Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,662
2	Mary	1,384
3	Deborah	1,257
4	Patricia	1,231
5	Brenda	1,053
6	Barbara	963
7	Sandra	676
8	Nancy	665
9	Susan	664
10	Carolyn	640
11	Sharon	559
12	Joyce	524
13	Donna	497
14	Betty	493
15	Elizabeth	454
16	Debra	452
17	Karen	447
18	Judy	429
19	Margaret	421
20	Shirley	403
21	Cynthia	393
22	Pamela	378
23	Rebecca	367
24	Carol	365
25	Janet	349

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wanda	349
27	Gloria	344
28	Diane	316
29	Bonnie	315
30	Martha	295
31	Janice	294
32	Dorothy	273
33	Phyllis	267
34	Kathy	265
35	Virginia	256
36	Peggy	239
37	Frances	238
38	Catherine	235
39	Joan	226
40	Ann	217
40	Judith	217
42	Katherine	207
43	Beverly	204
44	Jacqueline	203
45	Connie	202
46	Doris	198
47	Helen	192
47	Jo	192
49	Kathleen	189
50	Alice	186
51	Jane	173
51	Sheila	173
53	Ruth	172
53	Teresa	172
55	Christine	170
56	Denise	162
57	Cathy	159
58	Gail	152
59	Cheryl	150
59	Jean	150
61	Evelyn	146
62	Gwendolyn	144
63	Kathryn	140
63	Paula	140
63	Sarah	140
63	Vickie	140
67	Anne	136
68	Charlotte	135
69	Sylvia	131
70	Sherry	129
71	Lois	128
72	Patsy	127
73	Rose	125
74	Diana	121
75	Ellen	120
76	Laura	119
76	Vicki	119
78	Rita	118
79	Theresa	115
80	Mildred	111
81	Yvonne	109
82	Vivian	108
83	Glenda	106
84	Dianne	100
84	Marsha	100
86	Marilyn	99
87	Ruby	98
88	Darlene	97
89	Rosa	96
90	Constance	95
90	Valerie	95
90	Victoria	95
93	Jennifer	93
94	Edith	91
95	Anita	90
95	Delores	90
97	Julia	87
98	Norma	85
98	Rhonda	85
100	Juanita	84