Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1951

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	524
2	2Patricia	383
3	3Susan	335
4	4Barbara	295
5	5Mary	265
6	6Donna	251
7	7Carol	220
8	8Sandra	220
9	9Margaret	218
10	10Sharon	213
11	11Karen	211
12	12Judith	210
13	13Wendy	188
14	14Kathleen	177
15	15Elizabeth	169
16	16Janice	158
17	17Shirley	157
18	18Diane	151
19	19Janet	148
20	20Catherine	141
21	21Deborah	133
22	22Brenda	128
23	23Marilyn	122
24	24Heather	117
25	25Gail	116
26	26Maureen	111
27	27Darlene	108
28	28Bonnie	104
29	29Beverley	98
30	30Judy	97
31	31Nancy	97
32	32Elaine	96
33	33Christine	94
34	34Valerie	93
35	35Joan	89
36	36Joanne	84
37	37Lorraine	83
38	38Cheryl	80
39	39Colleen	75
40	40Lynda	75
41	41Lynn	74
42	42Beverly	73
43	43Pamela	73
44	44Dianne	72
45	45Kathryn	69
46	46Irene	63
47	47Marlene	63
48	48Sheila	62
49	49Gloria	61
50	50Helen	61
51	51Marie	61
52	52Jean	58
53	53Roberta	58
54	54Dorothy	56
55	55Jacqueline	56
56	56Betty	54
57	57Diana	54
58	58Evelyn	54
59	59Katherine	54
60	60Frances	53
61	61Louise	53
62	62Anne	52
63	63Teresa	51
64	64Laura	50
65	65Leslie	48
66	66Joyce	47
67	67Lois	47
68	68Vicki	47
69	69Ann	45
70	70Lynne	44
71	71Theresa	44
72	72Arlene	43
73	73Jennifer	43
74	74Carolyn	42
75	75Denise	41
76	76Lorna	41
77	77Victoria	39
78	78Doreen	38
79	79Jane	38
80	80Penny	37
81	81Marjorie	35
82	82Rita	35
83	83Ruth	35
84	84Shelley	35
85	85Sylvia	35
86	86Dawn	34
87	87Geraldine	34
88	88Wanda	34
89	89Yvonne	34
90	90Charlotte	33
91	91Sherry	33
92	92Eleanor	32
93	93Julie	32
94	94June	32
95	95Phyllis	32
96	96Alice	31
97	97Cynthia	31
98	98Debra	31
99	99Ellen	31
100	100Marion	31

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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