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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1910 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,514 District of Columbia births in 1910 across 96 distinct names.

Distinctively District of Columbia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say District of Columbia more than they say America.

#54Jeannette#192 nationally
#49Audrey#162 nationally
#56May#138 nationally
#31Wilbur#104 nationally
#50Christine#123 nationally
#37Charlotte#99 nationally
#51Hilda#109 nationally
#55Marian#106 nationally
#13Marion#59 nationally
#36Edgar#80 nationally
#53Inez#97 nationally
#28Frederick#69 nationally

Girls

#1Mary80US #1
#2Margaret72US #3
#3Helen52US #2
#4Dorothy50US #4
#5Elizabeth34US #7
#6Ruth29US #5
#7Catherine28US #22
#8Ethel25US #13
#9Evelyn25US #17
#10Louise24US #20
#11Frances23US #11
#12Lillian20US #14
#13Marion18US #59
#14Alice16US #10
#15Bertha16US #33
#16Marie16US #9
#17Virginia16US #29
#18Mildred15US #8
#19Thelma15US #25
#20Viola15US #48
#21Edna14US #18
#22Clara13US #32
#23Elsie13US #44
#24Beatrice12US #36
#25Edith12US #35
#26Eleanor12US #55
#27Grace12US #23
#28Gladys11US #15
#29Anna10US #6
#30Florence10US #12
#31Josephine10US #30
#32Gertrude9US #26
#33Marjorie9US #68
#34Rose8US #16
#35Anne7US #67
#36Bernice7US #58
#37Charlotte7US #99
#38Esther7US #38
#39Hazel7US #24
#40Mae7US #65
#41Nellie7US #51
#42Sarah7US #40
#43Ann6US #52
#44Betty6US #69
#45Julia6US #49
#46Myrtle6US #43
#47Agnes5US #41
#48Annie5US #19
#49Audrey5US #162
#50Christine5US #123
#51Hilda5US #109
#52Ida5US #47
#53Inez5US #97
#54Jeannette5US #192
#55Marian5US #106
#56May5US #138

Boys

#1James78US #2
#2John61US #1
#3William61US #3
#4Robert36US #4
#5Charles33US #7
#6George31US #5
#7Joseph31US #6
#8Edward21US #9
#9Thomas20US #12
#10Richard17US #21
#11Raymond16US #19
#12Paul15US #15
#13Albert14US #14
#14Lawrence12US #35
#15Louis12US #24
#16Ernest11US #31
#17Harry10US #16
#18Howard10US #27
#19Samuel10US #32
#20Walter10US #13
#21Arthur9US #17
#22Francis9US #36
#23Frank9US #8
#24Herbert8US #41
#25Bernard7US #62
#26Clarence7US #20
#27Earl7US #33
#28Frederick7US #69
#29Henry7US #10
#30Leonard7US #46
#31Wilbur7US #104
#32Alfred6US #38
#33Theodore6US #54
#34Chester5US #61
#35David5US #30
#36Edgar5US #80
#37Edwin5US #71
#38Leroy5US #50
#39Ralph5US #28
#40Russell5US #58

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.