Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,658
2	Linda	1,398
3	Mary	1,367
4	Patricia	1,227
5	Brenda	878
6	Debra	877
7	Barbara	871
8	Susan	808
9	Sandra	717
10	Donna	644
11	Sharon	639
12	Nancy	611
13	Cynthia	607
14	Pamela	570
15	Carolyn	553
16	Karen	540
17	Betty	436
18	Elizabeth	435
19	Joyce	429
20	Janet	400
21	Kathy	395
22	Shirley	378
23	Wanda	377
24	Margaret	350
25	Teresa	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Diane	339
27	Carol	332
28	Judy	327
29	Rebecca	323
30	Janice	281
31	Gloria	276
32	Bonnie	274
33	Catherine	266
34	Peggy	261
35	Virginia	255
36	Robin	251
37	Beverly	249
38	Joan	241
39	Martha	240
40	Phyllis	228
41	Connie	214
41	Dorothy	214
43	Sheila	212
44	Ann	202
45	Judith	201
45	Katherine	201
47	Kathleen	199
48	Cathy	197
49	Jo	196
50	Denise	195
51	Vickie	194
52	Frances	193
53	Rita	185
54	Helen	184
55	Jacqueline	182
55	Theresa	182
57	Cheryl	181
58	Doris	176
59	Marilyn	174
59	Rose	174
59	Vanessa	174
62	Kathryn	167
62	Rhonda	167
64	Gail	166
64	Ruth	166
66	Jean	162
67	Alice	160
68	Jane	157
69	Sherry	145
70	Paula	144
71	Anne	143
72	Gwendolyn	141
72	Laura	141
74	Sylvia	134
75	Diana	131
76	Vicki	130
77	Sarah	129
78	Patsy	123
79	Evelyn	121
80	Charlotte	120
80	Darlene	120
82	Terry	118
83	Valerie	116
84	Anita	115
84	Shelia	115
86	Ellen	111
87	Angela	110
88	Yvonne	109
89	Christine	108
90	Julia	102
91	Constance	101
92	Lisa	99
92	Lynn	99
92	Marsha	99
95	Mildred	97
96	Victoria	94
97	Audrey	92
98	Lois	91
98	Loretta	91
100	Jennifer	88