Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Virginia, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,565
2	Mary	1,262
3	Linda	1,243
4	Patricia	1,133
5	Debra	966
6	Susan	838
7	Brenda	776
8	Barbara	764
9	Donna	684
10	Sandra	678
11	Cynthia	612
11	Sharon	612
13	Karen	608
14	Nancy	573
15	Pamela	569
16	Elizabeth	502
17	Kathy	488
18	Carolyn	467
19	Diane	460
20	Janet	436
21	Teresa	431
22	Joyce	424
23	Wanda	417
24	Betty	404
25	Carol	360
26	Margaret	358
27	Shirley	325
28	Rebecca	323
29	Robin	307
30	Connie	306
31	Janice	285
32	Judy	284
33	Cheryl	281
34	Gloria	266
35	Bonnie	265
36	Catherine	263
36	Virginia	263
38	Phyllis	248
39	Martha	238
40	Cathy	232
41	Beverly	226
41	Sheila	226
43	Dorothy	219
44	Peggy	216
45	Ann	208
46	Denise	206
47	Katherine	203
48	Vickie	195
49	Jo	188
50	Vanessa	183

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,133
2	Michael	1,820
3	Robert	1,779
4	David	1,772
5	William	1,735
6	John	1,660
7	Charles	1,040
8	Richard	1,020
9	Thomas	909
10	Larry	735
11	Gary	683
12	Ronald	649
13	Donald	622
14	Kenneth	585
15	Steven	558
16	George	523
17	Mark	520
18	Joseph	519
19	Stephen	440
20	Edward	434
21	Paul	423
22	Dennis	420
23	Jerry	413
24	Roger	355
25	Timothy	340
26	Gregory	330
27	Daniel	327
28	Douglas	320
29	Jeffrey	316
30	Danny	291
31	Anthony	270
32	Terry	263
33	Bruce	252
34	Raymond	249
35	Wayne	242
36	Ronnie	239
37	Walter	236
38	Carl	235
39	Samuel	231
40	Frank	222
41	Ricky	220
42	Barry	216
43	Keith	207
44	Randy	205
45	Roy	194
46	Bobby	189
47	Lawrence	188
48	Curtis	183
49	Harold	181
50	Russell	178