Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,539
2	Deborah	1,449
3	Mary	1,367
4	Patricia	1,293
5	Brenda	953
6	Barbara	915
7	Susan	768
8	Nancy	661
9	Debra	628
10	Sandra	605
11	Sharon	595
12	Cynthia	589
13	Carolyn	567
14	Donna	532
15	Pamela	516
16	Karen	498
17	Elizabeth	440
18	Joyce	424
19	Betty	422
19	Margaret	422
21	Shirley	414
22	Wanda	385
23	Janet	363
23	Judy	363
25	Rebecca	355

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	353
26	Kathy	353
28	Diane	342
29	Gloria	310
30	Martha	304
31	Bonnie	294
32	Janice	270
33	Virginia	257
34	Phyllis	253
35	Peggy	245
36	Joan	241
37	Beverly	237
38	Dorothy	230
38	Frances	230
40	Catherine	226
41	Teresa	215
42	Connie	211
42	Jacqueline	211
44	Judith	210
45	Sheila	209
46	Cheryl	204
47	Katherine	203
48	Doris	200
49	Jo	197
50	Ann	195
51	Denise	191
52	Kathleen	190
53	Alice	187
54	Helen	184
55	Jane	183
56	Gail	172
57	Rita	164
58	Ruth	159
58	Vickie	159
60	Laura	157
60	Marilyn	157
60	Sarah	157
63	Cathy	156
64	Theresa	155
65	Charlotte	151
66	Anne	146
67	Christine	144
67	Kathryn	144
69	Evelyn	140
70	Patsy	138
70	Vanessa	138
72	Jean	136
73	Paula	135
73	Rose	135
75	Robin	132
76	Diana	123
76	Ellen	123
78	Sylvia	121
79	Sherry	118
80	Constance	116
81	Gwendolyn	112
81	Vicki	112
83	Delores	109
84	Darlene	107
84	Shelia	107
86	Anita	106
86	Lois	106
86	Rhonda	106
86	Valerie	106
90	Julia	98
90	Marsha	98
92	Yvonne	97
93	Vivian	95
94	Juanita	93
95	Dianne	92
96	Angela	91
97	Glenda	87
97	Mildred	87
99	Norma	83
100	Suzanne	82