Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1956

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Linda	432
2	2Susan	423
3	3Deborah	399
4	4Karen	389
5	5Patricia	372
6	6Debra	357
7	7Barbara	326
8	8Sandra	282
9	9Sharon	264
10	10Donna	260
11	11Catherine	226
12	12Mary	215
13	13Brenda	213
14	14Wendy	210
15	15Margaret	200
16	16Carol	190
17	17Janice	186
18	18Diane	180
19	19Elizabeth	168
20	20Kathleen	168
21	21Heather	167
22	22Janet	163
23	23Nancy	151
24	24Cheryl	144
25	25Joanne	129
26	26Shirley	127
27	27Maureen	123
28	28Judith	122
29	29Pamela	119
30	30Shelley	119
31	31Cynthia	118
32	32Gail	117
33	33Colleen	115
34	34Teresa	112
35	35Darlene	110
36	36Katherine	106
37	37Christine	104
38	38Laura	100
39	39Laurie	99
40	40Leslie	99
41	41Valerie	99
42	42Marilyn	97
43	43Elaine	95
44	44Beverly	88
45	45Judy	88
46	46Lorraine	87
47	47Denise	86
48	48Lori	86
49	49Lynn	86
50	50Diana	84
51	51Joan	83
52	52Anne	81
53	53Bonnie	81
54	54Kathryn	77
55	55Marie	77
56	56Cindy	76
57	57Kim	74
58	58Jennifer	73
59	59Sherry	72
60	60Theresa	72
61	61Sheila	66
62	62Dianne	63
63	63Helen	63
64	64Sylvia	63
65	65Joyce	62
66	66Louise	62
67	67Dorothy	57
68	68Frances	57
69	69Julie	57
70	70Marlene	57
71	71Roberta	57
72	72Dawn	56
73	73Jane	55
74	74Yvonne	55
75	75Anita	54
76	76Maria	54
77	77Debbie	52
78	78Gloria	51
79	79Ruth	50
80	80Terry	50
81	81Carolyn	49
82	82Jacqueline	49
83	83Jean	49
84	84Irene	48
85	85Betty	47
86	86Beverley	46
87	87Holly	46
88	88Lorna	46
89	89Lynda	46
90	90Victoria	45
91	91Charlene	43
92	92Anna	42
93	93Glenda	42
94	94Ellen	41
95	95Evelyn	41
96	96Suzanne	41
97	97Marion	39
98	98Vicki	39
99	99Ann	38
100	100Laurel	37

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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