Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,517
2	Barbara	1,075
3	Linda	1,006
4	Patricia	798
5	Betty	796
6	Shirley	679
7	Carolyn	670
8	Nancy	608
9	Brenda	571
10	Sandra	525
11	Joyce	519
12	Margaret	453
13	Carol	410
14	Judy	401
15	Dorothy	391
16	Judith	365
17	Gloria	357
18	Elizabeth	338
19	Virginia	334
20	Frances	302
21	Doris	263
21	Helen	263
23	Phyllis	254
24	Joan	252
25	Martha	250
26	Peggy	238
26	Susan	238
28	Alice	229
29	Ruth	228
30	Janice	215
30	Sharon	215
32	Janet	212
33	Donna	211
34	Jean	200
35	Ann	188
36	Evelyn	176
37	Bonnie	162
38	Rebecca	156
39	Charlotte	155
40	Lois	153
40	Patsy	153
42	Wanda	152
43	Mildred	148
44	Jane	147
44	Sarah	147
46	Diane	129
47	Annie	126
48	Ellen	116
49	Catherine	115
50	Ruby	114

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,158
2	William	1,505
3	Robert	1,457
4	John	1,446
5	Charles	967
6	Thomas	736
7	Richard	733
8	David	674
9	George	608
10	Donald	486
11	Ronald	422
12	Joseph	413
13	Larry	411
14	Roger	392
15	Edward	372
15	Jerry	372
17	Michael	337
18	Kenneth	334
19	Paul	264
20	Douglas	253
21	Harry	251
22	Gary	228
23	Raymond	227
24	Roy	224
25	Harold	219
26	Walter	213
27	Willie	211
28	Bobby	199
29	Frank	195
30	Henry	184
31	Carl	181
31	Wayne	181
33	Ralph	160
34	Arthur	158
34	Clarence	158
36	Billy	155
36	Dennis	155
38	Earl	152
38	Howard	152
40	Ernest	150
41	Samuel	146
42	Johnny	145
43	Gerald	134
44	Stephen	132
45	Daniel	128
45	Melvin	128
47	Ronnie	125
48	Lawrence	124
49	Jimmy	122
50	Fred	120