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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1914 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,263 District of Columbia births in 1914 across 175 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.

#68Byronoutside the national top 200
#76Claireoutside the national top 200
#77Elisabethoutside the national top 200
#64Anita#186 nationally
#66Nathaniel#185 nationally
#72Regina#191 nationally
#53Jeanette#150 nationally
#74Shirley#160 nationally
#69Miriam#149 nationally
#67Abraham#141 nationally
#65Audrey#138 nationally
#67Henrietta#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary176US #1
#2Dorothy115US #3
#3Margaret100US #4
#4Helen93US #2
#5Ruth57US #5
#6Elizabeth46US #8
#7Catherine45US #18
#8Frances42US #9
#9Louise42US #17
#10Evelyn36US #11
#11Thelma32US #26
#12Virginia32US #14
#13Alice30US #12
#14Mildred30US #7
#15Lillian26US #16
#16Marie25US #10
#17Anna22US #6
#18Ethel22US #21
#19Florence22US #13
#20Katherine22US #48
#21Gladys21US #20
#22Edith20US #31
#23Bernice18US #43
#24Edna18US #19
#25Eleanor18US #28
#26Sarah18US #47
#27Marion17US #50
#28Clara16US #37
#29Grace16US #25
#30Josephine16US #23
#31Jean15US #54
#32Marian15US #90
#33Elsie14US #46
#34Lucille14US #30
#35Marjorie14US #45
#36Anne13US #53
#37Martha13US #27
#38Nellie13US #61
#39Barbara12US #82
#40Doris12US #36
#41Jane12US #71
#42Julia12US #42
#43Alma11US #69
#44Esther11US #35
#45Pearl11US #56
#46Gertrude10US #32
#47Mabel10US #58
#48Pauline10US #34
#49Rose10US #15
#50Viola10US #57
#51Agnes9US #44
#52Hazel9US #29
#53Jeanette9US #150
#54Marguerite9US #84
#55Beatrice8US #38
#56Bertha8US #41
#57Bessie8US #55
#58Blanche8US #80
#59Charlotte8US #88
#60Emily8US #98
#61Laura8US #59
#62Lucy8US #73
#63Mamie8US #115
#64Anita7US #186
#65Audrey7US #138
#66Christine7US #117
#67Henrietta7US #140
#68Lois7US #51
#69Miriam7US #149
#70Muriel7US #133
#71Myrtle7US #60
#72Regina7US #191
#73Ruby7US #24
#74Shirley7US #160
#75Betty6US #62
#76Claire6
#77Elisabeth6
#78Hattie6US #97
#79Irene6US #22
#80Jennie6US #77
#81Juanita6US #94
#82Leona6US #79
#83Madeline6US #116
#84Mae6US #85
#85Rita6US #87
#86Vivian6US #81
#87Annie5US #33
#88Daisy5US #126
#89Emma5US #39
#90Estelle5US #112
#91Genevieve5US #76
#92Hilda5US #103
#93Ida5US #49
#94Kathleen5US #110
#95Lorraine5US #152
#96Nancy5US #102
#97Violet5US #83

Boys

#1William119US #2
#2John116US #1
#3James115US #3
#4Charles81US #7
#5George71US #6
#6Joseph70US #5
#7Robert69US #4
#8Thomas44US #11
#9Edward40US #8
#10Richard37US #17
#11Raymond35US #16
#12Walter34US #10
#13Samuel28US #36
#14Henry25US #12
#15Paul25US #13
#16Harry24US #19
#17Francis23US #31
#18Bernard20US #50
#19Frank20US #9
#20Arthur17US #18
#21Ernest17US #38
#22Ralph17US #21
#23Louis16US #20
#24Earl14US #33
#25Jack14US #27
#26Alfred13US #41
#27Clarence13US #22
#28Lawrence13US #35
#29Albert12US #15
#30David12US #29
#31Eugene12US #43
#32Norman12US #54
#33Philip12US #68
#34Elmer11US #46
#35Frederick11US #52
#36Harold11US #14
#37Leroy11US #60
#38Andrew10US #44
#39Leon10US #85
#40Donald9US #23
#41Everett9US #90
#42Howard9US #26
#43Kenneth9US #30
#44Leonard9US #45
#45Milton9US #69
#46Theodore9US #64
#47Benjamin8US #70
#48Daniel8US #55
#49Lewis8US #72
#50Martin8US #73
#51Morris8US #86
#52Sidney8US #89
#53Warren8US #108
#54Carl7US #24
#55Melvin7US #59
#56Russell7US #49
#57Stanley7US #39
#58Wilbur7US #96
#59Clyde6US #63
#60Fred6US #28
#61Herbert6US #42
#62Herman6US #51
#63Leo6US #47
#64Lester6US #57
#65Luther6US #114
#66Nathaniel6US #185
#67Abraham5US #141
#68Byron5
#69Edgar5US #87
#70Edwin5US #53
#71Hugh5US #116
#72Maurice5US #94
#73Oliver5US #122
#74Oscar5US #77
#75Peter5US #48
#76Sam5US #67
#77Stephen5US #80
#78Vincent5US #61

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑53Katherine#20
↑44Marian#32
↑39Nellie#38
↑32Clara#28
↑30Ernest#21
↑24Pearl#45
↑21Jean#31
↑21Alma#43

Falling

↓60Irene#79
↓50Emma#89
↓44Audrey#65
↓41Maurice#72
↓39Annie#87
↓39Estelle#90
↓33Beatrice#55
↓25Edwin#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.