Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1936

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Shirley	167
2	2Margaret	161
3	3Mary	161
4	4Patricia	145
5	5Joan	124
6	6Barbara	118
7	7Dorothy	96
8	8Elizabeth	86
9	9Helen	69
10	10Irene	61
11	11Betty	51
12	12Beverley	50
13	13Marilyn	47
14	14June	44
15	15Ruth	44
16	16Marie	43
17	17Lois	42
18	18Doreen	41
19	19Jean	41
20	20Kathleen	41
21	21Carol	40
22	22Doris	39
23	23Evelyn	39
24	24Sylvia	38
25	25Norma	37
26	26Donna	36
27	27Marjorie	36
28	28Sheila	36
29	29Frances	35
30	30Marion	35
31	31Joyce	34
32	32Rose	34
33	33Marlene	33
34	34Beverly	31
35	35Phyllis	31
36	36Yvonne	31
37	37Annie	30
38	38Florence	30
39	39Maureen	30
40	40Nancy	30
41	41Geraldine	28
42	42Alice	27
43	43Catherine	27
44	44Jacqueline	27
45	45Thelma	27
46	46Eleanor	26
47	47Lorna	25
48	48Lorraine	25
49	49Roberta	25
50	50Ann	24
51	51Louise	24
52	52Bernice	23
53	53Edna	23
54	54Gloria	23
55	55Janet	23
56	56Lillian	23
57	57Audrey	22
58	58Dolores	22
59	59Arlene	21
60	60Diane	21
61	61Elsie	21
62	62Grace	21
63	63Loretta	20
64	64Agnes	18
65	65Edith	18
66	66Vera	18
67	67Violet	18
68	68Anne	17
69	69Colleen	17
70	70Pauline	17
71	71Valerie	17
72	72Beatrice	16
73	73Ethel	16
74	74Georgina	16
75	75Mildred	16
76	76Myrna	16
77	77Eileen	15
78	78Elaine	15
79	79Joanne	15
80	80Marian	15
81	81Maxine	15
82	82Sharon	15
83	83Anna	14
84	84Carole	14
85	85Hazel	14
86	86Olga	14
87	87Rita	14
88	88Rosemary	14
89	89Sally	14
90	90Christina	13
91	91Ellen	13
92	92Myrtle	13
93	93Verna	13
94	94Virginia	13
95	95Gertrude	12
96	96Gladys	12
97	97Katherine	12
98	98Leona	12
99	99Lucy	12
100	100Diana	11

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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