Name Yearbook Worksheets

Top baby names in Virginia, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	1,490
2	Mary	1,286
3	Linda	1,121
4	Patricia	1,082
5	Debra	954
6	Sharon	920
7	Karen	864
8	Susan	809
9	Brenda	766
10	Barbara	748
11	Donna	730
12	Cynthia	716
13	Pamela	593
14	Sandra	568
15	Teresa	515
16	Kathy	513
17	Nancy	492
18	Carolyn	467
19	Joyce	417
20	Elizabeth	383
21	Janet	381
22	Wanda	378
23	Diane	359
24	Carol	351
25	Cheryl	350
26	Betty	347
27	Robin	341
28	Margaret	328
29	Shirley	318
30	Cathy	301
31	Judy	300
32	Rebecca	289
33	Catherine	284
33	Janice	284
35	Connie	255
36	Sheila	253
37	Martha	247
38	Gloria	245
39	Debbie	239
40	Virginia	233
41	Bonnie	230
42	Sherry	226
43	Katherine	223
44	Theresa	222
45	Beverly	218
46	Phyllis	213
47	Peggy	208
48	Vickie	207
49	Darlene	203
50	Denise	200

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,191
2	Michael	1,899
3	William	1,868
4	Robert	1,817
5	David	1,656
6	John	1,608
7	Charles	1,066
8	Richard	960
9	Thomas	904
10	Larry	740
11	Mark	695
12	Gary	683
13	Donald	636
14	Ronald	628
15	Kenneth	623
16	Steven	577
17	Joseph	570
18	George	511
19	Stephen	465
20	Edward	411
21	Dennis	409
22	Jerry	402
23	Timothy	397
24	Paul	396
25	Jeffrey	371
26	Gregory	352
27	Daniel	340
28	Douglas	339
29	Terry	300
30	Anthony	294
31	Wayne	285
32	Randy	269
33	Roger	267
34	Bruce	262
35	Raymond	251
35	Walter	251
37	Ricky	250
38	Keith	247
39	Kevin	227
40	Barry	213
41	Carl	212
41	Danny	212
43	Ronnie	209
44	Samuel	206
45	Roy	192
46	Ralph	190
47	Curtis	185
47	Lawrence	185
49	Brian	181
50	Tony	179