State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1923 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,669 District of Columbia births in 1923 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.

#61Nathaniel#193 nationally
#79Carroll#196 nationally
#93Nedoutside the national top 200
#96Alanoutside the national top 200
#98Austinoutside the national top 200
#70Clifton#166 nationally
#70Jacqueline#165 nationally
#71Edmund#143 nationally
#80Constance#150 nationally
#81Guy#149 nationally
#97Archie#162 nationally
#72Franklin#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary350US #1
#2Dorothy182US #2
#3Margaret147US #4
#4Helen109US #3
#5Doris76US #11
#6Betty75US #5
#7Elizabeth74US #9
#8Ruth73US #6
#9Mildred69US #8
#10Frances61US #10
#11Catherine60US #24
#12Evelyn59US #12
#13Barbara57US #33
#14Jean53US #19
#15Virginia53US #7
#16Thelma43US #31
#17Alice40US #15
#18Louise40US #22
#19Anna39US #13
#20Florence38US #18
#21Gloria38US #48
#22Shirley38US #26
#23Gladys37US #29
#24Lillian37US #20
#25Patricia37US #56
#26Marjorie36US #16
#27Ethel34US #38
#28Marie33US #14
#29Jane31US #55
#30Lois31US #27
#31June30US #42
#32Emma27US #53
#33Marion27US #44
#34Nancy27US #75
#35Josephine26US #30
#36Eleanor25US #28
#37Martha24US #21
#38Rita24US #50
#39Anne23US #71
#40Lorraine23US #57
#41Edith22US #36
#42Edna22US #32
#43Juanita22US #51
#44Katherine22US #60
#45Sarah22US #54
#46Grace21US #39
#47Vivian21US #69
#48Ellen20US #103
#49Geraldine20US #58
#50Marian20US #65
#51Rose20US #23
#52Bernice19US #43
#53Jeanne19US #90
#54Julia19US #62
#55Pearl19US #78
#56Agnes18US #63
#57Ann18US #52
#58Audrey18US #85
#59Lucille18US #35
#60Marguerite18US #115
#61Elsie17US #61
#62Gertrude17US #59
#63Annie16US #34
#64Beatrice16US #46
#65Elaine16US #87
#66Phyllis16US #45
#67Sylvia16US #98
#68Kathleen15US #70
#69Eileen14US #95
#70Jacqueline14US #165
#71Laura14US #73
#72Rosemary14US #110
#73Esther13US #47
#74Viola13US #79
#75Blanche12US #119
#76Irene12US #17
#77Norma12US #41
#78Pauline12US #37
#79Bertha11US #64
#80Constance11US #150
#81Dolores11US #83
#82Kathryn11US #72
#83Mae11US #109
#84Ruby11US #25
#85Carolyn10US #132
#86Charlotte10US #77
#87Emily10US #128
#88Hazel10US #40
#89Janet10US #121
#90Joan10US #117
#91Lillie10US #91
#92Nellie10US #88
#93Roberta10US #152
#94Alma9US #89
#95Bessie9US #81
#96Beverly9US #144
#97Eunice9US #125
#98Ida9US #68
#99Joyce9US #104
#100Mamie9US #154

Boys

#1John281US #1
#2William278US #3
#3James219US #4
#4Robert197US #2
#5Charles154US #5
#6George128US #6
#7Joseph125US #7
#8Edward102US #8
#9Richard81US #9
#10Thomas69US #12
#11Raymond61US #15
#12Frank58US #11
#13Harry43US #22
#14Paul43US #14
#15Donald39US #10
#16Walter39US #16
#17Louis38US #27
#18David37US #24
#19Henry36US #18
#20Bernard35US #46
#21Albert34US #20
#22Arthur34US #19
#23Clarence34US #29
#24Francis33US #34
#25Eugene30US #25
#26Jack29US #17
#27Ernest27US #38
#28Ralph27US #23
#29Harold26US #13
#30Howard26US #26
#31Norman24US #44
#32Leonard23US #37
#33Alfred22US #42
#34Herbert22US #40
#35Leroy22US #55
#36Earl21US #31
#37Kenneth21US #21
#38Daniel20US #47
#39Samuel18US #45
#40Carl17US #28
#41Elmer17US #57
#42Frederick17US #60
#43Melvin17US #48
#44Calvin16US #82
#45Philip16US #70
#46Stanley16US #41
#47Warren15US #43
#48Edwin14US #56
#49Fred14US #33
#50Roger14US #95
#51Lewis13US #74
#52Maurice13US #101
#53Milton13US #81
#54Theodore13US #62
#55Roland12US #104
#56Anthony11US #39
#57Benjamin11US #86
#58Chester11US #63
#59Harvey11US #91
#60Lawrence11US #36
#61Nathaniel11US #193
#62Wilbur11US #105
#63Leon10US #77
#64Russell10US #52
#65Vincent10US #72
#66Peter9US #58
#67Roy9US #32
#68Stephen9US #109
#69Andrew8US #53
#70Clifton8US #166
#71Edmund8US #143
#72Franklin8US #132
#73Herman8US #66
#74Horace8US #134
#75Leo8US #49
#76Michael8US #50
#77Oliver8US #136
#78Wallace8US #69
#79Carroll7US #196
#80Douglas7US #108
#81Guy7US #149
#82Hugh7US #123
#83Irving7US #124
#84Jerome7US #118
#85Lloyd7US #59
#86Luther7US #126
#87Rudolph7US #128
#88Vernon7US #67
#89Allen6US #97
#90Alvin6US #73
#91Claude6US #103
#92Edgar6US #94
#93Ned6
#94Nicholas6US #120
#95Sidney6US #115
#96Alan5
#97Archie5US #162
#98Austin5
#99Clifford5US #65
#100Gilbert5US #102

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑47Elmer#41
↑35Nathaniel#61
↑30Sarah#45
↑29Juanita#43
↑29Jacqueline#70
↑28Emma#32
↑28Rita#38
↑24Lorraine#40

Falling

↓50Ida#98
↓41Audrey#58
↓41Norma#77
↓40Lloyd#85
↓38Lawrence#60
↓36Gilbert#100
↓33Ann#57
↓32Bernice#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.