Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Virginia, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,539
2	Deborah	1,449
3	Mary	1,367
4	Patricia	1,293
5	Brenda	953
6	Barbara	915
7	Susan	768
8	Nancy	661
9	Debra	628
10	Sandra	605
11	Sharon	595
12	Cynthia	589
13	Carolyn	567
14	Donna	532
15	Pamela	516
16	Karen	498
17	Elizabeth	440
18	Joyce	424
19	Betty	422
19	Margaret	422
21	Shirley	414
22	Wanda	385
23	Janet	363
23	Judy	363
25	Rebecca	355
26	Carol	353
26	Kathy	353
28	Diane	342
29	Gloria	310
30	Martha	304
31	Bonnie	294
32	Janice	270
33	Virginia	257
34	Phyllis	253
35	Peggy	245
36	Joan	241
37	Beverly	237
38	Dorothy	230
38	Frances	230
40	Catherine	226
41	Teresa	215
42	Connie	211
42	Jacqueline	211
44	Judith	210
45	Sheila	209
46	Cheryl	204
47	Katherine	203
48	Doris	200
49	Jo	197
50	Ann	195

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,234
2	William	1,879
3	Robert	1,790
4	Michael	1,695
5	John	1,660
6	David	1,544
7	Charles	1,116
8	Richard	1,058
9	Thomas	931
10	Larry	815
11	Gary	759
12	Donald	664
13	Ronald	646
14	George	601
15	Joseph	576
16	Kenneth	529
17	Jerry	479
18	Steven	469
19	Stephen	429
20	Edward	422
21	Dennis	420
22	Paul	404
23	Roger	372
24	Mark	360
25	Daniel	328
26	Douglas	297
27	Raymond	274
28	Danny	265
29	Gregory	249
30	Walter	238
31	Wayne	232
32	Frank	223
32	Samuel	223
34	Carl	218
35	Terry	216
36	Ronnie	211
37	Anthony	210
38	Bruce	205
38	Lawrence	205
38	Roy	205
41	Timothy	204
42	Harold	202
43	Bobby	187
43	Jeffrey	187
45	Melvin	185
46	Ralph	181
47	Howard	177
48	Henry	175
49	Clarence	170
50	Ernest	169