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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1916 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,337 District of Columbia births in 1916 across 198 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.

#73Carrolloutside the national top 200
#79Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#53Jeannette#173 nationally
#78Nathaniel#194 nationally
#87Constanceoutside the national top 200
#75Clinton#180 nationally
#98Adele#198 nationally
#100Cecelia#200 nationally
#25Audrey#119 nationally
#56Irma#149 nationally
#88Dorothea#179 nationally
#83Wilbert#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary200US #1
#2Margaret140US #4
#3Dorothy129US #3
#4Helen106US #2
#5Ruth92US #5
#6Elizabeth89US #8
#7Evelyn58US #11
#8Frances51US #9
#9Louise46US #18
#10Virginia46US #10
#11Thelma44US #29
#12Anna43US #7
#13Mildred43US #6
#14Catherine42US #20
#15Doris42US #32
#16Alice41US #13
#17Florence38US #14
#18Edith32US #28
#19Lillian30US #16
#20Marie30US #12
#21Katherine26US #51
#22Ethel25US #25
#23Edna24US #19
#24Jane23US #62
#25Audrey22US #119
#26Gertrude22US #35
#27Jean22US #45
#28Rita22US #67
#29Martha21US #24
#30Eleanor19US #27
#31Ellen19US #87
#32Gladys19US #22
#33Josephine18US #21
#34Anne17US #53
#35Grace17US #26
#36Marjorie17US #37
#37Bernice16US #42
#38Betty15US #44
#39Esther15US #34
#40Marion15US #47
#41Rose15US #15
#42Vivian15US #77
#43Hilda14US #105
#44Kathryn14US #60
#45Lois14US #43
#46Marguerite14US #78
#47Sarah13US #52
#48Kathleen12US #104
#49Mabel12US #65
#50Charlotte11US #80
#51Estelle11US #122
#52Harriet11US #106
#53Jeannette11US #173
#54Ann10US #40
#55Emma10US #41
#56Irma10US #149
#57Theresa10US #98
#58Hazel9US #31
#59Ida9US #54
#60Irene9US #17
#61Laura9US #64
#62Lorraine9US #128
#63Marian9US #72
#64Viola9US #59
#65Annie8US #36
#66Beatrice8US #38
#67Bessie8US #56
#68Emily8US #100
#69Nellie8US #61
#70Agnes7US #50
#71Barbara7US #74
#72Bertha7US #49
#73Elsie7US #48
#74Eva7US #55
#75Georgia7US #108
#76Geraldine7US #94
#77Inez7US #107
#78Juanita7US #90
#79Lucy7US #84
#80Miriam7US #140
#81Norma7US #111
#82Sylvia7US #69
#83Alberta6US #123
#84Alma6US #70
#85Beulah6US #97
#86Clara6US #39
#87Constance6
#88Dorothea6US #179
#89Elaine6US #161
#90Ella6US #81
#91Julia6US #46
#92June6US #86
#93Lena6US #85
#94Lillie6US #88
#95Lucille6US #30
#96Nancy6US #102
#97Vera6US #66
#98Adele5US #198
#99Blanche5US #89
#100Cecelia5US #200

Boys

#1John189US #1
#2William180US #2
#3James145US #3
#4Joseph109US #5
#5Robert107US #4
#6Charles95US #6
#7George85US #7
#8Edward48US #8
#9Francis42US #31
#10Raymond42US #16
#11Richard42US #15
#12Frank40US #9
#13Harry40US #19
#14Thomas37US #10
#15Walter31US #11
#16David29US #28
#17Henry28US #14
#18Bernard27US #49
#19Earl23US #32
#20Arthur22US #18
#21Donald21US #20
#22Albert20US #17
#23Paul20US #12
#24Clarence19US #24
#25Lawrence19US #38
#26Louis19US #22
#27Ernest18US #36
#28Norman18US #48
#29Ralph18US #21
#30Frederick17US #52
#31Philip17US #70
#32Herbert15US #40
#33Harold14US #13
#34Jack14US #26
#35Samuel14US #41
#36Alfred13US #43
#37Elmer13US #45
#38Leonard13US #42
#39Vincent13US #67
#40Alvin12US #82
#41Carl12US #23
#42Daniel12US #55
#43Leroy12US #63
#44Melvin12US #57
#45Milton12US #72
#46Andrew11US #46
#47Gilbert11US #106
#48Lewis11US #71
#49Stanley11US #34
#50Chester10US #54
#51Eugene10US #39
#52Warren10US #102
#53Harvey9US #92
#54Howard9US #25
#55Maurice9US #100
#56Alexander8US #99
#57Benjamin8US #79
#58Herman8US #56
#59Kenneth8US #27
#60Theodore8US #65
#61Edgar7US #88
#62Morris7US #97
#63Roy7US #33
#64Rudolph7US #137
#65Wilbur7US #94
#66Anthony6US #37
#67Curtis6US #120
#68Julius6US #111
#69Lloyd6US #58
#70Michael6US #44
#71Vernon6US #75
#72Arnold5US #89
#73Carroll5
#74Claude5US #93
#75Clinton5US #180
#76Leo5US #47
#77Martin5US #81
#78Nathaniel5US #194
#79Reginald5
#80Roland5US #118
#81Russell5US #51
#82Sidney5US #95
#83Wilbert5US #171
#84Willard5US #69
#85Willie5US #30

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑56Katherine#21
↑46Kathryn#44
↑39Donald#21
↑34Audrey#25
↑33Estelle#51
↑33Elmer#37
↑32Hilda#43
↑32Emily#68

Falling

↓42Sylvia#82
↓42Julia#91
↓38Blanche#99
↓36Agnes#70
↓32Clara#86
↓32Michael#70
↓30Miriam#80
↓28Eugene#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.