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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1926 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,843 District of Columbia births in 1926 across 259 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.

#62Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#73Carltonoutside the national top 200
#61Matthew#185 nationally
#85Yvonne#192 nationally
#93Julian#199 nationally
#95Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#85Nathaniel#176 nationally
#98Estelle#186 nationally
#67Constance#146 nationally
#81Guy#159 nationally
#90Clifton#165 nationally
#86Phillip#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary294US #1
#2Dorothy138US #2
#3Betty123US #3
#4Margaret121US #5
#5Helen106US #4
#6Doris101US #7
#7Elizabeth95US #11
#8Ruth90US #6
#9Barbara84US #16
#10Jean65US #12
#11Gloria60US #20
#12Shirley60US #14
#13Frances59US #10
#14Alice55US #17
#15Catherine55US #31
#16Patricia54US #23
#17Mildred53US #9
#18Evelyn51US #13
#19Louise44US #27
#20Virginia42US #8
#21Anna40US #15
#22Jane37US #56
#23Grace34US #46
#24Marie33US #18
#25Thelma33US #36
#26Vivian33US #80
#27Rose32US #25
#28Florence30US #26
#29Jeanne30US #88
#30Marjorie28US #22
#31Martha28US #24
#32Marion27US #47
#33Nancy27US #57
#34Lillian26US #28
#35Irene25US #21
#36Lois25US #19
#37Gladys24US #35
#38Phyllis24US #33
#39Audrey23US #60
#40Dolores23US #49
#41Lucille23US #43
#42Marian23US #70
#43Ann22US #55
#44Josephine22US #37
#45Juanita22US #52
#46Pauline22US #39
#47Anne21US #86
#48Elaine21US #68
#49June21US #40
#50Bernice20US #45
#51Charlotte20US #78
#52Gertrude20US #71
#53Joan20US #51
#54Eleanor19US #32
#55Ethel19US #41
#56Agnes18US #77
#57Beatrice18US #58
#58Edith18US #42
#59Ellen18US #100
#60Julia18US #75
#61Esther17US #62
#62Lorraine17US #53
#63Kathleen16US #83
#64Laura16US #81
#65Norma16US #29
#66Annie15US #34
#67Constance15US #146
#68Edna15US #38
#69Katherine15US #72
#70Pearl15US #96
#71Rita15US #50
#72Marguerite14US #137
#73Viola14US #97
#74Elsie13US #69
#75Harriet13US #133
#76Joyce13US #44
#77Bertha12US #76
#78Clara12US #61
#79Kathryn12US #87
#80Marilyn12US #65
#81Alma11US #91
#82Beverly11US #74
#83Geraldine11US #54
#84Rosemary11US #95
#85Yvonne11US #192
#86Bessie10US #89
#87Christine10US #120
#88Emma10US #59
#89Jacqueline10US #119
#90Muriel10US #129
#91Ruby10US #30
#92Theresa10US #64
#93Blanche9US #147
#94Delores9US #145
#95Nellie9US #102
#96Sarah9US #63
#97Carolyn8US #114
#98Estelle8US #186
#99Janet8US #110
#100Lucy8US #106

Boys

#1William283US #4
#2John278US #2
#3James248US #3
#4Robert242US #1
#5Charles164US #5
#6George139US #6
#7Joseph102US #8
#8Richard100US #7
#9Thomas98US #11
#10Edward75US #10
#11Paul56US #13
#12Frank54US #12
#13Walter49US #17
#14Donald48US #9
#15David47US #22
#16Harry45US #25
#17Raymond41US #15
#18Bernard38US #49
#19Eugene35US #23
#20Francis35US #35
#21Henry35US #19
#22Albert32US #21
#23Louis32US #30
#24Arthur31US #20
#25Clarence31US #29
#26Melvin30US #47
#27Harold28US #14
#28Jack27US #16
#29Lawrence27US #36
#30Norman23US #39
#31Stanley23US #43
#32Carl22US #26
#33Daniel22US #46
#34Howard22US #27
#35Theodore22US #63
#36Alfred21US #45
#37Calvin20US #65
#38Earl20US #32
#39Kenneth20US #18
#40Ralph20US #24
#41Leroy19US #51
#42Samuel19US #48
#43Frederick18US #64
#44Leonard18US #38
#45Ernest17US #37
#46Fred17US #31
#47Lewis17US #82
#48Warren17US #71
#49Leon16US #73
#50Rudolph15US #111
#51Milton14US #83
#52Russell14US #52
#53Andrew13US #59
#54Herbert13US #44
#55Maurice13US #110
#56Philip13US #70
#57Wilbur13US #122
#58Edwin12US #55
#59Alvin11US #72
#60Benjamin11US #98
#61Matthew11US #185
#62Reginald11
#63Hugh10US #128
#64Peter10US #58
#65Anthony9US #42
#66Billy9US #40
#67Bruce9US #127
#68Herman9US #69
#69Oscar9US #105
#70Roland9US #107
#71Vernon9US #66
#72Willie9US #28
#73Carlton8
#74Harvey8US #90
#75Martin8US #80
#76Morris8US #134
#77Vincent8US #77
#78Douglas7US #103
#79Elmer7US #61
#80Gordon7US #76
#81Guy7US #159
#82Irving7US #144
#83Jerry7US #97
#84Jesse7US #87
#85Nathaniel7US #176
#86Phillip7US #154
#87Roy7US #34
#88Alexander6US #146
#89Allen6US #93
#90Clifton6US #165
#91Gilbert6US #101
#92Glenn6US #75
#93Julian6US #199
#94Julius6US #153
#95Laurence6
#96Leo6US #54
#97Lester6US #78
#98Lloyd6US #60
#99Marvin6US #50
#100Patrick6US #141

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑48Dolores#40
↑39Joan#53
↑34Irene#35
↑33Wilbur#57
↑30Phyllis#38
↑28Vivian#26
↑27Josephine#44
↑27Rudolph#50

Falling

↓34Clifton#90
↓33Sarah#96
↓31Leo#96
↓28Katherine#69
↓27Marvin#99
↓26Eleanor#54
↓25Edith#58
↓24Rosemary#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.