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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1913 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,598 District of Columbia births in 1913 across 134 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
#21Audrey#136 nationally
#78Patricia#190 nationally
#44Clifton#149 nationally
#44Naomi#142 nationally
#71June#163 nationally
#52Franklin#132 nationally
#70Henrietta#141 nationally
#31Maurice#95 nationally
#51Estelle#112 nationally
#24Benjamin#70 nationally
#41Charlotte#87 nationally

Girls

#1Mary136US #1
#2Dorothy91US #3
#3Helen78US #2
#4Margaret75US #4
#5Elizabeth54US #8
#6Ruth45US #5
#7Catherine44US #22
#8Frances44US #9
#9Louise32US #17
#10Lillian30US #16
#11Thelma30US #26
#12Alice28US #11
#13Evelyn28US #12
#14Mildred28US #6
#15Florence26US #13
#16Gladys22US #19
#17Ethel21US #20
#18Anna20US #7
#19Irene19US #21
#20Virginia19US #15
#21Audrey17US #136
#22Beatrice16US #37
#23Esther16US #32
#24Jessie16US #61
#25Marie16US #10
#26Gertrude15US #33
#27Rose15US #14
#28Edith14US #29
#29Grace14US #25
#30Josephine14US #24
#31Julia14US #42
#32Anne13US #57
#33Bertha13US #39
#34Doris12US #44
#35Edna12US #18
#36Eleanor12US #34
#37Marion12US #51
#38Marjorie12US #48
#39Emma11US #38
#40Bernice10US #45
#41Charlotte10US #87
#42Elsie10US #40
#43Hazel10US #27
#44Naomi10US #142
#45Sarah10US #43
#46Viola10US #52
#47Agnes9US #41
#48Annie9US #30
#49Jane9US #81
#50Marguerite9US #78
#51Estelle8US #112
#52Jean8US #60
#53Kathryn8US #66
#54Lucille8US #31
#55Martha8US #28
#56Pauline8US #35
#57Sylvia8US #72
#58Barbara7US #94
#59Bessie7US #47
#60Clara7US #36
#61Emily7US #99
#62Eva7US #50
#63Mabel7US #56
#64Alma6US #64
#65Ann6US #46
#66Betty6US #67
#67Ellen6US #88
#68Laura6US #62
#69Pearl6US #55
#70Henrietta5US #141
#71June5US #163
#72Katharine5
#73Katherine5US #54
#74Lois5US #59
#75Mae5US #79
#76Marian5US #93
#77Nellie5US #58
#78Patricia5US #190
#79Sara5US #114
#80Vivian5US #83

Boys

#1James111US #3
#2William111US #2
#3John100US #1
#4Joseph65US #5
#5George60US #6
#6Charles54US #7
#7Robert50US #4
#8Edward30US #8
#9Thomas28US #10
#10Richard23US #19
#11Frank21US #9
#12Harry21US #15
#13Walter21US #11
#14Albert20US #16
#15Arthur20US #17
#16Francis20US #30
#17Louis20US #20
#18Bernard19US #52
#19Clarence19US #21
#20Frederick18US #49
#21Samuel18US #36
#22Henry16US #12
#23Raymond16US #18
#24Benjamin15US #70
#25David14US #29
#26Norman14US #57
#27Earl13US #31
#28Eugene13US #43
#29Milton13US #71
#30Daniel12US #54
#31Maurice12US #95
#32Philip12US #69
#33Lawrence11US #35
#34Leroy11US #63
#35Paul11US #14
#36Howard10US #26
#37Jack10US #28
#38Ralph10US #22
#39Russell10US #50
#40Lewis9US #72
#41Leonard8US #46
#42Theodore8US #60
#43Alfred7US #42
#44Clifton7US #149
#45Edwin7US #55
#46Harold7US #13
#47Carl6US #23
#48Elmer6US #45
#49Fred6US #27
#50Herbert6US #39
#51Ernest5US #34
#52Franklin5US #132
#53Leon5US #81
#54Martin5US #75

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑35Irene#19
↑24Earl#27
↑23Doris#34
↑22Audrey#21
↑20Sarah#45
↑17Josephine#30
↑17Bernard#18
↑17Jack#37

Falling

↓41Katherine#73
↓29Jean#52
↓28Lucille#54
↓25Ann#65
↓23Clara#60
↓21Ernest#51
↓20Laura#68
↓19Ralph#38

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.