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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1924 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,186 District of Columbia births in 1924 across 263 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.

#65Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#79Sterlingoutside the national top 200
#57Marshall#169 nationally
#73Estelle#180 nationally
#97Allanoutside the national top 200
#96Sylvester#198 nationally
#58Jacqueline#148 nationally
#83Matthew#171 nationally
#93Nathaniel#180 nationally
#41Marguerite#125 nationally
#71Constance#154 nationally
#54Harriet#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary345US #1
#2Dorothy195US #2
#3Margaret170US #5
#4Helen121US #3
#5Betty99US #4
#6Elizabeth96US #11
#7Doris90US #9
#8Ruth83US #6
#9Catherine77US #27
#10Frances74US #10
#11Jean68US #16
#12Evelyn63US #12
#13Alice56US #15
#14Louise55US #24
#15Mildred55US #8
#16Patricia55US #35
#17Virginia52US #7
#18Barbara51US #28
#19Florence50US #20
#20Marie50US #14
#21Gloria47US #41
#22Anna45US #13
#23Thelma43US #33
#24June42US #45
#25Jane41US #53
#26Marion40US #46
#27Lillian38US #23
#28Nancy38US #69
#29Shirley37US #19
#30Lois35US #22
#31Eleanor33US #29
#32Bernice32US #47
#33Gladys32US #30
#34Marjorie32US #17
#35Audrey30US #84
#36Katherine30US #59
#37Ann28US #55
#38Juanita28US #48
#39Josephine26US #34
#40Norma26US #40
#41Marguerite25US #125
#42Anne24US #79
#43Ethel24US #39
#44Edith23US #36
#45Esther23US #51
#46Martha23US #21
#47Edna22US #31
#48Rose22US #25
#49Lucille20US #37
#50Pauline20US #38
#51Vivian20US #71
#52Annie19US #32
#53Elaine19US #73
#54Harriet19US #128
#55Julia19US #62
#56Marian19US #64
#57Pearl19US #78
#58Jacqueline18US #148
#59Phyllis18US #44
#60Charlotte17US #80
#61Gertrude17US #60
#62Jeanne17US #90
#63Lorraine17US #52
#64Peggy17US #133
#65Yvonne17
#66Beatrice16US #50
#67Bertha16US #65
#68Elsie15US #61
#69Ida15US #70
#70Theresa15US #96
#71Constance14US #154
#72Ellen14US #99
#73Estelle14US #180
#74Hazel14US #42
#75Janet14US #118
#76Ruby14US #26
#77Agnes13US #63
#78Emma13US #57
#79Rita13US #49
#80Sylvia13US #104
#81Viola13US #82
#82Alma12US #87
#83Joan12US #95
#84Kathleen12US #76
#85Kathryn12US #81
#86Laura12US #72
#87Sarah12US #54
#88Emily11US #136
#89Grace11US #43
#90Loretta11US #124
#91Mabel11US #108
#92Miriam11US #143
#93Rosemary11US #106
#94Erma10US #168
#95Geraldine10US #58
#96Irene10US #18
#97Lillie10US #97
#98Rebecca10US #171
#99Anita9US #142
#100Bessie9US #86

Boys

#1William286US #3
#2John285US #2
#3James232US #4
#4Robert227US #1
#5Charles162US #5
#6Joseph128US #7
#7George95US #6
#8Richard90US #8
#9Thomas78US #11
#10Edward73US #9
#11Paul54US #14
#12David53US #24
#13Frank53US #12
#14Bernard48US #46
#15Albert47US #21
#16Francis46US #34
#17Raymond46US #15
#18Walter43US #16
#19Donald42US #10
#20Henry40US #18
#21Harry33US #22
#22Lawrence32US #36
#23Arthur30US #20
#24Jack29US #17
#25Clarence28US #29
#26Louis28US #28
#27Carl27US #27
#28Ralph27US #23
#29Samuel27US #45
#30Howard26US #26
#31Daniel25US #47
#32Theodore25US #65
#33Calvin24US #44
#34Melvin24US #48
#35Kenneth23US #19
#36Ernest22US #37
#37Harold22US #13
#38Stanley22US #40
#39Benjamin20US #89
#40Herbert20US #41
#41Earl19US #33
#42Eugene19US #25
#43Frederick19US #62
#44Leonard19US #38
#45Andrew18US #56
#46Anthony18US #39
#47Milton18US #81
#48Norman17US #42
#49Elmer16US #57
#50Fred16US #32
#51Russell15US #52
#52Leroy14US #53
#53Philip14US #71
#54Alfred13US #43
#55Edwin13US #55
#56Edgar11US #96
#57Marshall11US #169
#58Clifford10US #64
#59Lewis10US #77
#60Maurice10US #102
#61Roland10US #98
#62Roy10US #31
#63Sidney10US #119
#64Vernon10US #68
#65Wilbur10US #106
#66Alvin9US #73
#67Chester9US #67
#68Herman9US #70
#69Leo9US #51
#70Leon9US #76
#71Michael9US #54
#72Stephen9US #110
#73Franklin8US #134
#74Gerald8US #49
#75Gilbert8US #100
#76Harvey8US #88
#77Hugh8US #116
#78Morris8US #120
#79Sterling8
#80Allen7US #94
#81Claude7US #103
#82Irving7US #137
#83Matthew7US #171
#84Peter7US #59
#85Vincent7US #78
#86Wallace7US #87
#87Willard7US #97
#88Douglas6US #105
#89Everett6US #104
#90Floyd6US #66
#91Lloyd6US #61
#92Martin6US #82
#93Nathaniel6US #180
#94Nicholas6US #122
#95Patrick6US #147
#96Sylvester6US #198
#97Allan5
#98Clyde5US #69
#99Gordon5US #75
#100Homer5US #109

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑41Clifford#58
↑38Lawrence#22
↑37Norma#40
↑36Edgar#56
↑32Sidney#63
↑29Ida#69
↑28Esther#45
↑28Pauline#50

Falling

↓46Emma#78
↓46Geraldine#95
↓43Grace#89
↓42Sarah#87
↓41Rita#79
↓32Nathaniel#93
↓24Ellen#72
↓23Lorraine#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.