Virginia · 1950

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1950, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Linda	1,910
#2	Mary	1,448
#3	Brenda	1,133
#4	Patricia	1,106
#5	Barbara	909
#6	Sandra	751
#7	Carolyn	662
#8	Nancy	627
#9	Deborah	613
#10	Betty	582
#11	Sharon	533
#12	Shirley	528
#13	Susan	512
#14	Joyce	475
#15	Margaret	434
#16	Donna	427
#17	Judy	427
#18	Elizabeth	415
#19	Carol	378
#20	Gloria	360
#21	Wanda	326
#22	Janet	318
#23	Martha	307
#24	Rebecca	288
#25	Bonnie	287
#26	Peggy	284
#27	Cynthia	281
#28	Janice	280
#29	Dorothy	276
#30	Pamela	272
#31	Virginia	268
#32	Frances	259
#33	Phyllis	257
#34	Karen	255
#35	Judith	251
#36	Diane	234
#37	Alice	206
#38	Helen	201
#39	Catherine	199
#40	Doris	194
#41	Ruth	193
#42	Ann	187
#43	Joan	186
#44	Beverly	184
#45	Jane	169
#46	Patsy	163
#47	Jean	157
#48	Connie	156
#49	Charlotte	153
#50	Kathy	153
#51	Sarah	150
#52	Jo	147
#53	Jacqueline	144
#54	Cheryl	143
#55	Kathleen	136
#56	Lois	134
#57	Katherine	132
#58	Evelyn	131
#59	Gail	129
#60	Sheila	126
#61	Rita	125
#62	Rose	122
#63	Juanita	121
#64	Delores	120
#65	Anne	119
#66	Christine	118
#67	Mildred	117
#68	Sylvia	117
#69	Laura	113
#70	Sherry	112
#71	Teresa	109
#72	Diana	107
#73	Yvonne	107
#74	Theresa	106
#75	Gwendolyn	106
#76	Ellen	106
#77	Marilyn	103
#78	Julia	103
#79	Glenda	103
#80	Ruby	102
#81	Kathryn	93
#82	Constance	91
#83	Anna	90
#84	Cathy	90
#85	Norma	88
#86	Vivian	86
#87	Sue	85
#88	Annie	84
#89	Debra	83
#90	Suzanne	83
#91	Dianne	81
#92	Edith	80
#93	Audrey	79
#94	Marie	79
#95	Thelma	79
#96	Paula	78
#97	Edna	77
#98	Sally	76
#99	Rosa	76
#100	Gladys	75

Uniquely popular in Virginia

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

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Shelby	31	9	1
Celestine	22	6	1
Beverley	24	7	2
Freda	35	10	3
Beulah	21	6	2
Elsie	45	13	4
Bettie	28	8	3
Sallie	28	8	3
Eunice	32	9	3
Shelia	56	16	6
Lucy	72	21	8
Patsy	163	47	17

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.