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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1925 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,994 District of Columbia births in 1925 across 262 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.

#75Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#56Clifton#171 nationally
#89Prestonoutside the national top 200
#94Leolaoutside the national top 200
#73Nathaniel#178 nationally
#96Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#97Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#87Larry#190 nationally
#78Alan#179 nationally
#80Eloise#180 nationally
#64Constance#152 nationally
#88Matthew#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary346US #1
#2Margaret141US #5
#3Dorothy139US #2
#4Helen136US #4
#5Betty116US #3
#6Elizabeth100US #10
#7Ruth93US #6
#8Doris82US #8
#9Jean74US #14
#10Gloria68US #20
#11Frances62US #11
#12Evelyn60US #12
#13Catherine57US #29
#14Thelma53US #35
#15Alice49US #15
#16Patricia49US #28
#17Virginia49US #7
#18Marie45US #16
#19Mildred45US #9
#20Barbara44US #22
#21Shirley42US #17
#22Anna40US #13
#23Louise39US #27
#24Rose34US #26
#25Florence33US #24
#26Marjorie33US #21
#27June32US #39
#28Eleanor31US #31
#29Jane31US #53
#30Lillian31US #25
#31Bernice30US #46
#32Ethel30US #43
#33Edith29US #42
#34Martha28US #23
#35Ann27US #52
#36Nancy27US #60
#37Grace26US #44
#38Juanita25US #49
#39Marion25US #47
#40Jeanne24US #89
#41Katherine24US #61
#42Lois24US #18
#43Anne23US #85
#44Audrey23US #78
#45Gertrude23US #70
#46Lorraine23US #51
#47Norma23US #34
#48Edna21US #37
#49Esther20US #56
#50Marian20US #67
#51Julia19US #65
#52Gladys18US #33
#53Pauline18US #38
#54Vivian18US #76
#55Beatrice17US #50
#56Elaine17US #73
#57Ellen17US #101
#58Clara16US #55
#59Elsie16US #63
#60Rosemary16US #103
#61Charlotte15US #77
#62Pearl15US #90
#63Sarah15US #58
#64Constance14US #152
#65Geraldine14US #54
#66Lucille14US #41
#67Mae14US #116
#68Phyllis14US #40
#69Irene13US #19
#70Jacqueline13US #135
#71Josephine13US #36
#72Joyce13US #59
#73Kathleen13US #81
#74Mabel13US #118
#75Miriam13US #154
#76Peggy13US #117
#77Rita13US #48
#78Agnes12US #69
#79Annie12US #32
#80Eloise12US #180
#81Ida12US #82
#82Sylvia12US #106
#83Theresa12US #80
#84Carolyn11US #127
#85Marguerite11US #132
#86Ruby11US #30
#87Bertha10US #74
#88Dolores10US #64
#89Ella10US #93
#90Hilda10US #142
#91Inez10US #139
#92Joan10US #66
#93Kathryn9US #88
#94Leola9
#95Lillie9US #91
#96Priscilla9
#97Yvonne9
#98Beverly8US #105
#99Christine8US #123
#100Delores8US #163

Boys

#1William290US #3
#2John287US #2
#3Robert256US #1
#4James238US #4
#5Joseph155US #7
#6Charles153US #5
#7George149US #6
#8Richard102US #8
#9Thomas92US #11
#10Edward82US #9
#11Donald51US #10
#12Paul47US #13
#13Raymond46US #15
#14Francis45US #35
#15David44US #22
#16Albert41US #21
#17Frank41US #12
#18Jack40US #17
#19Ralph39US #25
#20Harry37US #23
#21Walter33US #16
#22Arthur32US #20
#23Clarence32US #30
#24Eugene29US #24
#25Henry29US #18
#26Kenneth28US #19
#27Bernard27US #48
#28Louis27US #29
#29Samuel26US #46
#30Calvin25US #47
#31Harold25US #14
#32Melvin24US #50
#33Daniel23US #44
#34Herbert23US #42
#35Stanley23US #40
#36Earl22US #31
#37Ernest22US #37
#38Lawrence22US #36
#39Norman21US #41
#40Frederick20US #65
#41Leonard20US #38
#42Howard19US #26
#43Carl17US #28
#44Theodore17US #63
#45Fred16US #33
#46Leroy16US #52
#47Milton16US #80
#48Alfred15US #43
#49Andrew15US #56
#50Anthony15US #39
#51Peter15US #60
#52Warren15US #66
#53Edwin14US #57
#54Benjamin13US #93
#55Michael13US #55
#56Clifton12US #171
#57Leon12US #76
#58Russell12US #53
#59Alvin11US #70
#60Philip11US #75
#61Vincent11US #71
#62Gordon10US #72
#63Herman10US #69
#64Jesse10US #85
#65Leo9US #54
#66Lewis9US #79
#67Maurice9US #111
#68Roger9US #90
#69Roy9US #32
#70Sidney9US #131
#71Edgar8US #96
#72Marvin8US #51
#73Nathaniel8US #178
#74Oliver8US #151
#75Reginald8
#76Roland8US #98
#77Rudolph8US #136
#78Alan7US #179
#79Bruce7US #130
#80Cecil7US #87
#81Clifford7US #59
#82Curtis7US #118
#83Floyd7US #58
#84Irving7US #141
#85Jerome7US #113
#86Julius7US #149
#87Larry7US #190
#88Matthew7US #174
#89Preston7
#90Wilbur7US #110
#91Franklin6US #134
#92Joe6US #34
#93Patrick6US #143
#94Phillip6US #160
#95Vernon6US #67
#96Wallace6US #92
#97Alexander5US #137
#98Allen5US #94
#99Chester5US #73
#100Clyde5US #68

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑52Grace#37
↑37Gordon#62
↑33Rosemary#60
↑33Peter#51
↑30Geraldine#65
↑27Irene#69
↑24Rose#24
↑24Sarah#63

Falling

↓44Marguerite#85
↓32Josephine#71
↓32Yvonne#97
↓32Chester#99
↓31Vernon#95
↓27Annie#79
↓25Wilbur#90
↓23Clifford#81

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.