Virginia ★ 1956

Top names in Virginia, 1956

Deborah led for girls with 1,490 babies ; James for boys with 2,191. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	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
51	Rhonda	198
52	Dorothy	195
53	Kathleen	185
54	Frances	182
55	Jacqueline	167
55	Laura	167
57	Anita	166
58	Jo	163
59	Angela	162
60	Doris	161
61	Rita	160
62	Lisa	158
63	Gail	157
63	Ruth	157
65	Ann	155
66	Judith	154
67	Terry	150
68	Sarah	148
69	Jane	145
70	Kathryn	144
71	Anne	142
71	Joan	142
73	Helen	139
73	Paula	139
75	Jean	137
75	Valerie	137
77	Cindy	133
78	Alice	132
78	Ellen	132
80	Vicki	130
81	Evelyn	128
81	Marilyn	128
83	Kim	127
84	Rose	125
85	Vanessa	122
86	Christine	120
86	Diana	120
88	Regina	118
89	Victoria	116
90	Gwendolyn	106
90	Patsy	106
92	Charlotte	105
93	Sylvia	103
94	Jennifer	101
95	Annette	99
95	Tina	99
97	Shelia	98
98	Vivian	94
99	Audrey	93
100	Julia	92

Boys

#	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
51	Henry	176
52	Harold	175
53	Frank	169
54	Bobby	168
54	Christopher	168
56	Howard	165
57	Phillip	162
58	Melvin	159
59	Calvin	158
60	Billy	157
60	Russell	157
62	Clarence	155
62	Harry	155
64	Arthur	154
65	Glenn	153
66	Johnny	150
67	Willie	147
68	Steve	142
69	Scott	139
70	Stanley	138
71	Marvin	136
72	Allen	135
72	Earl	135
74	Ernest	134
75	Rodney	133
76	Herbert	131
77	Alan	127
78	Gerald	125
78	Patrick	125
80	Reginald	124
81	Dale	123
82	Andrew	120
82	Jeffery	120
84	Darrell	115
85	Alvin	112
85	Eddie	112
87	Randall	110
88	Norman	108
89	Philip	107
90	Lewis	106
91	Jimmy	105
92	Bernard	103
92	Jack	103
92	Micheal	103
92	Warren	103
96	Ray	99
97	Eugene	97
97	Franklin	97
99	Fred	96
99	Peter	96