Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1950

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	545
2	2Patricia	362
3	3Barbara	337
4	4Susan	316
5	5Mary	263
6	6Sharon	246
7	7Margaret	242
8	8Donna	230
9	9Judith	229
10	10Carol	212
11	11Sandra	209
12	12Wendy	176
13	13Karen	172
14	14Elizabeth	156
15	15Shirley	151
16	16Kathleen	145
17	17Heather	136
18	18Janet	135
19	19Catherine	132
20	20Brenda	127
21	21Marilyn	125
22	22Diane	122
23	23Janice	121
24	24Maureen	117
25	25Gail	110
26	26Joan	105
27	27Lynda	105
28	28Valerie	98
29	29Nancy	96
30	30Darlene	95
31	31Judy	95
32	32Beverly	90
33	33Lorraine	83
34	34Beverley	82
35	35Dianne	82
36	36Bonnie	79
37	37Colleen	75
38	38Cheryl	72
39	39Elaine	72
40	40Christine	68
41	41Dorothy	68
42	42Sheila	67
43	43Deborah	66
44	44Frances	66
45	45Jean	65
46	46Joanne	65
47	47Louise	65
48	48Lynn	65
49	49Irene	64
50	50Helen	63
51	51Diana	62
52	52Pamela	62
53	53Gloria	60
54	54Katherine	59
55	55Marie	59
56	56Leslie	58
57	57Laura	56
58	58Jacqueline	55
59	59Betty	54
60	60Teresa	54
61	61Anne	51
62	62Kathryn	51
63	63Arlene	50
64	64Marlene	50
65	65Joyce	48
66	66Marion	48
67	67Penny	47
68	68Ruth	47
69	69Yvonne	47
70	70Geraldine	44
71	71Lois	44
72	72Lynne	42
73	73Jennifer	40
74	74Norma	40
75	75Roberta	39
76	76Evelyn	38
77	77Sylvia	38
78	78Theresa	38
79	79Carolyn	37
80	80Doreen	36
81	81Marjorie	36
82	82Vicki	35
83	83Audrey	34
84	84Charlotte	34
85	85Lorna	34
86	86Ellen	33
87	87June	33
88	88Rita	33
89	89Sherry	33
90	90Denise	32
91	91Phyllis	32
92	92Alice	30
93	93Georgina	30
94	94Jane	30
95	95Jeanette	30
96	96Ann	29
97	97Julia	29
98	98Daphne	28
99	99Victoria	28
100	100Caroline	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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