Popular baby names in Virginia, 1958

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,073 babies) and James for boys (2,064). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 84,321 babies born in Virginia in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1958

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: 62 babies, 8× the national rate
Eunice: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kitty: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Delphine: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roslyn: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Vanessa: 159 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Della: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Freda: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shelia: 115 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elsie: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 59 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Elwood: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Garland: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carroll: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carlton: 80 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Irvin: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aubrey: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alphonso: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dewey: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clyde: 103 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,073	↑1	1
2	Deborah	1,001	↓1	7
3	Patricia	952	–	5
4	Linda	946	–	3
5	Susan	849	↑3	2
6	Karen	796	↑4	4
7	Cynthia	783	↓2	8
8	Debra	780	↓2	6
9	Donna	732	↑2	10
10	Brenda	720	↓3	16
11	Sharon	669	↓2	17
12	Kathy	642	↑2	14
13	Barbara	635	↓1	9
14	Pamela	588	↓1	11
15	Teresa	572	↑1	26
16	Sandra	561	↓1	15
17	Cheryl	548	↑4	13
18	Elizabeth	453	↑1	22
19	Nancy	438	↓2	12
20	Carolyn	431	↓2	37
21	Debbie	413	↑5	24
22	Robin	409	↑2	32
23	Carol	366	↓1	20
24	Wanda	352	↓4	66
25	Rebecca	343	↑5	41
26	Joyce	332	↓1	46
27	Janet	306	↓4	28
28	Diane	301	–	18
29	Lisa	301	↑15	19
30	Betty	296	↓3	54
31	Judy	291	↑2	36
32	Margaret	289	↓3	31
33	Shirley	288	↑2	52
34	Cathy	278	↓2	34
35	Peggy	271	new	42
36	Cindy	255	↑5	25
37	Theresa	241	↓3	33
38	Catherine	239	↓2	38
39	Darlene	238	↑6	49
40	Sheila	236	–	59
41	Denise	235	↑6	27
42	Vickie	229	↓3	75
43	Tammy	214	new	44
44	Julie	212	new	23
45	Martha	212	↑1	69
46	Janice	210	↓15	35
47	Rhonda	207	new	48
48	Virginia	204	–	85
49	Connie	202	↓12	50
50	Beverly	198	↓1	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	2,064	–	3
2	Michael	1,922	–	1
3	David	1,768	↑2	2
4	William	1,646	↓1	6
5	Robert	1,607	↓1	4
6	John	1,419	–	5
7	Charles	962	↑1	11
8	Richard	916	↓1	8
9	Thomas	814	–	9
10	Mark	793	–	7
11	Kenneth	660	↑3	14
12	Larry	625	↓1	22
13	Donald	620	–	18
14	Ronald	576	↑1	19
15	Timothy	571	↑4	13
16	Gary	539	↓4	17
17	Steven	523	↓1	10
18	George	518	–	31
19	Ricky	512	↑12	34
20	Joseph	508	↓3	12
21	Jeffrey	422	↑2	21
22	Gregory	397	↑2	23
23	Paul	388	↑2	15
24	Dennis	375	↓3	29
25	Jerry	352	↑1	35
26	Anthony	351	↑3	27
27	Stephen	351	↓7	26
28	Terry	350	↑2	33
29	Edward	344	↓7	28
30	Daniel	317	↓3	16
31	Douglas	286	↓3	30
32	Ronnie	279	↑1	66
33	Kevin	272	↑1	20
34	Keith	257	↑1	37
35	Wayne	253	↑1	48
36	Randy	230	↑7	32
37	Bruce	224	↑2	36
38	Danny	221	–	45
39	Roger	221	↓7	47
40	Raymond	218	–	43
41	Bobby	216	↑5	69
42	Christopher	211	new	39
43	Carl	207	↓2	51
44	Tony	204	↑5	57
45	Walter	202	↓3	63
46	Barry	200	↓9	79
47	Brian	199	new	24
48	Samuel	185	↓4	85
49	Frank	184	↑1	38
50	Billy	179	new	64

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