Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Virginia, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,820
2	Mary	1,399
3	Patricia	1,263
4	Brenda	1,204
5	Barbara	983
6	Deborah	965
7	Sandra	736
8	Nancy	634
9	Carolyn	632
10	Susan	630
11	Joyce	523
12	Sharon	519
13	Betty	500
14	Donna	487
15	Shirley	450
16	Margaret	444
17	Elizabeth	427
18	Karen	407
19	Judy	402
20	Carol	365
21	Wanda	353
22	Pamela	345
23	Rebecca	339
24	Cynthia	337
25	Peggy	330
26	Gloria	309
27	Virginia	300
28	Janet	298
28	Janice	298
30	Debra	295
31	Bonnie	281
32	Martha	280
33	Diane	264
33	Phyllis	264
35	Frances	251
36	Judith	245
37	Kathy	241
38	Dorothy	240
39	Alice	230
40	Doris	206
41	Catherine	205
42	Joan	204
43	Beverly	202
44	Katherine	195
45	Jacqueline	179
46	Ann	173
46	Jean	173
48	Gail	169
48	Helen	169
48	Kathleen	169

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,267
2	William	1,820
3	Robert	1,724
4	John	1,661
5	Michael	1,256
6	David	1,106
7	Charles	1,088
8	Larry	1,012
9	Thomas	952
10	Richard	880
11	Gary	673
12	George	631
13	Ronald	625
14	Donald	620
15	Kenneth	542
16	Joseph	512
17	Jerry	447
18	Edward	444
19	Roger	419
20	Dennis	379
21	Stephen	367
22	Paul	339
23	Steven	330
24	Douglas	323
25	Walter	298
26	Wayne	276
27	Danny	256
28	Raymond	253
29	Daniel	247
30	Samuel	215
31	Mark	214
32	Roy	211
33	Harold	210
34	Frank	206
35	Bruce	205
36	Ronnie	204
37	Bobby	203
38	Willie	202
39	Henry	200
40	Harry	195
41	Carl	191
42	Arthur	186
43	Clarence	182
44	Melvin	179
45	Lawrence	178
46	Ralph	177
47	Terry	174
48	Barry	166
48	Earl	166
50	Allen	163