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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1929 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,754 District of Columbia births in 1929 across 264 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.

#74Reginaoutside the national top 200
#79Irving#185 nationally
#55Constance#159 nationally
#97Eloise#194 nationally
#90Nathaniel#184 nationally
#82Oliver#163 nationally
#86Erma#166 nationally
#72Emily#151 nationally
#74Horace#153 nationally
#95Yvonne#168 nationally
#100Julius#170 nationally
#53Sylvia#119 nationally

Girls

#1Mary286US #1
#2Betty151US #2
#3Margaret134US #5
#4Dorothy105US #3
#5Doris100US #6
#6Barbara87US #7
#7Helen83US #4
#8Patricia83US #10
#9Elizabeth77US #15
#10Jean74US #12
#11Shirley71US #9
#12Joan64US #13
#13Dolores57US #14
#14Frances50US #16
#15Nancy45US #32
#16Ruth43US #8
#17Virginia42US #11
#18Gloria41US #28
#19Evelyn39US #19
#20Ann38US #46
#21Marie37US #22
#22Alice36US #21
#23Catherine36US #34
#24Marjorie35US #30
#25Thelma34US #41
#26Jane33US #62
#27Lillian33US #40
#28Delores32US #74
#29Louise32US #31
#30Mildred31US #18
#31Peggy31US #70
#32Anne30US #91
#33Jeanne30US #92
#34Joyce29US #23
#35Anna28US #20
#36Marion28US #53
#37Audrey27US #58
#38Juanita26US #60
#39June26US #48
#40Florence24US #35
#41Gladys24US #44
#42Lois24US #17
#43Bernice23US #55
#44Eleanor22US #38
#45Geraldine22US #43
#46Edith21US #59
#47Katherine21US #84
#48Rose21US #26
#49Julia20US #88
#50Charlotte19US #73
#51Lorraine19US #42
#52Norma19US #25
#53Sylvia19US #119
#54Joanne18US #101
#55Constance17US #159
#56Jacqueline17US #87
#57Martha17US #27
#58Beverly16US #39
#59Grace16US #54
#60Annie15US #37
#61Carol15US #63
#62Ethel15US #56
#63Janet15US #82
#64Phyllis15US #24
#65Rita15US #52
#66Edna14US #51
#67Josephine14US #45
#68Lucille14US #57
#69Marian14US #75
#70Rosemary14US #80
#71Ruby14US #36
#72Emily13US #151
#73Pauline13US #50
#74Regina13
#75Sarah13US #68
#76Agnes12US #94
#77Eileen12US #98
#78Elaine12US #67
#79Ellen12US #97
#80Emma12US #69
#81Gertrude12US #95
#82Irene12US #29
#83Theresa12US #49
#84Alma11US #106
#85Christine11US #123
#86Erma11US #166
#87Viola11US #109
#88Vivian11US #81
#89Bertha10US #93
#90Elsie10US #78
#91Esther10US #71
#92Hazel10US #64
#93Marguerite10US #155
#94Roberta10US #126
#95Yvonne10US #168
#96Carolyn9US #77
#97Eloise9US #194
#98Patsy9US #118
#99Bessie8US #107
#100Claire8US #134

Boys

#1James269US #2
#2William258US #4
#3John245US #3
#4Robert213US #1
#5Charles164US #5
#6Richard114US #6
#7Joseph108US #9
#8George98US #8
#9Edward96US #10
#10Thomas90US #11
#11Donald73US #7
#12Paul54US #13
#13Raymond50US #15
#14David49US #17
#15Francis48US #39
#16Frank48US #12
#17Harry43US #27
#18Walter43US #19
#19Bernard38US #52
#20Herbert36US #25
#21Melvin32US #49
#22Jack31US #14
#23Albert30US #24
#24Eugene30US #20
#25Clarence29US #37
#26Norman29US #40
#27Ralph28US #26
#28Earl27US #36
#29Lawrence27US #38
#30Leroy25US #51
#31Henry24US #21
#32Harold23US #16
#33Arthur22US #22
#34Theodore22US #65
#35Lloyd21US #62
#36Alfred20US #41
#37Carl19US #28
#38Samuel19US #53
#39Andrew18US #59
#40Louis18US #32
#41Ernest17US #43
#42Kenneth17US #18
#43Roy17US #35
#44Stanley17US #48
#45Anthony16US #44
#46Frederick16US #67
#47Leon16US #81
#48Milton16US #94
#49Michael15US #54
#50Howard14US #31
#51Calvin13US #109
#52Harvey13US #90
#53Vincent13US #82
#54Edwin12US #66
#55Leonard12US #42
#56Philip12US #76
#57Roland12US #104
#58Elmer11US #70
#59Roger11US #64
#60Warren11US #92
#61Willard11US #114
#62Chester10US #96
#63Daniel10US #47
#64Joe10US #30
#65Lewis10US #84
#66Marvin10US #46
#67Patrick10US #121
#68Wallace10US #106
#69Willie10US #29
#70Alvin9US #77
#71Clyde9US #74
#72Douglas9US #97
#73Herman9US #75
#74Horace9US #153
#75Benjamin8US #107
#76Curtis8US #99
#77Fred8US #34
#78Gerald8US #33
#79Irving8US #185
#80Jerry8US #61
#81Maurice8US #125
#82Oliver8US #163
#83Peter8US #55
#84Billy7US #23
#85Claude7US #119
#86Everett7US #130
#87Jesse7US #93
#88Jimmy7US #115
#89Lester7US #88
#90Nathaniel7US #184
#91Oscar7US #117
#92Rudolph7US #140
#93Victor7US #100
#94Wilbur7US #131
#95Alan6US #146
#96Bob6US #89
#97Bruce6US #112
#98Gilbert6US #91
#99Glenn6US #80
#100Julius6US #170

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑41Vincent#53
↑39Lloyd#35
↑39Michael#49
↑38Anthony#45
↑32Sylvia#53
↑27Jane#26
↑27Peggy#31
↑27Rosemary#70

Falling

↓46Vivian#88
↓44Elaine#78
↓34Fred#77
↓32Phyllis#64
↓31Alvin#70
↓27Gilbert#98
↓25Wilbur#94
↓24Marian#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.