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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1917 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,731 District of Columbia births in 1917 across 209 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.

#62Constanceoutside the national top 200
#64Carltonoutside the national top 200
#74Markoutside the national top 200
#77Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#73Regina#186 nationally
#83Nelson#194 nationally
#90Ceceliaoutside the national top 200
#100Rosettaoutside the national top 200
#34Audrey#117 nationally
#86Wilbert#169 nationally
#78Henrietta#155 nationally
#48Franklin#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary234US #1
#2Dorothy154US #3
#3Margaret124US #4
#4Helen121US #2
#5Frances80US #9
#6Elizabeth75US #8
#7Ruth65US #5
#8Catherine59US #18
#9Evelyn57US #11
#10Mildred56US #6
#11Alice51US #13
#12Virginia50US #10
#13Marie41US #12
#14Doris40US #25
#15Lillian40US #15
#16Louise36US #19
#17Anna34US #7
#18Ethel33US #24
#19Thelma32US #32
#20Eleanor30US #26
#21Edith29US #28
#22Bernice27US #42
#23Edna25US #20
#24Florence25US #14
#25Rose25US #16
#26Gertrude23US #37
#27Jean22US #40
#28Martha22US #22
#29Bertha21US #51
#30Marion21US #45
#31Marjorie21US #36
#32Gladys19US #23
#33Grace19US #30
#34Audrey18US #117
#35Esther18US #38
#36Ann17US #44
#37Jane17US #55
#38Katherine17US #49
#39Sarah17US #52
#40Agnes16US #48
#41Beatrice16US #39
#42Josephine16US #21
#43Marian16US #74
#44Pearl16US #57
#45Rita16US #63
#46Betty15US #34
#47Lucille15US #29
#48Anne14US #53
#49Elsie14US #50
#50Nancy14US #98
#51Vivian14US #79
#52Charlotte13US #76
#53Ellen13US #90
#54Marguerite13US #78
#55Clara12US #41
#56Hazel12US #31
#57Kathryn12US #60
#58Miriam12US #134
#59Irene11US #17
#60Barbara10US #67
#61Bessie10US #61
#62Constance10
#63Ida10US #56
#64Lois10US #43
#65Theresa10US #97
#66Winifred10US #141
#67Annie9US #35
#68Emma9US #46
#69Estelle9US #129
#70Geraldine9US #89
#71Naomi9US #133
#72Nellie9US #64
#73Regina9US #186
#74Viola9US #59
#75Ada8US #119
#76Alma8US #71
#77Beverly8
#78Henrietta8US #155
#79Janet8US #136
#80Julia8US #47
#81June8US #73
#82Lorraine8US #116
#83Lucy8US #88
#84Mae8US #96
#85Phyllis8US #92
#86Sylvia8US #69
#87Vera8US #66
#88Alberta7US #122
#89Blanche7US #91
#90Cecelia7
#91Christine7US #120
#92Daisy7US #150
#93Dolores7US #139
#94Elaine7US #160
#95Hilda7US #112
#96Jeanne7US #166
#97Juanita7US #87
#98Minnie7US #75
#99Patricia7US #147
#100Rosetta7

Boys

#1John195US #1
#2William187US #2
#3James176US #3
#4Robert127US #4
#5Charles99US #7
#6Joseph94US #5
#7George90US #6
#8Thomas77US #10
#9Edward54US #8
#10Richard54US #14
#11Raymond47US #16
#12Harry42US #19
#13Walter32US #11
#14Frank30US #9
#15Henry30US #15
#16Paul30US #13
#17Albert27US #18
#18Donald27US #20
#19Francis27US #30
#20Milton23US #75
#21Bernard22US #49
#22Frederick22US #51
#23Ernest19US #37
#24Harold19US #12
#25Norman19US #46
#26Jack18US #22
#27Louis18US #23
#28Melvin18US #57
#29Ralph18US #21
#30David17US #28
#31Herbert17US #40
#32Lawrence17US #36
#33Arthur16US #17
#34Carl16US #24
#35Clarence16US #25
#36Daniel16US #54
#37Eugene16US #39
#38Samuel16US #42
#39Fred15US #29
#40Leonard14US #41
#41Leroy14US #60
#42Alfred12US #43
#43Kenneth12US #27
#44Theodore12US #63
#45Benjamin11US #76
#46Earl11US #32
#47Andrew10US #48
#48Franklin10US #124
#49Leon10US #82
#50Lloyd10US #53
#51Vincent10US #65
#52Harvey9US #90
#53Howard9US #26
#54Leo9US #47
#55Maurice9US #101
#56Morris9US #99
#57Philip9US #66
#58Anthony8US #38
#59Edwin8US #55
#60Elmer8US #45
#61Lewis8US #70
#62Warren8US #93
#63Allen7US #100
#64Carlton7
#65Chester7US #56
#66Michael7US #44
#67Russell7US #52
#68Stanley7US #34
#69Stephen7US #89
#70Alexander6US #97
#71Herman6US #58
#72Horace6US #125
#73Hugh6US #110
#74Mark6
#75Martin6US #77
#76Roger6US #119
#77Sidney6US #95
#78Edgar5US #88
#79Edmund5US #135
#80Everett5US #94
#81Gilbert5US #105
#82Irving5US #106
#83Nelson5US #194
#84Roy5US #33
#85Vernon5US #71
#86Wilbert5US #169

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑48Lucille#47
↑46Nancy#50
↑43Bertha#29
↑31Clara#55
↑30Agnes#40
↑25Beatrice#41
↑25Constance#62
↑25Milton#20

Falling

↓52Hilda#95
↓34Gilbert#81
↓27Earl#46
↓26Philip#57
↓23Elmer#60
↓22Ellen#53
↓21Roy#84
↓20Lorraine#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.