Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1948

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	626
2	2Patricia	373
3	3Barbara	367
4	4Susan	309
5	5Sharon	290
6	6Margaret	262
7	7Mary	244
8	8Judith	239
9	9Sandra	216
10	10Carol	214
11	11Donna	212
12	12Elizabeth	171
13	13Diane	158
14	14Shirley	156
15	15Karen	149
16	16Marilyn	141
17	17Wendy	133
18	18Lynda	125
19	19Joan	119
20	20Heather	114
21	21Maureen	114
22	22Gail	112
23	23Nancy	97
24	24Kathleen	96
25	25Marie	94
26	26Catherine	93
27	27Janet	93
28	28Dorothy	91
29	29Darlene	85
30	30Cheryl	84
31	31Beverley	81
32	32Bonnie	81
33	33Janice	81
34	34Valerie	80
35	35Judy	73
36	36Beverly	71
37	37Lorraine	70
38	38Elaine	69
39	39Frances	69
40	40Evelyn	67
41	41Marlene	67
42	42Dianne	66
43	43Gloria	66
44	44Sheila	65
45	45Jean	64
46	46Joanne	64
47	47Helen	62
48	48Brenda	57
49	49Ruth	57
50	50Sylvia	56
51	51Pamela	55
52	52Anne	54
53	53Colleen	53
54	54Leslie	53
55	55Roberta	52
56	56Louise	51
57	57Diana	49
58	58Janis	48
59	59Jacqueline	47
60	60Carolyn	45
61	61Betty	42
62	62Christine	42
63	63Teresa	41
64	64Geraldine	40
65	65Norma	40
66	66Arlene	39
67	67Eileen	39
68	68Jane	39
69	69Joyce	39
70	70Lois	39
71	71Victoria	38
72	72Irene	37
73	73Lorna	37
74	74Katherine	36
75	75Laura	36
76	76Penny	36
77	77Phyllis	36
78	78Ann	35
79	79Lynn	35
80	80Marjorie	35
81	81Doreen	33
82	82Lynne	33
83	83Bonita	32
84	84Marion	32
85	85Rosemary	32
86	86Suzanne	32
87	87Theresa	32
88	88Dale	31
89	89Julie	31
90	90June	31
91	91Kathryn	30
92	92Vicki	30
93	93Lillian	29
94	94Audrey	28
95	95Alice	27
96	96Deborah	27
97	97Edith	27
98	98Georgina	27
99	99Sherry	27
100	100Caroline	26

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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