Virginia · 1955

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1955, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rang	Name	Geburten
#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
#12	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	Virginia	263
#37	Catherine	263
#38	Phyllis	248
#39	Martha	238
#40	Cathy	232
#41	Sheila	226
#42	Beverly	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
#51	Theresa	181
#52	Sherry	179
#53	Kathleen	177
#54	Gail	176
#55	Frances	171
#56	Jacqueline	166
#57	Joan	166
#58	Doris	164
#59	Rita	163
#60	Judith	161
#61	Jean	160
#62	Alice	155
#63	Sarah	154
#64	Rhonda	152
#65	Jane	151
#66	Darlene	149
#67	Vicki	145
#68	Valerie	144
#69	Debbie	144
#70	Rose	143
#71	Helen	142
#72	Marilyn	142
#73	Kathryn	141
#74	Terry	140
#75	Paula	137
#76	Laura	132
#77	Anita	130
#78	Christine	128
#79	Ellen	128
#80	Gwendolyn	127
#81	Evelyn	125
#82	Diana	124
#83	Anne	123
#84	Sylvia	122
#85	Lisa	122
#86	Angela	121
#87	Shelia	120
#88	Ruth	118
#89	Regina	105
#90	Marsha	105
#91	Dianne	102
#92	Constance	102
#93	Charlotte	101
#94	Yvonne	101
#95	Jennifer	99
#96	Patsy	96
#97	Julia	94
#98	Audrey	91
#99	Lois	90
#100	Vivian	87

Uniquely popular in Virginia

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Geburten	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Shelby	43	11	2
Doretha	21	5	1
Bettie	21	5	1
Laverne	45	11	3
Sallie	26	6	2
Vanessa	183	45	14
Shelia	120	29	9
Dinah	22	5	2
Freda	32	8	3
Hazel	52	13	5
Wanda	417	102	38
Deloris	34	8	3

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.