Virginia · 1953

Top 100 names in Virginia, 1953, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#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
#20	Margaret	422
#21	Shirley	414
#22	Wanda	385
#23	Judy	363
#24	Janet	363
#25	Rebecca	355
#26	Carol	353
#27	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
#39	Frances	230
#40	Catherine	226
#41	Teresa	215
#42	Connie	211
#43	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	Vickie	159
#59	Ruth	159
#60	Marilyn	157
#61	Sarah	157
#62	Laura	157
#63	Cathy	156
#64	Theresa	155
#65	Charlotte	151
#66	Anne	146
#67	Kathryn	144
#68	Christine	144
#69	Evelyn	140
#70	Patsy	138
#71	Vanessa	138
#72	Jean	136
#73	Paula	135
#74	Rose	135
#75	Robin	132
#76	Ellen	123
#77	Diana	123
#78	Sylvia	121
#79	Sherry	118
#80	Constance	116
#81	Vicki	112
#82	Gwendolyn	112
#83	Delores	109
#84	Shelia	107
#85	Darlene	107
#86	Rhonda	106
#87	Valerie	106
#88	Anita	106
#89	Lois	106
#90	Julia	98
#91	Marsha	98
#92	Yvonne	97
#93	Vivian	95
#94	Juanita	93
#95	Dianne	92
#96	Angela	91
#97	Glenda	87
#98	Mildred	87
#99	Norma	83
#100	Suzanne	82

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
Nannie	21	5	0
Shelby	40	10	1
Shelia	107	27	8
Vanessa	138	35	11
Freda	35	9	3
Myrtle	23	6	2
Laverne	32	8	3
Elsie	33	8	3
Thelma	72	18	7
Violet	23	6	2
Wanda	385	97	38
Patsy	138	35	14

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.