Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Lisa	1,107
2	Mary	907
3	Karen	784
4	Teresa	740
5	Susan	739
6	Donna	696
7	Patricia	659
8	Cynthia	639
9	Pamela	632
10	Sharon	626
11	Tammy	618
12	Deborah	588
13	Sandra	578
14	Linda	570
15	Kimberly	560
16	Brenda	507
17	Robin	497
18	Elizabeth	472
19	Angela	467
20	Barbara	425
21	Debra	388
22	Cheryl	368
23	Rebecca	324
24	Sherry	317
25	Nancy	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Laura	312
27	Kathy	307
28	Tina	297
29	Wanda	292
30	Lori	279
31	Debbie	269
32	Jennifer	263
33	Carolyn	260
34	Sheila	256
35	Janet	253
36	Rhonda	251
37	Carol	247
38	Michelle	238
39	Theresa	229
40	Jacqueline	223
41	Tracy	222
42	Denise	219
43	Melissa	218
44	Cindy	216
45	Margaret	215
46	Catherine	211
47	Connie	205
48	Paula	202
49	Virginia	194
50	Janice	187
51	Diane	186
52	Julie	180
53	Anita	179
54	Kelly	173
55	Bonnie	171
56	Betty	170
57	Kim	169
58	Joyce	167
59	Cathy	165
59	Katherine	165
61	Judy	161
62	Ann	160
62	Sarah	160
64	Annette	158
64	Valerie	158
66	Stephanie	157
66	Wendy	157
68	Penny	154
69	Christine	153
70	Amy	152
71	Sherri	148
72	Terry	147
73	Terri	146
74	Beverly	144
75	Martha	140
76	Darlene	138
77	Shirley	136
78	Anne	135
78	Vickie	135
80	Gloria	133
81	Kathleen	130
82	Regina	128
83	Laurie	126
84	Dana	125
85	Leslie	124
86	Diana	123
87	Dawn	119
87	Jane	119
87	Michele	119
90	Phyllis	118
90	Rita	118
92	Frances	111
93	Alice	110
93	Kathryn	110
95	Carla	107
96	Dorothy	106
97	Andrea	105
98	Gwendolyn	98
99	Suzanne	97
100	Shelia	96