Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,910
2	Mary	1,448
3	Brenda	1,133
4	Patricia	1,106
5	Barbara	909
6	Sandra	751
7	Carolyn	662
8	Nancy	627
9	Deborah	613
10	Betty	582
11	Sharon	533
12	Shirley	528
13	Susan	512
14	Joyce	475
15	Margaret	434
16	Donna	427
16	Judy	427
18	Elizabeth	415
19	Carol	378
20	Gloria	360
21	Wanda	326
22	Janet	318
23	Martha	307
24	Rebecca	288
25	Bonnie	287
26	Peggy	284
27	Cynthia	281
28	Janice	280
29	Dorothy	276
30	Pamela	272
31	Virginia	268
32	Frances	259
33	Phyllis	257
34	Karen	255
35	Judith	251
36	Diane	234
37	Alice	206
38	Helen	201
39	Catherine	199
40	Doris	194
41	Ruth	193
42	Ann	187
43	Joan	186
44	Beverly	184
45	Jane	169
46	Patsy	163
47	Jean	157
48	Connie	156
49	Charlotte	153
49	Kathy	153

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,358
2	William	1,788
3	Robert	1,668
4	John	1,561
5	Charles	1,088
6	Michael	1,055
7	David	992
8	Larry	975
9	Thomas	878
10	Richard	806
11	Ronald	635
12	Gary	632
13	George	604
14	Donald	594
15	Kenneth	536
16	Jerry	506
17	Joseph	485
18	Edward	427
19	Roger	411
20	Stephen	382
21	Dennis	307
22	Paul	303
23	Douglas	265
24	Raymond	259
25	Steven	256
26	Daniel	250
26	Wayne	250
28	Walter	248
29	Roy	238
30	Danny	236
31	Harry	218
32	Henry	208
33	Frank	196
34	Samuel	188
35	Gerald	182
36	Clarence	181
37	Carl	180
38	Willie	178
39	Bruce	176
39	Harold	176
39	Lawrence	176
42	Ronnie	175
43	Bobby	171
44	Ralph	165
45	Billy	156
45	Calvin	156
45	Gregory	156
48	Melvin	155
49	Howard	154
50	Johnny	150