Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1957

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Susan	479
2	2Deborah	393
3	3Linda	385
4	4Debra	380
5	5Karen	379
6	6Patricia	347
7	7Barbara	319
8	8Sandra	315
9	9Brenda	285
10	10Catherine	284
11	11Donna	259
12	12Wendy	242
13	13Mary	234
14	14Carol	229
15	15Cindy	215
16	16Kathleen	212
17	17Sharon	212
18	18Elizabeth	195
19	19Cynthia	193
20	20Margaret	188
21	21Janet	182
22	22Diane	178
23	23Janice	158
24	24Heather	154
25	25Cheryl	152
26	26Nancy	142
27	27Lorraine	127
28	28Valerie	121
29	29Colleen	119
30	30Teresa	119
31	31Joanne	118
32	32Laura	117
33	33Shelley	114
34	34Christine	113
35	35Judith	112
36	36Shirley	109
37	37Gail	108
38	38Leslie	108
39	39Maureen	108
40	40Darlene	107
41	41Kathryn	104
42	42Kim	103
43	43Diana	99
44	44Marie	98
45	45Laurie	96
46	46Lori	96
47	47Judy	94
48	48Katherine	93
49	49Jennifer	84
50	50Lynn	83
51	51Sheila	81
52	52Sherry	81
53	53Theresa	81
54	54Anne	79
55	55Beverly	79
56	56Pamela	79
57	57Marilyn	78
58	58Elaine	77
59	59Joan	76
60	60Carolyn	71
61	61Julie	70
62	62Debbie	69
63	63Denise	69
64	64Jacqueline	68
65	65Jane	67
66	66Louise	67
67	67Bonnie	65
68	68Helen	65
69	69Maria	65
70	70Tracy	64
71	71Dorothy	63
72	72Dawn	62
73	73Kelly	62
74	74Lynda	62
75	75Dianne	61
76	76Marlene	58
77	77Beverley	57
78	78Ruth	55
79	79Anita	54
80	80Gloria	52
81	81Ann	51
82	82Charlene	51
83	83Sylvia	51
84	84Anna	50
85	85Roberta	50
86	86Yvonne	50
87	87Arlene	49
88	88Lisa	49
89	89Evelyn	48
90	90Shannon	48
91	91Terry	48
92	92Jean	46
93	93Vicki	46
94	94Ellen	44
95	95Lorna	44
96	96Rhonda	44
97	97Marion	43
98	98Frances	42
99	99Victoria	42
100	100Penny	41

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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