Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1961

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Karen	426
2	2Sandra	421
3	3Susan	391
4	4Linda	299
5	5Brenda	296
6	6Deborah	287
7	7Barbara	268
8	8Patricia	254
9	9Donna	220
10	10Catherine	213
11	11Cheryl	205
12	12Kathleen	200
13	13Mary	197
14	14Sharon	189
15	15Wendy	189
16	16Heather	184
17	17Lisa	177
18	18Elizabeth	175
19	19Cindy	168
20	20Colleen	163
21	21Carol	156
22	22Janet	156
23	23Nancy	153
24	24Kelly	150
25	25Laura	149
26	26Teresa	149
27	27Tracy	149
28	28Cynthia	146
29	29Debra	146
30	30Christine	145
31	31Margaret	145
32	32Lori	144
33	33Shelley	140
34	34Janice	139
35	35Valerie	129
36	36Joanne	127
37	37Diane	126
38	38Denise	118
39	39Jacqueline	116
40	40Kim	114
41	41Maureen	112
42	42Pamela	107
43	43Jennifer	104
44	44Laurie	99
45	45Lorraine	99
46	46Sherry	95
47	47Shirley	95
48	48Darlene	94
49	49Leslie	92
50	50Michelle	90
51	51Beverly	89
52	52Julie	89
53	53Angela	86
54	54Michele	85
55	55Lynn	84
56	56Maria	84
57	57Sheila	80
58	58Theresa	80
59	59Katherine	79
60	60Dawn	76
61	61Diana	76
62	62Anita	75
63	63Judith	75
64	64Marie	75
65	65Tammy	74
66	66Kathryn	73
67	67Gail	70
68	68Anne	69
69	69Yvonne	69
70	70Carolyn	67
71	71Shannon	66
72	72Elaine	65
73	73Andrea	63
74	74Debbie	63
75	75Judy	62
76	76Helen	61
77	77Caroline	57
78	78Bonnie	55
79	79Dorothy	55
80	80Sylvia	54
81	81Jane	53
82	82Charlene	52
83	83Rhonda	52
84	84Joan	51
85	85Suzanne	51
86	86Louise	50
87	87Monica	50
88	88Irene	45
89	89Ruth	45
90	90Victoria	45
91	91Jean	43
92	92Joyce	43
93	93Rita	43
94	94Gloria	41
95	95Shelly	41
96	96Wanda	41
97	97Kimberly	40
98	98Lynda	40
99	99Holly	39
100	100Kathy	39

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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