Popular baby names in Virginia, 1967

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1967 were Lisa for girls (1,238 babies) and Michael for boys (1,785). Social Security records list 69,787 babies born in Virginia in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1967

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: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hazel: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Benita: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vonda: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aretha: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patsy: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonita: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Virginia: 116 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shelia: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Faith: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 38 babies, 14× the national rate
Garland: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Randolph: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carlton: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Forrest: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Willard: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clifton: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Calvin: 96 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clarence: 71 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clyde: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	1,238	–	1
2	Kimberly	842	–	2
3	Angela	668	↑2	7
4	Mary	618	↓1	4
5	Melissa	607	↑8	9
6	Karen	591	↓2	6
7	Michelle	579	↑11	3
8	Tammy	561	↓2	8
9	Susan	502	↑3	5
10	Pamela	473	↓2	17
11	Donna	464	↓2	19
12	Cynthia	444	↓5	18
13	Teresa	444	↓2	28
14	Elizabeth	443	↑1	13
15	Sharon	416	↑1	30
16	Patricia	412	↓6	11
17	Sandra	392	↑2	20
18	Jennifer	382	↓1	10
19	Amy	375	↑6	12
20	Deborah	374	↓6	22
21	Stephanie	345	↑9	25
22	Tina	331	↓2	21
23	Laura	320	↑4	15
24	Rebecca	309	↓2	39
25	Tracy	294	↑3	29
26	Linda	289	↓5	26
27	Sherry	268	↑4	51
28	Wendy	263	↑7	32
29	Brenda	259	↓6	31
30	Kelly	258	↑3	23
31	Barbara	254	↓5	33
32	Cheryl	253	–	35
33	Robin	248	↓9	45
34	Rhonda	246	↓5	41
35	Lori	215	↑1	24
36	Dawn	213	↑2	27
37	Julie	202	↑10	16
38	Christine	185	↑3	14
39	Carolyn	176	–	60
40	Michele	174	new	36
41	Catherine	171	↑9	55
42	Debra	171	↑4	38
43	Nancy	167	↑1	37
44	Sheila	167	↓4	56
45	Jacqueline	166	↓8	52
46	Paula	164	new	46
47	Janet	162	↑2	61
48	Leslie	161	new	66
49	Margaret	161	↓4	58
50	Denise	160	↓7	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	1,785	↑1	1
2	James	1,701	↓1	3
3	David	1,377	–	2
4	John	1,333	–	4
5	Robert	1,308	–	5
6	William	1,200	–	6
7	Christopher	763	↑2	9
8	Timothy	735	–	11
9	Richard	734	↑2	8
10	Mark	714	↓3	7
11	Charles	674	↓1	20
12	Jeffrey	669	–	13
13	Brian	587	↑3	10
14	Thomas	573	↓1	12
15	Kevin	534	↓1	17
16	Kenneth	505	↑1	22
17	Anthony	482	↑1	21
18	Steven	482	↓3	14
19	Joseph	435	–	15
20	Stephen	393	↑3	26
21	Gregory	389	–	25
22	Paul	384	↓2	18
23	Ronald	375	↓1	24
24	Donald	368	–	27
25	Eric	359	–	23
26	George	317	↑3	36
27	Daniel	309	↑1	19
28	Scott	307	↑2	16
29	Keith	303	↑3	34
30	Gary	283	↓4	32
31	Rodney	278	↓4	37
32	Douglas	269	↑5	33
33	Matthew	260	↑9	28
34	Edward	247	↓3	31
35	Larry	222	–	38
36	Jerry	214	↓2	41
37	Patrick	195	↓1	30
38	Tony	188	↓5	50
39	Terry	187	↑1	42
40	Troy	181	↑6	40
41	Andrew	178	↓3	35
42	Todd	170	↑7	29
43	Randy	164	new	49
44	Jeffery	161	↓3	47
45	Wayne	159	↑2	62
46	Dennis	157	↓2	43
47	Raymond	157	↓4	48
48	Roger	157	↓3	53
49	Bryan	154	new	52
50	Samuel	153	new	69

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