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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1918 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,658 District of Columbia births in 1918 across 230 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.

#56Constance#198 nationally
#68Eloise#189 nationally
#82Carrolloutside the national top 200
#90Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#91Fredericoutside the national top 200
#92Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#95Morganoutside the national top 200
#77Julian#182 nationally
#97Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#99Stuartoutside the national top 200
#67Carolyn#167 nationally
#85Otto#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary247US #1
#2Dorothy158US #3
#3Margaret146US #4
#4Helen137US #2
#5Ruth104US #5
#6Elizabeth91US #9
#7Frances80US #8
#8Virginia64US #7
#9Evelyn63US #11
#10Mildred58US #6
#11Doris55US #19
#12Alice52US #13
#13Florence43US #14
#14Anna42US #10
#15Marie42US #12
#16Catherine41US #20
#17Eleanor41US #26
#18Thelma39US #32
#19Louise37US #18
#20Edith34US #30
#21Gertrude34US #39
#22Betty31US #21
#23Jane31US #53
#24Lillian30US #15
#25Barbara29US #60
#26Marion29US #45
#27Marjorie28US #34
#28Martha26US #25
#29Rose25US #17
#30Jean24US #37
#31Marguerite23US #86
#32Edna22US #23
#33Ethel22US #28
#34June22US #66
#35Pauline22US #35
#36Ann21US #44
#37Anne21US #54
#38Charlotte21US #78
#39Audrey20US #118
#40Ellen20US #92
#41Grace20US #31
#42Katherine20US #50
#43Marian20US #76
#44Bernice19US #41
#45Esther19US #38
#46Lorraine19US #69
#47Rita19US #58
#48Agnes17US #47
#49Beatrice17US #40
#50Josephine16US #24
#51Sarah16US #52
#52Shirley16US #97
#53Lucille15US #29
#54Annie14US #36
#55Bertha14US #51
#56Constance14US #198
#57Laura14US #64
#58Pearl14US #56
#59Elsie13US #49
#60Julia13US #48
#61Geraldine12US #77
#62Ida12US #57
#63Mabel12US #74
#64Norma12US #98
#65Vivian12US #72
#66Alma11US #73
#67Carolyn11US #167
#68Eloise11US #189
#69Emma11US #46
#70Irene11US #16
#71Jeanne11US #126
#72Kathryn11US #63
#73Sylvia11US #71
#74Theresa11US #101
#75Winifred11US #145
#76Alberta10US #122
#77Clara10US #43
#78Eileen10US #110
#79Gladys10US #22
#80Juanita10US #85
#81Myrtle10US #62
#82Naomi10US #140
#83Patricia10US #133
#84Ella9US #84
#85Emily9US #105
#86Genevieve9US #81
#87Hilda9US #114
#88Inez9US #115
#89Kathleen9US #99
#90Miriam9US #138
#91Elaine8US #152
#92Hazel8US #33
#93Phyllis8US #80
#94Regina8US #181
#95Violet8US #83
#96Bessie7US #61
#97Beverly7
#98Dolores7US #127
#99Eva7US #55
#100Georgia7US #107

Boys

#1William238US #2
#2John237US #1
#3James188US #3
#4Robert152US #4
#5Charles147US #5
#6Joseph111US #7
#7George97US #6
#8Richard72US #12
#9Edward57US #8
#10Thomas55US #10
#11Francis51US #30
#12Harry50US #20
#13Frank46US #9
#14Paul40US #14
#15Bernard36US #47
#16Raymond35US #15
#17Walter35US #11
#18Arthur34US #17
#19Donald34US #18
#20Henry34US #16
#21Ralph34US #22
#22Albert33US #19
#23David33US #28
#24Louis30US #24
#25Ernest28US #37
#26Jack28US #21
#27Lawrence23US #38
#28Norman23US #49
#29Harold22US #13
#30Herbert21US #40
#31Howard21US #26
#32Frederick18US #59
#33Carl17US #25
#34Clarence17US #23
#35Leonard17US #41
#36Earl16US #31
#37Kenneth16US #27
#38Roy16US #32
#39Samuel16US #43
#40Daniel15US #52
#41Edwin15US #55
#42Melvin15US #56
#43Milton15US #76
#44Benjamin14US #79
#45Eugene14US #35
#46Maurice14US #103
#47Irving13US #108
#48Lewis13US #74
#49Leo12US #48
#50Martin12US #81
#51Theodore12US #64
#52Andrew11US #46
#53Alfred10US #42
#54Elmer10US #44
#55Leroy10US #57
#56Michael10US #45
#57Stanley10US #36
#58Claude9US #95
#59Franklin9US #129
#60Fred9US #33
#61Gordon9US #85
#62Horace9US #132
#63Leon9US #77
#64Philip9US #71
#65Douglas8US #115
#66Everett8US #93
#67Jesse8US #78
#68Julius8US #118
#69Lloyd8US #51
#70Morris8US #101
#71Russell8US #50
#72Vincent8US #73
#73Allen7US #98
#74Anthony7US #39
#75Clifford7US #60
#76Edgar7US #89
#77Julian7US #182
#78Roger7US #116
#79Victor7US #63
#80Warren7US #90
#81Wilbur7US #97
#82Carroll6
#83Marshall6US #156
#84Nicholas6US #113
#85Otto6US #181
#86Patrick6US #161
#87Willie6US #29
#88Alvin5US #80
#89Clifton5US #152
#90Elwood5
#91Frederic5
#92Laurence5
#93Lee5US #86
#94Marvin5US #68
#95Morgan5
#96Nathan5US #150
#97Oscar5US #87
#98Sam5US #75
#99Stuart5
#100Woodrow5US #58

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑47June#34
↑46Roy#38
↑36Lorraine#46
↑35Barbara#25
↑35Irving#47
↑25Jeanne#71
↑25Martin#50
↑24Betty#22

Falling

↓47Gladys#79
↓36Hazel#92
↓35Bessie#96
↓32Miriam#90
↓26Bertha#55
↓23Milton#43
↓22Bernice#44
↓22Clara#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.