Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,910
2	Mary	1,448
3	Brenda	1,133
4	Patricia	1,106
5	Barbara	909
6	Sandra	751
7	Carolyn	662
8	Nancy	627
9	Deborah	613
10	Betty	582
11	Sharon	533
12	Shirley	528
13	Susan	512
14	Joyce	475
15	Margaret	434
16	Donna	427
16	Judy	427
18	Elizabeth	415
19	Carol	378
20	Gloria	360
21	Wanda	326
22	Janet	318
23	Martha	307
24	Rebecca	288
25	Bonnie	287

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	284
27	Cynthia	281
28	Janice	280
29	Dorothy	276
30	Pamela	272
31	Virginia	268
32	Frances	259
33	Phyllis	257
34	Karen	255
35	Judith	251
36	Diane	234
37	Alice	206
38	Helen	201
39	Catherine	199
40	Doris	194
41	Ruth	193
42	Ann	187
43	Joan	186
44	Beverly	184
45	Jane	169
46	Patsy	163
47	Jean	157
48	Connie	156
49	Charlotte	153
49	Kathy	153
51	Sarah	150
52	Jo	147
53	Jacqueline	144
54	Cheryl	143
55	Kathleen	136
56	Lois	134
57	Katherine	132
58	Evelyn	131
59	Gail	129
60	Sheila	126
61	Rita	125
62	Rose	122
63	Juanita	121
64	Delores	120
65	Anne	119
66	Christine	118
67	Mildred	117
67	Sylvia	117
69	Laura	113
70	Sherry	112
71	Teresa	109
72	Diana	107
72	Yvonne	107
74	Ellen	106
74	Gwendolyn	106
74	Theresa	106
77	Glenda	103
77	Julia	103
77	Marilyn	103
80	Ruby	102
81	Kathryn	93
82	Constance	91
83	Anna	90
83	Cathy	90
85	Norma	88
86	Vivian	86
87	Sue	85
88	Annie	84
89	Debra	83
89	Suzanne	83
91	Dianne	81
92	Edith	80
93	Audrey	79
93	Marie	79
93	Thelma	79
96	Paula	78
97	Edna	77
98	Rosa	76
98	Sally	76
100	Gladys	75