Virginia ★ 1953

Top names in Virginia, 1953

Linda led for girls with 1,539 babies ; James for boys with 2,234. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	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
51	Denise	191
52	Kathleen	190
53	Alice	187
54	Helen	184
55	Jane	183
56	Gail	172
57	Rita	164
58	Ruth	159
58	Vickie	159
60	Laura	157
60	Marilyn	157
60	Sarah	157
63	Cathy	156
64	Theresa	155
65	Charlotte	151
66	Anne	146
67	Christine	144
67	Kathryn	144
69	Evelyn	140
70	Patsy	138
70	Vanessa	138
72	Jean	136
73	Paula	135
73	Rose	135
75	Robin	132
76	Diana	123
76	Ellen	123
78	Sylvia	121
79	Sherry	118
80	Constance	116
81	Gwendolyn	112
81	Vicki	112
83	Delores	109
84	Darlene	107
84	Shelia	107
86	Anita	106
86	Lois	106
86	Rhonda	106
86	Valerie	106
90	Julia	98
90	Marsha	98
92	Yvonne	97
93	Vivian	95
94	Juanita	93
95	Dianne	92
96	Angela	91
97	Glenda	87
97	Mildred	87
99	Norma	83
100	Suzanne	82

Boys

#	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
51	Willie	164
52	Johnny	162
53	Calvin	161
53	Ricky	161
55	Earl	159
55	Gerald	159
57	Russell	156
58	Keith	155
59	Billy	153
60	Arthur	151
61	Allen	148
61	Harry	148
63	Barry	147
63	Curtis	147
65	Eugene	146
65	Glenn	146
67	Rodney	144
68	Marvin	143
68	Phillip	143
68	Stanley	143
71	Herbert	142
72	Randy	136
73	Steve	127
74	Jimmy	122
75	Lewis	118
76	Andrew	116
76	Bernard	116
78	Alan	113
79	Kevin	109
80	Jack	108
80	Philip	108
82	Patrick	107
83	Alfred	102
83	Benjamin	102
85	Albert	101
85	Jesse	101
87	Dale	100
88	Frederick	99
89	Clyde	98
89	Dwight	98
91	Norman	97
91	Randall	97
93	Fred	94
94	Alvin	93
95	Donnie	92
96	Floyd	90
96	Warren	90
98	Ray	88
99	Christopher	87
99	Leon	87