Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,202
2	Mary	1,601
3	Brenda	1,188
4	Barbara	1,058
5	Patricia	1,030
6	Carolyn	754
7	Sandra	745
8	Betty	656
9	Shirley	597
10	Nancy	593
11	Susan	521
12	Joyce	510
13	Margaret	507
14	Sharon	470
15	Judy	445
16	Elizabeth	398
17	Donna	384
18	Deborah	351
19	Carol	347
20	Gloria	337
21	Peggy	320
22	Virginia	311
23	Martha	304
24	Dorothy	302
25	Judith	298

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bonnie	293
27	Wanda	289
28	Frances	285
29	Phyllis	277
30	Cynthia	272
31	Doris	256
31	Karen	256
33	Rebecca	255
34	Janet	249
35	Janice	248
36	Pamela	238
37	Diane	237
38	Helen	224
39	Alice	214
39	Joan	214
41	Ann	203
42	Beverly	200
43	Ruth	184
44	Catherine	182
45	Sarah	181
46	Patsy	177
47	Evelyn	176
48	Jean	171
49	Connie	161
50	Jane	159
51	Jacqueline	157
52	Charlotte	153
52	Katherine	153
54	Kathleen	152
55	Jo	147
56	Kathy	145
56	Sylvia	145
58	Cheryl	137
58	Rita	137
60	Lois	133
61	Ellen	124
62	Mildred	123
63	Christine	122
64	Juanita	118
65	Anne	112
65	Laura	112
67	Teresa	109
68	Diana	108
68	Thelma	108
70	Sheila	106
71	Gail	103
71	Gwendolyn	103
73	Kathryn	100
73	Ruby	100
75	Yvonne	98
76	Constance	97
76	Delores	97
78	Glenda	96
79	Sherry	95
80	Anna	93
80	Annie	93
82	Rosa	90
83	Marilyn	89
83	Rose	89
85	Norma	87
86	Gladys	86
87	Edna	84
88	Sue	83
89	Edith	81
89	Hazel	81
89	Julia	81
89	Paula	81
93	Darlene	80
93	Ella	80
95	Dianne	79
95	Geraldine	79
95	Marie	79
98	Ethel	78
99	Lillian	76
100	Elaine	75