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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1919 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,634 District of Columbia births in 1919 across 220 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.

#77Rosalieoutside the national top 200
#64Julian#186 nationally
#87Burtonoutside the national top 200
#88Carrolloutside the national top 200
#90Emmett#200 nationally
#93Nick#188 nationally
#84Nathaniel#175 nationally
#59Miriam#145 nationally
#95Wilbert#168 nationally
#60Horace#127 nationally
#83Olive#149 nationally
#50Audrey#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary274US #1
#2Dorothy162US #3
#3Margaret162US #4
#4Helen129US #2
#5Elizabeth112US #8
#6Frances87US #9
#7Ruth86US #5
#8Evelyn69US #11
#9Virginia66US #7
#10Mildred60US #6
#11Doris52US #18
#12Catherine46US #23
#13Alice43US #13
#14Edith42US #29
#15Marion40US #44
#16Eleanor38US #30
#17Marie38US #12
#18Thelma38US #31
#19Anna36US #10
#20Bernice35US #42
#21Lillian35US #17
#22Jean33US #37
#23Betty32US #15
#24Barbara31US #60
#25Gladys31US #21
#26Florence30US #14
#27Louise30US #20
#28Ellen27US #92
#29Vivian27US #72
#30Ethel26US #28
#31Beatrice25US #41
#32Charlotte24US #79
#33Gertrude24US #39
#34Anne22US #63
#35Lorraine22US #62
#36Josephine21US #26
#37Martha21US #25
#38Jane20US #53
#39Katherine20US #51
#40Elsie19US #47
#41Esther19US #38
#42Lucille19US #27
#43Marjorie19US #33
#44Ann18US #49
#45Grace18US #34
#46Nancy18US #100
#47Rose17US #19
#48Sylvia17US #77
#49Annie16US #35
#50Audrey16US #115
#51Mabel16US #78
#52Marian16US #82
#53Phyllis16US #84
#54Shirley16US #89
#55Edna14US #22
#56Geraldine14US #68
#57Lois14US #40
#58Mae14US #99
#59Miriam14US #145
#60Agnes13US #50
#61Marguerite13US #96
#62Patricia13US #114
#63Rita13US #54
#64Sarah13US #46
#65Carrie12US #111
#66Eileen12US #103
#67Eva12US #55
#68Norma12US #83
#69Hazel11US #32
#70Jeanne11US #130
#71Laura11US #71
#72Bertha10US #52
#73Georgia10US #106
#74Julia10US #48
#75Lucy10US #91
#76Pauline10US #36
#77Rosalie10
#78Bessie9US #59
#79Christine9US #116
#80Clara9US #43
#81Ella9US #87
#82June9US #64
#83Olive9US #149
#84Viola9US #58
#85Alma8US #76
#86Beulah8US #108
#87Blanche8US #97
#88Emily8US #105
#89Emma8US #45
#90Jeanette8US #135
#91Loretta8US #118
#92Myrtle8US #67
#93Inez7US #117
#94Irene7US #16
#95Kathryn7US #66
#96Muriel7US #133
#97Nellie7US #69
#98Pearl7US #56
#99Winifred7US #164
#100Ada6US #129

Boys

#1William241US #2
#2John223US #1
#3James181US #3
#4Robert170US #4
#5Charles135US #5
#6George124US #6
#7Joseph117US #7
#8Edward86US #8
#9Thomas72US #10
#10Richard64US #12
#11Raymond50US #14
#12Francis45US #34
#13Harry43US #20
#14Walter42US #11
#15Frank37US #9
#16Paul34US #15
#17Louis33US #28
#18Albert32US #18
#19Arthur32US #19
#20Bernard31US #45
#21Jack30US #21
#22Donald29US #17
#23Ralph28US #22
#24Clarence27US #25
#25Earl27US #31
#26Samuel27US #43
#27Henry26US #16
#28David25US #27
#29Melvin24US #56
#30Milton19US #73
#31Alfred18US #42
#32Frederick18US #64
#33Carl17US #29
#34Edwin17US #52
#35Wilbur17US #98
#36Benjamin16US #79
#37Howard15US #24
#38Kenneth15US #26
#39Daniel14US #51
#40Ernest14US #36
#41Harold14US #13
#42Norman14US #48
#43Leroy13US #55
#44Lewis13US #74
#45Philip13US #71
#46Herbert12US #40
#47Leonard12US #39
#48Michael12US #46
#49Andrew11US #47
#50Sidney11US #96
#51Vernon11US #65
#52Vincent11US #72
#53Eugene10US #33
#54Lawrence10US #38
#55Leon10US #80
#56Roland10US #119
#57Warren10US #83
#58Alvin9US #76
#59Edgar9US #89
#60Horace9US #127
#61Lester9US #62
#62Russell9US #50
#63Cecil8US #78
#64Julian8US #186
#65Roy8US #32
#66Allen7US #101
#67Anthony7US #41
#68Elmer7US #44
#69Everett7US #93
#70Fred7US #30
#71Gordon7US #86
#72Hugh7US #114
#73Irving7US #111
#74Jesse7US #77
#75Maurice7US #108
#76Stanley7US #37
#77Willard7US #87
#78Chester6US #53
#79Edmund6US #144
#80Herman6US #61
#81Joe6US #35
#82Lloyd6US #58
#83Marvin6US #63
#84Nathaniel6US #175
#85Victor6US #68
#86Alexander5US #113
#87Burton5
#88Carroll5
#89Clifton5US #150
#90Emmett5US #200
#91Franklin5US #129
#92Gilbert5US #102
#93Nick5US #188
#94Theodore5US #54
#95Wilbert5US #168

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑54Gladys#25
↑46Wilbur#35
↑40Phyllis#53
↑36Vivian#29
↑32Eva#67
↑31Miriam#59
↑30Alvin#58
↑27Georgia#73

Falling

↓48June#82
↓43Theodore#94
↓41Pauline#76
↓40Pearl#98
↓32Franklin#91
↓30Marguerite#61
↓29Maurice#75
↓27Lawrence#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.