Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1949

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	652
2	2Patricia	373
3	3Barbara	356
4	4Susan	315
5	5Margaret	297
6	6Sharon	290
7	7Judith	254
8	8Mary	251
9	9Sandra	238
10	10Donna	237
11	11Carol	207
12	12Wendy	197
13	13Shirley	166
14	14Karen	165
15	15Gail	144
16	16Elizabeth	135
17	17Kathleen	133
18	18Maureen	133
19	19Diane	130
20	20Heather	125
21	21Janet	117
22	22Valerie	112
23	23Catherine	108
24	24Marilyn	106
25	25Lynda	103
26	26Janice	95
27	27Nancy	95
28	28Darlene	93
29	29Beverly	91
30	30Joan	91
31	31Judy	87
32	32Elaine	85
33	33Marie	84
34	34Lorraine	80
35	35Cheryl	79
36	36Dorothy	76
37	37Brenda	75
38	38Sheila	75
39	39Helen	73
40	40Joanne	73
41	41Christine	72
42	42Frances	72
43	43Beverley	67
44	44Diana	67
45	45Betty	66
46	46Bonnie	66
47	47Lynne	65
48	48Jean	63
49	49Marlene	61
50	50Louise	60
51	51Jacqueline	58
52	52Leslie	58
53	53Kathryn	56
54	54Sylvia	56
55	55Dianne	55
56	56Doreen	54
57	57Colleen	53
58	58Pamela	53
59	59Joyce	51
60	60Ruth	50
61	61Gloria	49
62	62Katherine	45
63	63Penny	44
64	64Roberta	44
65	65Teresa	44
66	66Lois	43
67	67Phyllis	43
68	68Theresa	42
69	69Arlene	41
70	70Evelyn	41
71	71Marion	41
72	72Vicki	41
73	73Victoria	41
74	74Anne	40
75	75Lynn	40
76	76Irene	39
77	77Laura	39
78	78Lillian	39
79	79Norma	39
80	80Carolyn	38
81	81Ann	37
82	82June	37
83	83Sherry	37
84	84Deborah	36
85	85Jennifer	36
86	86Yvonne	34
87	87Alice	33
88	88Audrey	33
89	89Jane	33
90	90Terry	33
91	91Denise	32
92	92Marjorie	31
93	93Virginia	31
94	94Constance	30
95	95Geraldine	30
96	96Janis	30
97	97Rosemary	30
98	98Caroline	29
99	99Charlotte	29
100	100Ellen	28

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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