Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,073
2	Deborah	1,001
3	Patricia	952
4	Linda	946
5	Susan	849
6	Karen	796
7	Cynthia	783
8	Debra	780
9	Donna	732
10	Brenda	720
11	Sharon	669
12	Kathy	642
13	Barbara	635
14	Pamela	588
15	Teresa	572
16	Sandra	561
17	Cheryl	548
18	Elizabeth	453
19	Nancy	438
20	Carolyn	431
21	Debbie	413
22	Robin	409
23	Carol	366
24	Wanda	352
25	Rebecca	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	332
27	Janet	306
28	Diane	301
28	Lisa	301
30	Betty	296
31	Judy	291
32	Margaret	289
33	Shirley	288
34	Cathy	278
35	Peggy	271
36	Cindy	255
37	Theresa	241
38	Catherine	239
39	Darlene	238
40	Sheila	236
41	Denise	235
42	Vickie	229
43	Tammy	214
44	Julie	212
44	Martha	212
46	Janice	210
47	Rhonda	207
48	Virginia	204
49	Connie	202
50	Beverly	198
51	Kimberly	197
52	Valerie	195
53	Phyllis	192
54	Bonnie	191
55	Katherine	190
56	Sherry	189
57	Laura	184
58	Anita	182
59	Angela	178
60	Ann	173
60	Terry	173
62	Kim	165
63	Kathleen	164
64	Vanessa	159
65	Dorothy	158
66	Sarah	149
67	Jennifer	148
67	Rita	148
69	Gloria	147
70	Alice	144
71	Terri	140
72	Tina	137
73	Jo	136
73	Vicki	136
75	Diana	135
75	Doris	135
77	Joan	134
78	Annette	133
78	Sylvia	133
80	Anne	131
80	Jacqueline	131
82	Ruth	129
83	Helen	128
84	Christine	127
84	Frances	127
86	Jane	125
86	Kathryn	125
88	Regina	124
89	Gail	122
90	Jean	121
91	Judith	118
92	Shelia	115
93	Stephanie	112
94	Paula	111
95	Evelyn	110
95	Julia	110
97	Ellen	108
98	Leslie	101
99	Rose	100
100	Charlene	93
100	Glenda	93