Virginia ★ 1947

Top names in Virginia, 1947

Linda led for girls with 2,182 babies ; James for boys with 2,679. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,182
2	Mary	1,600
3	Barbara	1,185
4	Patricia	1,105
5	Brenda	1,042
6	Carolyn	851
7	Betty	817
7	Nancy	817
9	Sandra	780
10	Shirley	615
11	Joyce	604
12	Margaret	556
13	Judy	510
14	Gloria	463
15	Carol	417
16	Susan	415
17	Sharon	407
18	Elizabeth	401
19	Dorothy	396
20	Donna	368
21	Judith	359
22	Martha	356
23	Frances	354
24	Virginia	343
25	Phyllis	334
26	Peggy	329
27	Alice	293
28	Bonnie	292
29	Joan	285
30	Janice	270
31	Helen	268
32	Doris	252
33	Wanda	245
34	Janet	242
35	Jean	238
36	Rebecca	228
36	Ruth	228
38	Ann	223
39	Jane	213
40	Patsy	210
41	Diane	197
42	Pamela	195
43	Evelyn	192
44	Cynthia	190
45	Beverly	184
46	Jo	170
47	Charlotte	169
48	Karen	166
49	Mildred	163
50	Jacqueline	162
51	Sarah	160
52	Sylvia	155
53	Lois	152
54	Catherine	151
54	Connie	151
56	Cheryl	140
57	Annie	137
58	Anne	136
59	Delores	135
60	Ellen	129
61	Katherine	125
61	Norma	125
63	Ruby	124
64	Juanita	120
65	Anna	116
65	Kathleen	116
67	Gail	108
67	Geraldine	108
67	Rose	108
67	Sheila	108
71	Julia	106
71	Rita	106
73	Gladys	105
74	Laura	104
74	Yvonne	104
76	Christine	103
77	Thelma	102
78	Diana	101
78	Marie	101
80	Sherry	100
80	Sue	100
82	Edna	99
83	Anita	98
83	Constance	98
85	Deborah	96
86	Marilyn	94
87	Edith	90
88	Lillian	89
88	Rosa	89
90	Ethel	88
90	Loretta	88
92	Audrey	87
92	Vivian	87
94	Glenda	84
95	Suzanne	83
96	Ella	82
97	Dianne	81
98	Emma	79
99	Gwendolyn	77
100	Darlene	76

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,679
2	William	1,988
3	Robert	1,825
4	John	1,656
5	Charles	1,236
6	David	1,048
7	Thomas	949
8	Richard	913
9	Larry	813
10	George	710
11	Ronald	674
12	Donald	632
13	Michael	630
14	Jerry	542
15	Joseph	536
16	Kenneth	505
17	Edward	449
18	Gary	414
19	Roger	413
20	Paul	338
21	Walter	305
22	Wayne	290
23	Harry	267
23	Roy	267
25	Danny	262
26	Raymond	255
27	Stephen	253
28	Dennis	248
29	Samuel	241
30	Frank	237
31	Henry	236
32	Douglas	230
33	Willie	225
34	Harold	218
35	Ronnie	216
36	Bobby	207
36	Clarence	207
38	Ralph	203
39	Carl	200
40	Daniel	196
41	Melvin	192
42	Arthur	184
43	Lawrence	183
44	Earl	182
45	Billy	181
46	Howard	178
47	Jimmy	173
48	Johnny	172
49	Ernest	155
50	Albert	151
51	Lewis	150
52	Steven	149
53	Gerald	147
54	Calvin	144
54	Curtis	144
54	Fred	144
57	Eugene	138
58	Herbert	131
59	Jack	130
60	Russell	129
61	Allen	123
62	Joe	122
62	Terry	122
64	Marvin	120
65	Bruce	119
66	Phillip	117
67	Charlie	113
68	Tommy	112
69	Barry	111
70	Eddie	109
70	Glenn	109
72	Leonard	107
73	Jesse	106
73	Ray	106
75	Norman	104
76	Bernard	103
77	Alvin	98
78	Andrew	95
78	Herman	95
80	Warren	93
81	Floyd	92
81	Leroy	92
83	Edwin	91
84	Stanley	90
85	Clyde	89
85	Frederick	89
85	Gregory	89
85	Steve	89
89	Alfred	88
89	Jackie	88
91	Cecil	87
92	Louis	86
93	Benjamin	85
93	Franklin	85
95	Philip	82
96	Claude	81
97	Vernon	73
98	Anthony	71
99	Linwood	70
100	Freddie	68