Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1953

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	510
2	2Patricia	399
3	3Susan	395
4	4Barbara	322
5	5Deborah	267
6	6Mary	255
7	7Donna	244
8	8Karen	238
9	9Wendy	238
10	10Sharon	228
11	11Margaret	221
12	12Sandra	219
13	13Catherine	207
14	14Carol	205
15	15Debra	189
16	16Janice	189
17	17Judith	187
18	18Kathleen	184
19	19Elizabeth	182
20	20Diane	177
21	21Marilyn	166
22	22Janet	164
23	23Brenda	155
24	24Darlene	137
25	25Gail	132
26	26Heather	130
27	27Maureen	119
28	28Shirley	117
29	29Joanne	108
30	30Valerie	107
31	31Joan	106
32	32Judy	103
33	33Nancy	102
34	34Cheryl	101
35	35Leslie	93
36	36Beverly	87
37	37Christine	86
38	38Colleen	86
39	39Lorraine	86
40	40Kathryn	83
41	41Katherine	81
42	42Pamela	80
43	43Jacqueline	77
44	44Teresa	74
45	45Elaine	70
46	46Sheila	69
47	47Dorothy	67
48	48Frances	67
49	49Denise	64
50	50Helen	64
51	51Louise	62
52	52Laura	61
53	53Anne	60
54	54Marie	60
55	55Dianne	59
56	56Bonnie	57
57	57Cynthia	57
58	58Beverley	56
59	59Diana	56
60	60Lynda	56
61	61Marlene	55
62	62Jane	54
63	63Lynn	54
64	64Norma	54
65	65Carolyn	53
66	66Lois	53
67	67Roberta	53
68	68Shelley	53
69	69Betty	52
70	70Gloria	52
71	71Irene	48
72	72Jean	48
73	73Theresa	48
74	74Laurie	46
75	75Ruth	44
76	76Julie	43
77	77Dawn	42
78	78Eileen	42
79	79Penny	42
80	80Joyce	41
81	81Marjorie	40
82	82Rhonda	40
83	83Anita	39
84	84Arlene	39
85	85Lorna	39
86	86Evelyn	38
87	87Jennifer	38
88	88Lesley	38
89	89Lynne	38
90	90Yvonne	38
91	91Gayle	37
92	92Ann	36
93	93Rita	36
94	94Alice	35
95	95Sherry	35
96	96Rosemary	34
97	97Marion	33
98	98Doreen	32
99	99Geraldine	31
100	100Sylvia	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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