Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1947

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	522
2	2Patricia	412
3	3Barbara	334
4	4Sharon	305
5	5Margaret	300
6	6Mary	271
7	7Carol	266
8	8Donna	245
9	9Sandra	243
10	10Judith	241
11	11Susan	241
12	12Shirley	184
13	13Karen	158
14	14Diane	138
15	15Elizabeth	138
16	16Kathleen	134
17	17Marilyn	134
18	18Wendy	129
19	19Joan	125
20	20Heather	122
21	21Lynda	118
22	22Maureen	103
23	23Frances	102
24	24Gail	99
25	25Janet	99
26	26Dorothy	91
27	27Darlene	85
28	28Dianne	84
29	29Beverly	82
30	30Catherine	81
31	31Judy	80
32	32Nancy	80
33	33Lorraine	77
34	34Sheila	77
35	35Janice	73
36	36Valerie	72
37	37Cheryl	70
38	38Joanne	70
39	39Beverley	69
40	40Helen	69
41	41Bonnie	67
42	42Gloria	67
43	43Joyce	67
44	44Diana	62
45	45Evelyn	62
46	46Jacqueline	62
47	47Marie	62
48	48Carolyn	61
49	49Elaine	61
50	50Jean	60
51	51Marlene	60
52	52Irene	59
53	53Pamela	56
54	54Marion	53
55	55Betty	52
56	56Brenda	52
57	57Louise	52
58	58Sylvia	52
59	59Leslie	51
60	60Lois	51
61	61Lynn	51
62	62Lynne	51
63	63Ruth	49
64	64Ann	48
65	65Arlene	48
66	66Marjorie	48
67	67Eileen	47
68	68Anne	46
69	69Laura	46
70	70Alice	41
71	71Christine	40
72	72Roberta	40
73	73Jane	39
74	74Norma	39
75	75Ellen	38
76	76Lorna	38
77	77Yvonne	38
78	78Doreen	37
79	79Katherine	37
80	80Geraldine	36
81	81Phyllis	36
82	82June	35
83	83Colleen	34
84	84Audrey	33
85	85Bonita	32
86	86Penny	32
87	87Carole	31
88	88Eleanor	31
89	89Florence	31
90	90Teresa	31
91	91Georgina	30
92	92Penelope	29
93	93Rita	29
94	94Virginia	29
95	95Anita	28
96	96Janis	28
97	97Kathryn	28
98	98Sherry	28
99	99Doris	27
100	100Theresa	27

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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