Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,565
2	Mary	1,262
3	Linda	1,243
4	Patricia	1,133
5	Debra	966
6	Susan	838
7	Brenda	776
8	Barbara	764
9	Donna	684
10	Sandra	678
11	Cynthia	612
11	Sharon	612
13	Karen	608
14	Nancy	573
15	Pamela	569
16	Elizabeth	502
17	Kathy	488
18	Carolyn	467
19	Diane	460
20	Janet	436
21	Teresa	431
22	Joyce	424
23	Wanda	417
24	Betty	404
25	Carol	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Margaret	358
27	Shirley	325
28	Rebecca	323
29	Robin	307
30	Connie	306
31	Janice	285
32	Judy	284
33	Cheryl	281
34	Gloria	266
35	Bonnie	265
36	Catherine	263
36	Virginia	263
38	Phyllis	248
39	Martha	238
40	Cathy	232
41	Beverly	226
41	Sheila	226
43	Dorothy	219
44	Peggy	216
45	Ann	208
46	Denise	206
47	Katherine	203
48	Vickie	195
49	Jo	188
50	Vanessa	183
51	Theresa	181
52	Sherry	179
53	Kathleen	177
54	Gail	176
55	Frances	171
56	Jacqueline	166
56	Joan	166
58	Doris	164
59	Rita	163
60	Judith	161
61	Jean	160
62	Alice	155
63	Sarah	154
64	Rhonda	152
65	Jane	151
66	Darlene	149
67	Vicki	145
68	Debbie	144
68	Valerie	144
70	Rose	143
71	Helen	142
71	Marilyn	142
73	Kathryn	141
74	Terry	140
75	Paula	137
76	Laura	132
77	Anita	130
78	Christine	128
78	Ellen	128
80	Gwendolyn	127
81	Evelyn	125
82	Diana	124
83	Anne	123
84	Lisa	122
84	Sylvia	122
86	Angela	121
87	Shelia	120
88	Ruth	118
89	Marsha	105
89	Regina	105
91	Constance	102
91	Dianne	102
93	Charlotte	101
93	Yvonne	101
95	Jennifer	99
96	Patsy	96
97	Julia	94
98	Audrey	91
99	Lois	90
100	Vivian	87