Popular baby names in Virginia, 1957

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1957 were Deborah for girls (1,194 babies) and James for boys (2,112). Deborah ranked #6 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 85,654 babies born in Virginia in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1957

Names given at least 15 times in Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Shelby: 57 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Freda: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sallie: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Laverne: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Viola: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Gracie: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Thelma: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eunice: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bessie: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vanessa: 124 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 41 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Garland: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Carroll: 44 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Aubrey: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Alphonso: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carlton: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elvis: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Horace: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Claude: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wilbert: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Deborah	1,194	–	6
2	Mary	1,194	–	1
3	Patricia	1,054	↑1	8
4	Linda	989	↓1	3
5	Cynthia	916	↑7	7
6	Debra	895	↓1	4
7	Brenda	852	↑2	13
8	Susan	849	–	2
9	Sharon	815	↓3	14
10	Karen	810	↓3	5
11	Donna	739	–	10
12	Barbara	680	↓2	9
13	Pamela	588	–	12
14	Kathy	579	↑2	20
15	Sandra	563	↓1	15
16	Teresa	556	↓1	24
17	Nancy	541	–	11
18	Carolyn	468	–	33
19	Elizabeth	424	↑1	22
20	Wanda	384	↑2	59
21	Cheryl	382	↑4	16
22	Carol	379	↑2	18
23	Janet	361	↓2	23
24	Robin	361	↑3	30
25	Joyce	354	↓6	40
26	Debbie	341	↑13	27
27	Betty	332	↓1	50
28	Diane	312	↓5	17
29	Margaret	302	↓1	29
30	Rebecca	297	↑2	34
31	Janice	293	↑3	32
32	Cathy	284	↓2	39
33	Judy	272	↓2	38
34	Theresa	262	↑10	36
35	Shirley	261	↓6	46
36	Catherine	254	↓3	37
37	Connie	251	↓2	47
38	Gloria	246	–	66
39	Vickie	238	↑9	70
40	Sheila	236	↓4	58
41	Cindy	234	new	19
42	Bonnie	226	↓1	64
43	Sherry	224	↓1	55
44	Lisa	223	new	26
45	Darlene	216	↑4	57
46	Martha	216	↓9	63
47	Denise	215	↑3	25
48	Virginia	213	↓8	75
49	Beverly	211	↓4	48
50	Phyllis	209	↓4	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	2,112	–	2
2	Michael	1,926	–	1
3	William	1,707	–	6
4	Robert	1,701	–	4
5	David	1,647	–	3
6	John	1,536	–	5
7	Richard	1,002	↑1	8
8	Charles	997	↓1	11
9	Thomas	833	–	9
10	Mark	786	↑1	7
11	Larry	712	↓1	22
12	Gary	625	–	13
13	Donald	623	–	15
14	Kenneth	623	↑1	14
15	Ronald	594	↓1	17
16	Steven	550	–	10
17	Joseph	546	–	12
18	George	539	–	29
19	Timothy	485	↑4	19
20	Stephen	407	↓1	24
21	Dennis	400	–	28
22	Edward	400	↓2	25
23	Jeffrey	377	↑2	21
24	Gregory	365	↑2	23
25	Paul	343	↓1	18
26	Jerry	342	↓4	35
27	Daniel	338	–	16
28	Douglas	328	–	30
29	Anthony	318	↑1	27
30	Terry	297	↓1	33
31	Ricky	294	↑6	40
32	Roger	283	↑1	42
33	Ronnie	270	↑10	73
34	Kevin	264	↑5	20
35	Keith	262	↑3	36
36	Wayne	250	↓5	47
37	Barry	245	↑3	72
38	Danny	245	↑4	45
39	Bruce	234	↓5	34
40	Raymond	233	↓5	39
41	Carl	230	–	49
42	Walter	230	↓6	58
43	Randy	223	↓11	31
44	Samuel	219	–	82
45	Jeffery	202	new	52
46	Bobby	193	new	78
47	Lawrence	192	↑1	46
48	Curtis	191	↓1	80
49	Tony	191	↑1	71
50	Frank	186	new	38

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