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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1927 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,068 District of Columbia births in 1927 across 266 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.

#70Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#71Mortonoutside the national top 200
#75Carrolloutside the national top 200
#82Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#85Sylvesteroutside the national top 200
#89Yvonne#200 nationally
#94Julianoutside the national top 200
#98Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#85Estelle#173 nationally
#73Constance#155 nationally
#67Morris#143 nationally
#88Clifton#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary348US #1
#2Dorothy143US #2
#3Betty139US #3
#4Margaret130US #5
#5Helen118US #4
#6Barbara92US #10
#7Jean92US #14
#8Elizabeth90US #13
#9Doris79US #7
#10Patricia70US #18
#11Ruth70US #6
#12Frances67US #12
#13Shirley60US #9
#14Virginia55US #8
#15Gloria54US #22
#16Mildred52US #11
#17Catherine50US #31
#18Alice49US #17
#19Marie43US #20
#20Evelyn39US #15
#21Marjorie38US #25
#22Thelma35US #38
#23Anna32US #16
#24Audrey32US #62
#25Jeanne32US #85
#26Lillian32US #32
#27Lois32US #19
#28Louise31US #27
#29Rose31US #23
#30Lorraine30US #44
#31Anne29US #92
#32Gladys29US #37
#33Vivian29US #77
#34June28US #43
#35Nancy28US #56
#36Ethel27US #47
#37Edith26US #48
#38Eleanor26US #33
#39Dolores25US #34
#40Jane25US #60
#41Joan23US #41
#42Phyllis23US #29
#43Ann22US #59
#44Bernice22US #49
#45Florence22US #28
#46Katherine21US #73
#47Marion20US #51
#48Beverly19US #57
#49Elaine19US #69
#50Edna18US #40
#51Gertrude18US #78
#52Grace18US #50
#53Joyce18US #35
#54Pauline18US #42
#55Agnes17US #81
#56Josephine17US #39
#57Marian17US #74
#58Norma17US #26
#59Rosemary17US #86
#60Ruby17US #30
#61Sarah17US #61
#62Annie16US #36
#63Esther16US #65
#64Juanita16US #55
#65Kathryn16US #90
#66Lucille16US #45
#67Sylvia16US #116
#68Beatrice15US #67
#69Elsie15US #72
#70Jacqueline15US #115
#71Carolyn14US #99
#72Charlotte14US #75
#73Constance14US #155
#74Ellen13US #93
#75Geraldine13US #58
#76Irene13US #21
#77Martha13US #24
#78Rita13US #54
#79Hilda12US #144
#80Janet12US #111
#81Laura12US #82
#82Peggy12US #96
#83Christine11US #117
#84Emma11US #64
#85Estelle11US #173
#86Julia11US #76
#87Marguerite11US #143
#88Viola11US #101
#89Yvonne11US #200
#90Alma10US #97
#91Mabel10US #133
#92Theresa10US #52
#93Carrie9US #139
#94Emily9US #146
#95Harriet9US #132
#96Myrtle9US #110
#97Pearl9US #102
#98Alberta8US #142
#99Clara8US #63
#100Delores8US #128

Boys

#1John309US #2
#2William290US #4
#3Robert245US #1
#4James241US #3
#5Charles134US #5
#6George119US #7
#7Richard118US #6
#8Joseph116US #9
#9Thomas91US #11
#10Edward82US #10
#11Raymond69US #15
#12Donald64US #8
#13Paul57US #13
#14David50US #21
#15Francis47US #36
#16Frank46US #12
#17Harry46US #25
#18Walter44US #17
#19Ralph42US #24
#20Jack38US #16
#21Albert36US #23
#22Bernard35US #50
#23Henry35US #19
#24Clarence34US #32
#25Arthur32US #22
#26Lawrence31US #37
#27Louis31US #29
#28Earl30US #33
#29Harold28US #14
#30Herbert27US #42
#31Melvin27US #48
#32Ernest26US #41
#33Eugene26US #20
#34Stanley25US #44
#35Howard23US #28
#36Milton20US #88
#37Samuel20US #49
#38Daniel19US #46
#39Norman19US #39
#40Alvin18US #66
#41Carl18US #26
#42Frederick18US #64
#43Gerald18US #38
#44Leroy18US #51
#45Philip18US #75
#46Alfred17US #45
#47Theodore17US #62
#48Andrew16US #56
#49Kenneth16US #18
#50Leon16US #78
#51Maurice16US #122
#52Leonard15US #40
#53Allen13US #95
#54Roland13US #109
#55Calvin12US #73
#56Jesse12US #89
#57Warren12US #79
#58Benjamin11US #101
#59Lloyd11US #58
#60Edwin10US #57
#61Leo10US #55
#62Russell10US #54
#63Chester9US #85
#64Elmer9US #61
#65Hugh9US #131
#66Jerome9US #111
#67Morris9US #143
#68Anthony8US #43
#69Herman8US #70
#70Laurence8
#71Morton8
#72Roy8US #34
#73Rudolph8US #110
#74Billy7US #31
#75Carroll7
#76Edgar7US #107
#77Everett7US #120
#78Fred7US #35
#79Harvey7US #94
#80Lester7US #83
#81Oscar7US #113
#82Reginald7
#83Ronald7US #63
#84Stephen7US #125
#85Sylvester7
#86Alexander6US #146
#87Arnold6US #97
#88Clifton6US #164
#89Douglas6US #104
#90Floyd6US #53
#91Gilbert6US #99
#92Guy6US #162
#93Hubert6US #128
#94Julian6
#95Lewis6US #82
#96Martin6US #87
#97Michael6US #52
#98Nelson6
#99Peter6US #59
#100Ray6US #60

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑39Lloyd#59
↑36Allen#53
↑35Sarah#61
↑35Leo#61
↑34Beverly#48
↑32Lorraine#30
↑31Ruby#60
↑28Jesse#56

Falling

↓48Lewis#95
↓46Martha#77
↓41Irene#76
↓35Peter#99
↓32Fred#78
↓29Grace#52
↓27Pearl#97
↓26Julia#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.