Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1938

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	187
2	2Margaret	184
3	3Barbara	150
4	4Patricia	140
5	5Shirley	122
6	6Joan	108
7	7Donna	94
8	8Marilyn	89
9	9Elizabeth	87
10	10Dorothy	76
11	11Carol	72
12	12Beverley	64
13	13Doreen	60
14	14Sharon	60
15	15Helen	58
16	16Joyce	58
17	17Frances	49
18	18Marie	49
19	19Irene	48
20	20Sylvia	47
21	21Kathleen	46
22	22Marion	45
23	23Marjorie	43
24	24Alice	42
25	25Sheila	42
26	26Marlene	40
27	27Maureen	40
28	28Betty	39
29	29Judith	38
30	30June	38
31	31Ruth	38
32	32Catherine	37
33	33Norma	37
34	34Jean	35
35	35Lois	35
36	36Anne	34
37	37Diane	34
38	38Evelyn	34
39	39Eleanor	33
40	40Myrna	33
41	41Beverly	32
42	42Roberta	32
43	43Arlene	30
44	44Florence	30
45	45Rose	30
46	46Yvonne	29
47	47Jacqueline	28
48	48Nancy	28
49	49Bernice	27
50	50Deanna	27
51	51Doris	27
52	52Gail	27
53	53Lorraine	27
54	54Gloria	26
55	55Audrey	25
56	56Diana	25
57	57Grace	25
58	58Lorna	25
59	59Edith	24
60	60Janet	24
61	61Jeanette	24
62	62Lillian	24
63	63Valerie	24
64	64Ann	23
65	65Carole	23
66	66Joanne	23
67	67Anna	22
68	68Eileen	22
69	69Louise	22
70	70Violet	22
71	71Gladys	21
72	72Janice	21
73	73Leona	21
74	74Sandra	21
75	75Geraldine	20
76	76Anita	19
77	77Caroline	19
78	78Linda	19
79	79Phyllis	19
80	80Annie	18
81	81Edna	18
82	82Elsie	18
83	83Rita	18
84	84Sally	18
85	85Virginia	18
86	86Eva	17
87	87Josephine	17
88	88Loretta	17
89	89Rosalie	17
90	90Verna	17
91	91Ethel	16
92	92Martha	16
93	93Thelma	16
94	94Vera	16
95	95Wilma	16
96	96Carolyn	15
97	97Elaine	15
98	98Ellen	15
99	99Agnes	14
100	100Dianne	14

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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