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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1928 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,775 District of Columbia births in 1928 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.

#80Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#91Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#91Julianoutside the national top 200
#87Marshall#195 nationally
#93Percyoutside the national top 200
#96Reginaoutside the national top 200
#99Corneliusoutside the national top 200
#54Morris#144 nationally
#72Constance#162 nationally
#93Yvonne#181 nationally
#98Clifton#183 nationally
#46Hugh#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary335US #1
#2Betty154US #2
#3Margaret134US #5
#4Dorothy118US #3
#5Doris111US #7
#6Helen95US #4
#7Jean86US #12
#8Barbara77US #8
#9Patricia76US #11
#10Elizabeth75US #14
#11Shirley72US #10
#12Frances68US #13
#13Ruth59US #6
#14Gloria55US #25
#15Evelyn54US #17
#16Catherine46US #33
#17Nancy41US #43
#18Alice40US #19
#19Joan40US #27
#20Virginia40US #9
#21Thelma37US #40
#22Marie36US #21
#23June35US #44
#24Louise35US #31
#25Dolores34US #20
#26Marion30US #47
#27Mildred30US #15
#28Audrey28US #60
#29Rose28US #24
#30Anne27US #93
#31Lillian27US #35
#32Phyllis27US #26
#33Bernice26US #53
#34Elaine26US #68
#35Eleanor26US #36
#36Marjorie26US #29
#37Ann25US #54
#38Grace25US #52
#39Jeanne24US #90
#40Anna23US #16
#41Lois23US #18
#42Vivian23US #78
#43Edna22US #45
#44Katherine22US #75
#45Marian21US #71
#46Martha21US #22
#47Beverly20US #46
#48Delores20US #94
#49Lorraine20US #39
#50Ethel19US #55
#51Florence19US #32
#52Gladys19US #41
#53Jane18US #62
#54Joyce18US #30
#55Juanita18US #58
#56Edith17US #56
#57Norma17US #23
#58Peggy17US #76
#59Theresa17US #49
#60Agnes16US #85
#61Annie16US #37
#62Ellen16US #98
#63Jacqueline16US #97
#64Rita16US #57
#65Geraldine15US #50
#66Josephine15US #42
#67Gertrude14US #86
#68Irene14US #28
#69Kathleen14US #82
#70Lucille14US #51
#71Charlotte13US #72
#72Constance13US #162
#73Rosa13US #125
#74Alberta12US #151
#75Alma12US #107
#76Esther12US #66
#77Hazel12US #59
#78Kathryn12US #99
#79Laura12US #83
#80Sarah12US #64
#81Carolyn11US #91
#82Christine11US #120
#83Elsie11US #73
#84Janet11US #95
#85Sylvia11US #119
#86Blanche10US #153
#87Pauline10US #48
#88Ramona10US #117
#89Viola10US #103
#90Emma9US #67
#91Gwendolyn9
#92Marguerite9US #147
#93Yvonne9US #181
#94Beatrice8US #70
#95Georgia8US #115
#96Regina8
#97Rosemary8US #88
#98Sally8US #128
#99Vera8US #92
#100Ada7US #171

Boys

#1William265US #4
#2John258US #2
#3James247US #3
#4Robert218US #1
#5Charles138US #5
#6Richard131US #6
#7George121US #8
#8Joseph105US #9
#9Thomas95US #11
#10Edward86US #10
#11Donald64US #7
#12Frank49US #12
#13David48US #19
#14Paul48US #13
#15Walter47US #18
#16Raymond44US #16
#17Francis42US #40
#18Harry40US #26
#19Albert37US #23
#20Ralph37US #24
#21Arthur35US #22
#22Henry34US #21
#23Louis30US #32
#24Alfred29US #33
#25Jack29US #15
#26Lawrence29US #38
#27Bernard28US #49
#28Leon28US #81
#29Eugene27US #20
#30Herbert26US #25
#31Clarence25US #35
#32Melvin24US #48
#33Howard22US #31
#34Kenneth21US #17
#35Samuel21US #52
#36Ernest19US #43
#37Milton19US #92
#38Stanley19US #45
#39Alvin18US #72
#40Norman18US #39
#41Earl17US #37
#42Leroy17US #51
#43Fred16US #36
#44Frederick16US #67
#45Harold16US #14
#46Hugh16US #129
#47Jerome16US #110
#48Roland15US #107
#49Daniel14US #47
#50Edwin14US #58
#51Leonard14US #42
#52Lewis14US #86
#53Carl13US #28
#54Morris13US #144
#55Andrew12US #60
#56Benjamin12US #106
#57Calvin12US #94
#58Philip12US #73
#59Theodore12US #66
#60Vernon12US #70
#61Allen11US #93
#62Leo11US #61
#63Marvin11US #46
#64Elmer10US #63
#65Harvey10US #90
#66Martin10US #83
#67Maurice10US #119
#68Roy10US #34
#69Wilbur10US #127
#70Edgar9US #114
#71Gilbert9US #96
#72Herman9US #78
#73Joe9US #30
#74Lloyd9US #59
#75Peter9US #56
#76Russell9US #55
#77Warren9US #85
#78Claude8US #116
#79Gerald8US #41
#80Laurence8
#81Wallace8US #104
#82Alan7US #157
#83Anthony7US #44
#84Bill7US #64
#85Gene7US #62
#86Jerry7US #79
#87Marshall7US #195
#88Michael7US #53
#89Nicholas7US #140
#90Rudolph7US #134
#91Julian6
#92Oscar6US #122
#93Percy6
#94Vincent6US #82
#95Alexander5US #152
#96Angelo5US #177
#97Cecil5US #97
#98Clifton5US #183
#99Cornelius5
#100Dick5US #172

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑52Delores#48
↑43Lewis#52
↑35Fred#43
↑33Theresa#59
↑31Martha#46
↑30Martin#66
↑24Peggy#58
↑24Alberta#74

Falling

↓38Rosemary#97
↓36Gerald#79
↓33Pauline#87
↓26Beatrice#94
↓20Gladys#52
↓20Warren#77
↓19Lorraine#49
↓19Edith#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.