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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1911 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,603 District of Columbia births in 1911 across 106 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.

#65Naomi#141 nationally
#64Madeline#133 nationally
#37Everett#102 nationally
#51Juanita#107 nationally
#29Melvin#73 nationally
#59Hilda#101 nationally
#13Bernard#54 nationally
#56Charlotte#95 nationally
#22Edwin#60 nationally
#26Benjamin#64 nationally
#42Vivian#80 nationally
#16Frederick#52 nationally

Girls

#1Mary88US #1
#2Dorothy49US #4
#3Helen44US #2
#4Margaret39US #3
#5Evelyn34US #16
#6Elizabeth32US #7
#7Louise28US #19
#8Catherine27US #20
#9Ruth26US #5
#10Alice23US #11
#11Frances22US #10
#12Grace22US #23
#13Thelma21US #27
#14Gladys20US #18
#15Mildred20US #8
#16Virginia20US #26
#17Edith17US #31
#18Rose16US #14
#19Bernice15US #51
#20Josephine15US #29
#21Lillian14US #13
#22Marie13US #9
#23Beatrice12US #37
#24Elsie12US #41
#25Esther12US #34
#26Ethel12US #15
#27Edna11US #17
#28Eleanor11US #49
#29Florence11US #12
#30Katherine11US #55
#31Viola11US #47
#32Alma10US #62
#33Anna10US #6
#34Sarah10US #42
#35Agnes9US #39
#36Annie9US #24
#37Clara9US #33
#38Doris9US #56
#39Gertrude9US #30
#40Julia9US #44
#41Pearl9US #48
#42Vivian9US #80
#43Hazel8US #25
#44Ida8US #45
#45Mabel8US #43
#46Marion8US #58
#47Marjorie8US #59
#48Ann7US #53
#49Blanche7US #75
#50Ellen7US #84
#51Juanita7US #107
#52Marguerite7US #87
#53Nellie7US #54
#54Anne6US #64
#55Bertha6US #36
#56Charlotte6US #95
#57Emma6US #35
#58Fannie6US #88
#59Hilda6US #101
#60Jean5US #74
#61Laura5US #57
#62Lucille5US #32
#63Lucy5US #77
#64Madeline5US #133
#65Naomi5US #141
#66Pauline5US #38

Boys

#1William70US #2
#2John65US #1
#3Charles49US #7
#4James46US #3
#5George38US #4
#6Joseph28US #6
#7Robert24US #5
#8Edward23US #9
#9Thomas19US #10
#10Clarence16US #23
#11Harry15US #13
#12Albert14US #15
#13Bernard14US #54
#14Frank14US #8
#15Raymond13US #19
#16Frederick12US #52
#17Louis12US #21
#18Paul12US #17
#19Walter12US #12
#20Francis11US #33
#21Richard10US #20
#22Edwin9US #60
#23Leonard9US #46
#24Ralph9US #24
#25Earl8US #34
#26Benjamin7US #64
#27Elmer7US #48
#28Henry7US #11
#29Melvin7US #73
#30Ernest6US #32
#31Lawrence6US #37
#32Leroy6US #59
#33Samuel6US #30
#34Theodore6US #56
#35Alfred5US #39
#36Arthur5US #18
#37Everett5US #102
#38Herbert5US #41
#39Howard5US #28
#40Milton5US #70

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑17Bernice#19
↑16Rose#18
↑16Clarence#10
↑15Grace#12
↑15Edwin#22
↑15Ralph#24
↑14Gladys#14
↑13Esther#25

Falling

↓40Bertha#55
↓33Marion#46
↓21Howard#39
↓19Anne#54
↓19Charlotte#56
↓18Ethel#26
↓17Lawrence#31
↓15Clara#37

Every state

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