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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1915 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,948 District of Columbia births in 1915 across 194 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.

#64Percyoutside the national top 200
#78Sterlingoutside the national top 200
#69Patricia#189 nationally
#59Wilbert#175 nationally
#51Rebecca#159 nationally
#97Constanceoutside the national top 200
#99Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#88Dorothea#182 nationally
#50Miriam#138 nationally
#89Isabel#177 nationally
#42Naomi#128 nationally
#92May#175 nationally

Girls

#1Mary195US #1
#2Dorothy121US #3
#3Helen102US #2
#4Margaret92US #4
#5Elizabeth81US #8
#6Ruth68US #5
#7Evelyn56US #10
#8Frances51US #9
#9Virginia51US #12
#10Mildred47US #6
#11Catherine45US #19
#12Louise44US #18
#13Eleanor36US #28
#14Thelma34US #30
#15Anna33US #7
#16Bernice30US #42
#17Doris30US #34
#18Lillian30US #15
#19Marie30US #11
#20Edith29US #31
#21Ethel29US #23
#22Florence29US #14
#23Grace29US #27
#24Alice26US #13
#25Gertrude24US #35
#26Marion21US #50
#27Gladys20US #21
#28Rose20US #16
#29Rita19US #71
#30Esther18US #33
#31Jane17US #69
#32Martha17US #25
#33Anne16US #52
#34Agnes15US #45
#35Betty15US #53
#36Edna15US #20
#37Marguerite15US #85
#38Marjorie15US #39
#39Jean14US #48
#40Sylvia14US #67
#41Ann13US #43
#42Naomi13US #128
#43Pauline13US #32
#44Sarah13US #51
#45Charlotte12US #81
#46Elsie12US #41
#47Ida12US #54
#48Josephine12US #22
#49Julia12US #44
#50Miriam12US #138
#51Rebecca12US #159
#52Vivian12US #78
#53Bessie11US #57
#54Clara11US #38
#55Ellen11US #88
#56Theresa11US #93
#57Viola11US #59
#58Annie10US #36
#59Audrey10US #127
#60Beulah10US #95
#61Blanche10US #87
#62Emma10US #40
#63Alberta9US #120
#64Ella9US #75
#65Irene9US #17
#66Lois9US #47
#67Lorraine9US #141
#68Myrtle9US #58
#69Patricia9US #189
#70Pearl9US #56
#71Alma8US #70
#72Beatrice8US #37
#73Bertha8US #46
#74Christine8US #125
#75Hilda8US #107
#76Juanita8US #92
#77Katherine8US #49
#78Laura8US #61
#79Lucille8US #29
#80Mabel8US #62
#81Nancy8US #102
#82Ada7US #114
#83Barbara7US #83
#84Estelle7US #117
#85Inez7US #101
#86Madeline7US #121
#87Mamie7US #124
#88Dorothea6US #182
#89Isabel6US #177
#90Kathryn6US #60
#91Marian6US #86
#92May6US #175
#93Nellie6US #63
#94Winifred6US #143
#95Caroline5US #137
#96Carolyn5US #168
#97Constance5
#98Dolores5US #147
#99Eloise5
#100Emily5US #99

Boys

#1John152US #1
#2William142US #2
#3James130US #3
#4Charles92US #7
#5George82US #6
#6Joseph82US #5
#7Robert78US #4
#8Thomas62US #10
#9Richard52US #15
#10Frank46US #9
#11Edward44US #8
#12Walter38US #11
#13Francis37US #29
#14Raymond32US #16
#15Harry29US #19
#16Albert28US #17
#17Paul28US #13
#18Frederick23US #52
#19Henry23US #14
#20Bernard22US #48
#21Alfred20US #42
#22Arthur19US #18
#23Eugene17US #41
#24Ralph16US #21
#25Samuel16US #39
#26Louis15US #23
#27Ernest14US #35
#28Lawrence13US #37
#29Melvin13US #60
#30Herbert12US #40
#31Norman12US #50
#32Carl11US #22
#33Daniel11US #55
#34Earl11US #33
#35Edgar11US #85
#36Harold11US #12
#37Leonard11US #44
#38Michael11US #43
#39Milton11US #73
#40Theodore11US #64
#41Clarence10US #24
#42Leroy10US #66
#43Philip10US #69
#44Roy10US #32
#45David9US #31
#46Irving9US #107
#47Warren9US #105
#48Edwin8US #53
#49Howard8US #25
#50Lewis8US #70
#51Martin8US #79
#52Vincent8US #65
#53Alvin7US #81
#54Benjamin7US #71
#55Gilbert7US #100
#56Jack7US #27
#57Kenneth7US #28
#58Wallace7US #126
#59Wilbert7US #175
#60Donald6US #20
#61Everett6US #89
#62Leon6US #82
#63Nicholas6US #104
#64Percy6
#65Roland6US #118
#66Stanley6US #34
#67Stephen6US #86
#68Wilbur6US #92
#69Charlie5US #75
#70Elmer5US #45
#71Fred5US #26
#72Herman5US #56
#73Julius5US #109
#74Maurice5US #101
#75Morris5US #93
#76Russell5US #51
#77Sam5US #68
#78Sterling5

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑56Rita#29
↑46Ida#47
↑40Betty#35
↑34Vivian#52
↑34Edgar#35
↑31Herbert#30
↑29Annie#58
↑28Lorraine#67

Falling

↓59Marian#91
↓57Katherine#77
↓55Nellie#93
↓45Lucille#79
↓44Barbara#83
↓40Emily#100
↓36Elmer#70
↓33Mabel#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.