Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1946

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	315
2	2Patricia	310
3	3Carol	280
4	4Barbara	269
5	5Mary	266
6	6Margaret	259
7	7Sharon	255
8	8Judith	227
9	9Sandra	215
10	10Donna	199
11	11Susan	199
12	12Shirley	157
13	13Karen	146
14	14Diane	137
15	15Joan	132
16	16Elizabeth	128
17	17Marilyn	123
18	18Heather	111
19	19Maureen	109
20	20Gail	104
21	21Janet	104
22	22Kathleen	101
23	23Wendy	92
24	24Dorothy	91
25	25Lorraine	83
26	26Dianne	79
27	27Frances	76
28	28Gloria	75
29	29Nancy	75
30	30Darlene	72
31	31Lynda	70
32	32Beverley	68
33	33Cheryl	67
34	34Elaine	67
35	35Janice	66
36	36Diana	63
37	37Joanne	63
38	38Helen	62
39	39Judy	61
40	40Sheila	60
41	41Valerie	60
42	42Catherine	59
43	43Joyce	59
44	44Marion	58
45	45Marlene	57
46	46Beverly	55
47	47Louise	54
48	48Bonnie	53
49	49Marie	52
50	50Carolyn	51
51	51Ruth	51
52	52Jacqueline	48
53	53Jean	48
54	54Irene	46
55	55Lois	46
56	56Betty	43
57	57Evelyn	43
58	58Lynn	42
59	59Anne	41
60	60Doreen	41
61	61Eileen	41
62	62Sylvia	41
63	63Marjorie	40
64	64Phyllis	40
65	65Alice	39
66	66Audrey	39
67	67Penny	38
68	68Georgina	36
69	69Geraldine	36
70	70Norma	36
71	71Vicki	35
72	72Carole	34
73	73Lillian	34
74	74Arlene	33
75	75Roberta	33
76	76Yvonne	33
77	77June	32
78	78Leslie	32
79	79Colleen	31
80	80Ellen	31
81	81Katherine	31
82	82Lynne	30
83	83Brenda	29
84	84Pamela	29
85	85Virginia	29
86	86Caroline	28
87	87Rita	28
88	88Bonita	27
89	89Edith	27
90	90Jane	27
91	91Rosemary	27
92	92Rose	26
93	93Anita	25
94	94Ann	25
95	95Christine	25
96	96Lorna	25
97	97Denise	24
98	98Doris	24
99	99Kathryn	24
100	100Gayle	23

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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