Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,547
2	Barbara	1,027
3	Linda	888
4	Patricia	812
5	Betty	800
6	Carolyn	692
7	Nancy	666
8	Shirley	660
9	Joyce	592
10	Sandra	573
11	Brenda	547
12	Margaret	484
13	Dorothy	440
14	Carol	421
15	Judy	398
16	Judith	392
17	Elizabeth	364
18	Frances	355
19	Virginia	331
20	Martha	306
21	Doris	299
22	Gloria	290
23	Phyllis	273
24	Peggy	264
25	Joan	259
26	Helen	254
27	Alice	222
28	Ann	205
29	Jean	203
30	Ruth	200
31	Susan	192
32	Janet	191
33	Janice	184
33	Lois	184
35	Bonnie	180
36	Mildred	178
37	Evelyn	174
37	Jane	174
39	Sharon	171
40	Charlotte	169
41	Donna	156
42	Sarah	149
43	Patsy	145
44	Rebecca	142
45	Catherine	137
46	Ruby	135
47	Annie	132
47	Wanda	132
49	Anne	126
50	Juanita	121

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,266
2	William	1,669
3	Robert	1,523
4	John	1,322
5	Charles	1,013
6	Richard	711
7	Thomas	687
8	David	664
9	George	641
10	Donald	452
11	Ronald	406
12	Joseph	399
13	Edward	384
14	Larry	373
15	Roger	367
16	Kenneth	354
17	Jerry	327
18	Paul	277
19	Michael	270
20	Walter	255
21	Roy	245
22	Raymond	243
23	Harold	220
24	Frank	208
25	Douglas	204
25	Henry	204
27	Willie	200
28	Gary	199
29	Wayne	198
30	Bobby	197
31	Harry	196
32	Clarence	195
33	Howard	176
34	Lawrence	175
35	Carl	173
36	Ralph	172
37	Samuel	170
38	Arthur	169
38	Billy	169
40	Melvin	160
41	Earl	158
42	Ernest	153
43	Charlie	148
44	Jimmy	144
45	Eugene	141
46	Daniel	135
47	Albert	129
48	Lewis	127
49	Johnny	125
50	Dennis	124