Popular baby names in Virginia, 1960

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,095 babies) and James for boys (1,886). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,013 babies born in Virginia in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1960

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: 42 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Freda: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Laverne: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elsie: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wanda: 343 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katrina: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vanessa: 122 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shelia: 103 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Delores: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Patsy: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 60 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Aubrey: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carlton: 88 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Garland: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carroll: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dallas: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Horace: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clarence: 134 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claude: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Preston: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,095	–	1
2	Donna	980	–	5
3	Deborah	796	–	10
4	Patricia	778	–	7
5	Susan	771	↑2	2
6	Linda	751	↓1	3
7	Cynthia	741	↓1	9
8	Karen	716	–	4
9	Brenda	706	↑1	13
10	Sandra	655	↑4	11
11	Teresa	645	↓2	19
12	Sharon	640	–	16
13	Pamela	611	–	14
14	Lisa	604	↑9	6
15	Barbara	566	–	12
16	Debra	546	↓5	8
17	Elizabeth	496	–	18
18	Kathy	473	↓2	21
19	Robin	453	↓1	33
20	Tammy	413	↑2	31
21	Cheryl	407	↓2	17
22	Debbie	394	↓2	24
23	Nancy	366	↓2	15
24	Wanda	343	–	66
25	Kimberly	341	↑9	26
26	Carolyn	339	↓1	43
27	Janet	333	↓1	32
28	Rebecca	316	–	38
29	Carol	299	↓2	23
30	Sherry	277	new	54
31	Angela	275	↑11	50
32	Joyce	274	–	58
33	Margaret	256	↑2	36
34	Cindy	247	↓4	30
35	Laura	244	↑11	25
36	Diane	243	↓5	22
37	Theresa	243	↑6	35
38	Connie	237	↑6	47
39	Rhonda	237	↑6	44
40	Betty	231	↓11	68
41	Denise	231	↑7	29
42	Tina	226	new	45
43	Cathy	223	↓10	46
44	Judy	217	↓3	48
45	Janice	210	↓8	41
46	Beverly	207	↑4	60
47	Bonnie	200	–	71
48	Martha	200	new	83
49	Sheila	200	↓10	56
50	Catherine	198	↓10	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	1,886	–	3
2	David	1,734	–	1
3	Michael	1,698	–	2
4	Robert	1,539	–	5
5	William	1,506	↑1	7
6	John	1,476	↓1	4
7	Mark	950	↑2	6
8	Charles	847	↓1	13
9	Richard	842	↓1	8
10	Thomas	801	–	9
11	Timothy	749	–	11
12	Kenneth	704	–	16
13	Jeffrey	572	↑7	14
14	Steven	553	↑1	10
15	Donald	523	↑2	19
16	Joseph	497	–	12
17	Gary	469	↑2	22
18	Ronald	469	↓4	21
19	Larry	440	↓6	28
20	Anthony	412	↑4	25
21	Gregory	405	↑2	24
22	George	392	↓1	33
23	Paul	382	↓1	18
24	Edward	374	↑2	26
25	Ricky	374	↓7	38
26	Kevin	355	↑3	15
27	Stephen	335	↑1	27
28	Jerry	329	↓1	37
29	Daniel	310	↑1	17
30	Douglas	310	↑1	30
31	Dennis	309	↓6	31
32	Terry	300	–	34
33	Christopher	275	↑2	29
34	Keith	272	–	35
35	Danny	257	↑14	48
36	Brian	254	–	20
37	Tony	242	↑2	52
38	Barry	239	↑4	72
39	Roger	236	↓2	47
40	Randy	220	↑1	32
41	Raymond	218	↓3	46
42	Jeffery	209	new	55
43	Wayne	205	↓10	58
44	Steve	201	↓1	43
45	Bruce	197	↓5	39
46	Carl	187	↓1	53
47	Frank	187	new	40
48	Ronnie	185	↓2	87
49	Bobby	183	↓5	73
50	Scott	182	new	23

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