State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1922 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,649 District of Columbia births in 1922 across 257 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.

#73Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#75Emmettoutside the national top 200
#81Bettieoutside the national top 200
#82Randolphoutside the national top 200
#47Phillip#164 nationally
#79Regina#187 nationally
#94Mark#199 nationally
#99Jacquelineoutside the national top 200
#99Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#72Clifton#168 nationally
#71Angelo#161 nationally
#93Julian#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary347US #1
#2Margaret163US #4
#3Dorothy150US #2
#4Helen127US #3
#5Ruth93US #5
#6Frances88US #10
#7Elizabeth84US #9
#8Doris81US #11
#9Mildred76US #8
#10Catherine75US #24
#11Evelyn75US #13
#12Betty73US #6
#13Virginia67US #7
#14Jean61US #20
#15Alice52US #15
#16Anna44US #12
#17Audrey39US #89
#18Louise38US #22
#19Marie38US #14
#20Bernice36US #41
#21Gloria36US #61
#22Edith33US #34
#23Gladys32US #25
#24Ann30US #49
#25Jane30US #55
#26Lillian29US #19
#27Lois29US #35
#28Thelma29US #31
#29Anne28US #66
#30Barbara28US #40
#31June28US #45
#32Nancy28US #78
#33Ethel27US #32
#34Patricia27US #69
#35Marjorie26US #16
#36Norma26US #46
#37Eleanor25US #28
#38Katherine25US #54
#39Shirley25US #39
#40Marion23US #42
#41Florence22US #18
#42Jeanne22US #97
#43Grace21US #38
#44Josephine21US #27
#45Marguerite21US #106
#46Vivian21US #74
#47Geraldine20US #58
#48Ida20US #65
#49Rose20US #23
#50Edna19US #29
#51Esther19US #44
#52Irene19US #17
#53Phyllis19US #53
#54Beatrice18US #43
#55Pauline18US #36
#56Charlotte17US #76
#57Elsie17US #59
#58Gertrude17US #48
#59Martha17US #21
#60Emma16US #50
#61Elaine15US #102
#62Ellen15US #95
#63Julia15US #60
#64Lorraine14US #56
#65Lucille14US #33
#66Rita14US #52
#67Ella13US #90
#68Marian13US #67
#69Pearl13US #71
#70Theresa13US #109
#71Eileen12US #96
#72Juanita12US #57
#73Kathleen12US #80
#74Muriel12US #112
#75Sarah12US #51
#76Sylvia12US #94
#77Agnes11US #62
#78Annie11US #30
#79Regina11US #187
#80Ruby11US #26
#81Bettie10
#82Constance10US #149
#83Harriet10US #117
#84Hazel10US #37
#85Vera10US #79
#86Alma9US #84
#87Clara9US #47
#88Jessie9US #87
#89Kathryn9US #73
#90Margie9US #100
#91Miriam9US #151
#92Peggy9US #171
#93Bertha8US #63
#94Bessie8US #81
#95Carrie8US #122
#96Emily8US #121
#97Hilda8US #131
#98Inez8US #130
#99Jacqueline8
#100Janet8US #129

Boys

#1William289US #3
#2John271US #1
#3James253US #4
#4Robert187US #2
#5Charles141US #5
#6Joseph125US #7
#7George121US #6
#8Richard94US #9
#9Edward93US #8
#10Thomas77US #11
#11Paul52US #14
#12Raymond52US #16
#13Harry48US #22
#14Frank47US #10
#15Francis44US #34
#16Harold42US #13
#17Arthur37US #19
#18Albert35US #20
#19Walter35US #15
#20Donald33US #12
#21David32US #24
#22Lawrence32US #36
#23Ernest31US #37
#24Henry28US #17
#25Jack27US #18
#26Louis27US #27
#27Ralph27US #23
#28Earl26US #31
#29Eugene25US #25
#30Daniel24US #47
#31Frederick24US #60
#32Kenneth24US #21
#33Samuel23US #43
#34Herbert22US #40
#35Norman22US #44
#36Stanley22US #41
#37Clarence20US #29
#38Howard20US #26
#39Bernard19US #46
#40Melvin18US #50
#41Alfred17US #42
#42Leroy17US #55
#43Carl16US #30
#44Edwin16US #52
#45Lloyd15US #59
#46Milton15US #74
#47Phillip14US #164
#48Theodore14US #62
#49Leonard13US #38
#50Roy13US #32
#51Andrew12US #53
#52Calvin12US #128
#53Maurice12US #103
#54Peter12US #57
#55Philip12US #70
#56Wilbur12US #102
#57Anthony11US #39
#58Fred11US #33
#59Leon11US #77
#60Vincent11US #71
#61Wallace11US #87
#62Allen10US #95
#63Clyde10US #67
#64Gilbert10US #100
#65Lewis10US #75
#66Benjamin9US #82
#67Harvey9US #88
#68Irving9US #124
#69Oscar9US #92
#70Warren9US #45
#71Angelo8US #161
#72Clifton8US #168
#73Nelson8
#74Russell8US #49
#75Emmett7
#76Everett7US #98
#77Gordon7US #76
#78Hubert7US #116
#79Lester7US #69
#80Michael7US #48
#81Morris7US #109
#82Randolph7
#83Sidney7US #110
#84Stephen7US #101
#85Willard7US #91
#86Bruce6US #142
#87Douglas6US #106
#88Elmer6US #54
#89Floyd6US #61
#90Herman6US #66
#91Horace6US #132
#92Jerome6US #121
#93Julian6US #181
#94Mark6US #199
#95Martin6US #80
#96Nathaniel6US #175
#97Nicholas6US #122
#98Ray6US #65
#99Reginald6
#100Rudolph6US #138

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑45Ida#48
↑44Calvin#52
↑43Lloyd#45
↑42Lois#27
↑34Gilbert#64
↑33Pauline#55
↑32Phillip#47
↑28Kenneth#32

Falling

↓53Warren#70
↓38Agnes#77
↓36Martha#59
↓36Jerome#92
↓35Miriam#91
↓34Julian#93
↓31Juanita#72
↓31Bessie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.