Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Virginia, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,202
2	Mary	1,601
3	Brenda	1,188
4	Barbara	1,058
5	Patricia	1,030
6	Carolyn	754
7	Sandra	745
8	Betty	656
9	Shirley	597
10	Nancy	593
11	Susan	521
12	Joyce	510
13	Margaret	507
14	Sharon	470
15	Judy	445
16	Elizabeth	398
17	Donna	384
18	Deborah	351
19	Carol	347
20	Gloria	337
21	Peggy	320
22	Virginia	311
23	Martha	304
24	Dorothy	302
25	Judith	298
26	Bonnie	293
27	Wanda	289
28	Frances	285
29	Phyllis	277
30	Cynthia	272
31	Doris	256
31	Karen	256
33	Rebecca	255
34	Janet	249
35	Janice	248
36	Pamela	238
37	Diane	237
38	Helen	224
39	Alice	214
39	Joan	214
41	Ann	203
42	Beverly	200
43	Ruth	184
44	Catherine	182
45	Sarah	181
46	Patsy	177
47	Evelyn	176
48	Jean	171
49	Connie	161
50	Jane	159

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,321
2	William	1,838
3	Robert	1,722
4	John	1,531
5	Charles	1,161
6	David	1,080
7	Larry	909
8	Thomas	899
9	Michael	825
10	Richard	801
11	Donald	633
12	Ronald	622
13	George	613
14	Joseph	537
15	Jerry	492
16	Kenneth	465
17	Gary	457
18	Edward	441
19	Roger	410
20	Paul	344
21	Stephen	342
22	Dennis	265
23	Wayne	256
24	Raymond	254
25	Walter	248
26	Harold	237
27	Danny	234
28	Ronnie	224
28	Roy	224
30	Steven	216
31	Henry	215
32	Frank	207
33	Carl	204
33	Douglas	204
33	Harry	204
36	Daniel	201
36	Lawrence	201
36	Ralph	201
39	Samuel	200
40	Willie	195
41	Bobby	189
42	Howard	185
43	Gerald	175
44	Clarence	171
45	Melvin	169
46	Billy	166
47	Arthur	160
48	Ernest	155
49	Earl	154
50	Terry	153