheryl	155
53	Lois	155
55	Charlotte	145
56	Kathleen	141
57	Sylvia	137
58	Anne	132
59	Ellen	131
60	Delores	126
61	Mildred	125
62	Annie	124
63	Juanita	121
64	Thelma	117
65	Rose	115
66	Katherine	113
67	Marie	111
68	Rita	107
68	Sheila	107
70	Theresa	106
71	Norma	105
72	Laura	104
73	Sherry	103
74	Diana	102
75	Vivian	100
76	Marilyn	99
76	Teresa	99
78	Ruby	96
79	Gwendolyn	93
80	Christine	91
80	Constance	91
82	Anna	90
82	Julia	90
84	Rosa	89
85	Gail	86
86	Edith	85
87	Geraldine	84
88	Audrey	83
88	Lillian	83
90	Yvonne	82
91	Gladys	81
92	Ethel	79
92	Faye	79
94	June	77
94	Kathryn	77
96	Glenda	76
96	Loretta	76
98	Ella	75
98	Sue	75
100	Lynda	74