Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1955

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	418
2	2Susan	390
3	3Deborah	377
4	4Patricia	374
5	5Karen	345
6	6Debra	335
7	7Barbara	308
8	8Wendy	297
9	9Donna	251
10	10Sharon	244
11	11Sandra	239
12	12Catherine	228
13	13Carol	226
14	14Mary	220
15	15Margaret	209
16	16Diane	193
17	17Janice	190
18	18Kathleen	185
19	19Brenda	183
20	20Janet	170
21	21Elizabeth	156
22	22Heather	153
23	23Darlene	136
24	24Nancy	133
25	25Cheryl	125
26	26Judith	124
27	27Maureen	121
28	28Shirley	118
29	29Marilyn	117
30	30Valerie	116
31	31Gail	114
32	32Judy	111
33	33Christine	108
34	34Joanne	107
35	35Pamela	107
36	36Teresa	102
37	37Lorraine	99
38	38Leslie	97
39	39Colleen	96
40	40Katherine	93
41	41Kathryn	90
42	42Denise	89
43	43Joan	89
44	44Cynthia	87
45	45Bonnie	83
46	46Beverly	82
47	47Laura	79
48	48Anne	78
49	49Marie	78
50	50Dianne	77
51	51Sheila	77
52	52Shelley	73
53	53Laurie	69
54	54Elaine	68
55	55Lynn	68
56	56Lori	66
57	57Marlene	65
58	58Sherry	65
59	59Jacqueline	63
60	60Dorothy	61
61	61Jennifer	59
62	62Lynda	57
63	63Ann	56
64	64Ruth	55
65	65Jean	54
66	66Dawn	53
67	67Diana	53
68	68Gloria	53
69	69Helen	53
70	70Louise	52
71	71Julie	51
72	72Theresa	51
73	73Beverley	50
74	74Jane	50
75	75Roberta	50
76	76Terry	50
77	77Yvonne	49
78	78Suzanne	48
79	79Arlene	47
80	80Evelyn	46
81	81Irene	46
82	82Debbie	45
83	83Kim	45
84	84Laurel	44
85	85Joyce	43
86	86Marion	43
87	87Lois	42
88	88Vicki	42
89	89Victoria	42
90	90Betty	41
91	91Maria	41
92	92Anna	40
93	93Anita	39
94	94Lorna	39
95	95Rita	39
96	96Charlene	38
97	97Cindy	38
98	98Sylvia	37
99	99Holly	36
100	100Frances	35

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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