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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1912 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,345 District of Columbia births in 1912 across 132 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.

#72Katharineoutside the national top 200
#67Cecelia#191 nationally
#42Nathaniel#164 nationally
#43Audrey#145 nationally
#73May#153 nationally
#55Jerome#133 nationally
#52Franklin#129 nationally
#52Harriet#113 nationally
#44Cora#98 nationally
#71Geneva#116 nationally
#68Daisy#112 nationally
#23Jean#64 nationally

Girls

#1Mary122US #1
#2Dorothy88US #3
#3Helen59US #2
#4Margaret59US #4
#5Elizabeth56US #8
#6Catherine50US #21
#7Evelyn40US #13
#8Virginia37US #20
#9Ruth35US #5
#10Lillian31US #14
#11Mildred31US #6
#12Frances26US #9
#13Thelma26US #26
#14Anna25US #7
#15Ethel22US #18
#16Louise22US #17
#17Marie22US #10
#18Alice20US #11
#19Gladys20US #19
#20Edna18US #16
#21Eleanor16US #39
#22Florence16US #12
#23Jean15US #64
#24Beatrice14US #37
#25Edith14US #31
#26Lucille14US #32
#27Marion14US #55
#28Marjorie13US #56
#29Bernice12US #51
#30Viola12US #52
#31Hazel11US #25
#32Katherine11US #53
#33Rose11US #15
#34Agnes10US #40
#35Annie10US #27
#36Bertha10US #36
#37Clara10US #34
#38Gertrude10US #30
#39Grace10US #24
#40Ann9US #47
#41Julia9US #44
#42Myrtle9US #50
#43Audrey8US #145
#44Cora8US #98
#45Elsie8US #42
#46Emma8US #35
#47Josephine8US #28
#48Laura8US #57
#49Marguerite8US #79
#50Pauline8US #38
#51Bessie7US #43
#52Harriet7US #113
#53Ida7US #45
#54Irene7US #22
#55Martha7US #29
#56Rosa7US #94
#57Doris6US #48
#58Eva6US #49
#59Kathryn6US #71
#60Mabel6US #46
#61Mae6US #74
#62Marian6US #93
#63Nellie6US #59
#64Pearl6US #54
#65Sarah6US #41
#66Alma5US #62
#67Cecelia5US #191
#68Daisy5US #112
#69Ella5US #69
#70Ellen5US #86
#71Geneva5US #116
#72Katharine5
#73May5US #153
#74Vivian5US #84

Boys

#1William105US #2
#2John100US #1
#3James95US #3
#4Charles66US #7
#5Robert56US #4
#6George51US #6
#7Joseph42US #5
#8Edward37US #8
#9Thomas27US #10
#10Richard23US #19
#11Raymond21US #18
#12Harry19US #16
#13David16US #29
#14Frank16US #9
#15Henry16US #12
#16Louis16US #20
#17Walter16US #11
#18Paul15US #14
#19Ralph15US #23
#20Samuel15US #30
#21Arthur14US #15
#22Howard14US #25
#23Lawrence14US #38
#24Francis13US #35
#25Albert12US #17
#26Eugene11US #41
#27Milton11US #64
#28Alfred10US #40
#29Carl10US #24
#30Ernest10US #32
#31Philip10US #69
#32Clarence9US #21
#33Frederick9US #51
#34Leonard9US #45
#35Bernard8US #60
#36Daniel8US #53
#37Fred8US #26
#38Herbert8US #39
#39Benjamin7US #67
#40Kenneth7US #33
#41Leroy7US #66
#42Nathaniel7US #164
#43Stanley7US #43
#44Theodore7US #52
#45Donald6US #27
#46Harold6US #13
#47Herman6US #50
#48Lewis6US #68
#49Alvin5US #86
#50Andrew5US #44
#51Earl5US #34
#52Franklin5US #129
#53Harvey5US #91
#54Jack5US #28
#55Jerome5US #133
#56Roy5US #31
#57Vincent5US #72
#58Willie5US #22

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑37Jean#23
↑36Lucille#26
↑19Anna#14
↑19Marion#27
↑19Marjorie#28
↑19Bertha#36
↑17Howard#22
↑16Pauline#50

Falling

↓34Alma#66
↓32Vivian#74
↓31Sarah#65
↓27Grace#39
↓27Josephine#47
↓26Earl#51
↓23Pearl#64
↓22Clarence#32

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.