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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1920 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,281 District of Columbia births in 1920 across 250 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.

#72Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#76Ellsworthoutside the national top 200
#81Randolphoutside the national top 200
#59Constance#165 nationally
#84Jeannette#189 nationally
#91Dorothea#187 nationally
#82Henrietta#171 nationally
#74Clifton#157 nationally
#83Irma#164 nationally
#76Carolyn#150 nationally
#84Clayton#153 nationally
#93Marshall#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary255US #1
#2Dorothy179US #2
#3Margaret154US #4
#4Helen128US #3
#5Ruth93US #5
#6Elizabeth92US #8
#7Mildred81US #6
#8Doris80US #14
#9Catherine76US #21
#10Evelyn66US #12
#11Frances66US #9
#12Virginia61US #7
#13Marie60US #13
#14Alice48US #15
#15Louise47US #19
#16Lillian43US #18
#17Marjorie41US #24
#18Thelma41US #31
#19Betty39US #11
#20Eleanor39US #25
#21Lois33US #38
#22Edith32US #32
#23Gladys32US #22
#24Jean32US #33
#25Barbara30US #47
#26Anna29US #10
#27Charlotte29US #79
#28Jane29US #48
#29June29US #53
#30Florence28US #16
#31Grace28US #37
#32Marion27US #43
#33Edna26US #27
#34Anne25US #65
#35Lucille25US #29
#36Bernice24US #40
#37Katherine24US #45
#38Shirley23US #56
#39Ethel22US #30
#40Pauline22US #36
#41Rita22US #52
#42Vivian21US #64
#43Beatrice20US #41
#44Elsie20US #51
#45Gertrude20US #42
#46Martha20US #23
#47Agnes19US #54
#48Josephine19US #28
#49Marguerite19US #93
#50Rose19US #20
#51Sarah18US #50
#52Ellen17US #92
#53Emma17US #46
#54Esther17US #39
#55Irene17US #17
#56Sylvia17US #85
#57Viola17US #59
#58Ann16US #49
#59Constance16US #165
#60Elaine16US #107
#61Nancy16US #95
#62Alma15US #80
#63Audrey15US #103
#64Hazel15US #34
#65Jeanne14US #114
#66Juanita14US #61
#67Norma14US #69
#68Ida13US #66
#69Julia13US #55
#70Lorraine13US #70
#71Marian12US #73
#72Annie11US #35
#73Kathleen11US #91
#74Patricia11US #104
#75Pearl11US #62
#76Carolyn10US #150
#77Clara10US #44
#78Eileen10US #100
#79Janet10US #124
#80Phyllis10US #72
#81Bessie9US #71
#82Henrietta9US #171
#83Irma9US #164
#84Jeannette9US #189
#85Naomi9US #134
#86Ada8US #136
#87Alberta8US #128
#88Bertha8US #57
#89Blanche8US #102
#90Dolores8US #110
#91Dorothea8US #187
#92Ella8US #88
#93Hilda8US #125
#94Joyce8US #153
#95Kathryn8US #67
#96Mae8US #99
#97Nellie8US #76
#98Sara8US #111
#99Anita7US #131
#100Christine7US #118

Boys

#1William286US #2
#2John248US #1
#3James223US #4
#4Robert189US #3
#5George132US #6
#6Charles130US #5
#7Joseph124US #7
#8Richard87US #10
#9Thomas87US #11
#10Edward64US #8
#11Raymond50US #15
#12Frank45US #9
#13Harry45US #21
#14Francis42US #34
#15Paul42US #14
#16Albert36US #19
#17Henry35US #17
#18Bernard34US #46
#19Donald34US #16
#20Walter33US #13
#21Jack31US #20
#22Ernest30US #37
#23Frederick30US #60
#24Louis28US #28
#25Ralph27US #22
#26Warren27US #39
#27Arthur26US #18
#28David25US #25
#29Melvin24US #54
#30Clarence23US #26
#31Norman23US #47
#32Harold21US #12
#33Samuel21US #44
#34Daniel19US #52
#35Benjamin18US #83
#36Howard18US #24
#37Leonard17US #38
#38Milton17US #74
#39Eugene16US #30
#40Leon16US #75
#41Leroy16US #56
#42Lloyd16US #58
#43Theodore16US #63
#44Alfred15US #42
#45Earl15US #31
#46Philip15US #71
#47Carl14US #27
#48Edwin14US #53
#49Fred14US #33
#50Lawrence13US #36
#51Alvin12US #76
#52Andrew12US #49
#53Elmer12US #45
#54Russell12US #51
#55Vernon12US #65
#56Jesse11US #79
#57Maurice11US #102
#58Wilbur11US #98
#59Chester10US #55
#60Franklin10US #119
#61Gilbert10US #97
#62Kenneth10US #23
#63Leo10US #48
#64Vincent10US #73
#65Martin9US #78
#66Stanley9US #40
#67Wallace9US #93
#68Allen8US #94
#69Anthony8US #43
#70Harvey8US #87
#71Oscar8US #90
#72Reginald8
#73Roy8US #32
#74Clifton7US #157
#75Douglas7US #106
#76Ellsworth7
#77Herbert7US #41
#78Herman7US #66
#79Lewis7US #72
#80Michael7US #50
#81Randolph7
#82Victor7US #81
#83Claude6US #92
#84Clayton6US #153
#85Clifford6US #59
#86Clyde6US #68
#87Edgar6US #89
#88Hugh6US #115
#89Irving6US #116
#90Jerome6US #126
#91Jerry6US #144
#92Lee6US #82
#93Marshall6US #162
#94Morris6US #108
#95Roland6US #114
#96Wayne6US #86
#97Calvin5US #139
#98Floyd5US #61
#99Gerald5US #64
#100Horace5US #128

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑53June#29
↑51Theodore#43
↑40Lloyd#42
↑39Irene#55
↑36Lois#21
↑36Pauline#40
↑36Emma#53
↑31Warren#26

Falling

↓40Horace#100
↓39Roland#95
↓38Mae#96
↓35Lorraine#70
↓35Lewis#79
↓32Michael#80
↓31Herbert#77
↓28Edgar#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.