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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1930 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,021 District of Columbia births in 1930 across 253 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.

#68Randolphoutside the national top 200
#82Markoutside the national top 200
#83Gwendolyn#200 nationally
#93Julianoutside the national top 200
#83Nathaniel#185 nationally
#99Reginaoutside the national top 200
#99Mortonoutside the national top 200
#74Yvonne#165 nationally
#87Julius#176 nationally
#56Wilbur#141 nationally
#68Constance#147 nationally
#59Alan#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary293US #1
#2Betty143US #2
#3Barbara116US #6
#4Dorothy111US #3
#5Margaret98US #5
#6Patricia93US #7
#7Doris87US #9
#8Helen86US #4
#9Elizabeth78US #15
#10Jean77US #14
#11Joan73US #8
#12Dolores64US #13
#13Nancy59US #24
#14Shirley58US #11
#15Catherine54US #35
#16Frances54US #16
#17Gloria52US #30
#18Ruth45US #10
#19Virginia44US #12
#20Louise42US #31
#21Evelyn40US #19
#22Anne39US #83
#23Alice38US #20
#24Lois38US #17
#25Mildred36US #21
#26Rose34US #29
#27Delores33US #66
#28Marie33US #26
#29June32US #47
#30Audrey31US #63
#31Ann29US #41
#32Jacqueline29US #74
#33Lillian29US #44
#34Bernice28US #58
#35Juanita27US #57
#36Anna26US #23
#37Florence26US #38
#38Joyce26US #18
#39Marion25US #60
#40Thelma25US #45
#41Jeanne24US #92
#42Norma24US #25
#43Peggy24US #67
#44Phyllis24US #28
#45Sarah23US #70
#46Grace22US #62
#47Jane22US #55
#48Marilyn22US #22
#49Carolyn21US #72
#50Eleanor21US #39
#51Marjorie21US #32
#52Vivian21US #91
#53Edna19US #51
#54Ethel19US #65
#55Julia19US #90
#56Joanne18US #81
#57Martha18US #27
#58Charlotte17US #75
#59Lorraine17US #46
#60Theresa17US #50
#61Annie16US #40
#62Gertrude16US #96
#63Josephine16US #49
#64Edith15US #61
#65Ellen15US #100
#66Esther15US #77
#67Sylvia15US #132
#68Constance14US #147
#69Elaine14US #69
#70Emma14US #73
#71Gladys14US #48
#72Irene14US #33
#73Katherine14US #85
#74Yvonne14US #165
#75Beverly13US #34
#76Anita12US #115
#77Carol12US #54
#78Elsie12US #88
#79Geraldine12US #43
#80Kathryn12US #101
#81Marian12US #80
#82Rita12US #42
#83Gwendolyn11US #200
#84Hazel11US #71
#85Pauline11US #52
#86Sally11US #98
#87Agnes10US #102
#88Kathleen9US #84
#89Rosa9US #129
#90Rosemary9US #82
#91Sue9US #167
#92Alma8US #109
#93Beatrice8US #76
#94Carrie8US #145
#95Christine8US #124
#96Genevieve8US #143
#97Mabel8US #150
#98Marguerite8US #159
#99Regina8
#100Ella7US #107

Boys

#1William285US #4
#2Robert275US #1
#3James266US #2
#4John259US #3
#5Charles176US #6
#6George132US #8
#7Richard130US #5
#8Joseph118US #9
#9Donald104US #7
#10Thomas92US #11
#11Edward80US #10
#12Raymond64US #16
#13Paul56US #12
#14David54US #15
#15Frank53US #13
#16Walter46US #19
#17Harry45US #28
#18Francis38US #42
#19Albert32US #24
#20Bernard32US #52
#21Herbert32US #35
#22Arthur31US #23
#23Carl30US #26
#24Eugene30US #21
#25Kenneth30US #17
#26Clarence29US #39
#27Harold29US #18
#28Louis29US #34
#29Henry28US #22
#30Melvin27US #50
#31Samuel27US #55
#32Jack26US #14
#33Lawrence25US #36
#34Leonard24US #45
#35Ralph23US #25
#36Alfred22US #46
#37Ernest22US #43
#38Howard22US #31
#39Leroy21US #53
#40Alvin20US #79
#41Theodore20US #67
#42Frederick19US #74
#43Michael18US #54
#44Maurice17US #116
#45Roland17US #107
#46Stanley17US #49
#47Vincent17US #84
#48Anthony16US #44
#49Earl16US #38
#50Edwin16US #66
#51Daniel15US #47
#52Gerald15US #30
#53Fred14US #32
#54Leon14US #81
#55Philip14US #75
#56Wilbur14US #141
#57Calvin13US #111
#58Lloyd13US #69
#59Alan12US #136
#60Elmer12US #80
#61Hugh12US #131
#62Jerry12US #51
#63Norman12US #40
#64Allen11US #85
#65Milton11US #93
#66Roy11US #33
#67Clyde10US #76
#68Randolph10
#69Ronald10US #37
#70Chester9US #103
#71Floyd9US #61
#72Gilbert9US #90
#73Marvin9US #48
#74Russell9US #60
#75Warren9US #96
#76Benjamin8US #115
#77Gene8US #70
#78Gordon8US #77
#79Harvey8US #92
#80Herman8US #78
#81Lewis8US #87
#82Mark8
#83Nathaniel8US #185
#84Peter8US #56
#85Jesse7US #94
#86Joe7US #27
#87Julius7US #176
#88Andrew6US #62
#89Billy6US #20
#90Bruce6US #109
#91Franklin6US #149
#92Jerome6US #105
#93Julian6
#94Lee6US #82
#95Leo6US #63
#96Leslie6US #139
#97Lester6US #95
#98Morris6US #152
#99Morton6
#100Roger6US #58

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑47Carolyn#49
↑38Wilbur#56
↑37Maurice#44
↑36Vivian#52
↑36Alan#59
↑30Sarah#45
↑30Alvin#40
↑26Gerald#52

Falling

↓49Andrew#88
↓41Roger#100
↓37Norman#63
↓34Geraldine#79
↓30Gladys#71
↓27Marjorie#51
↓27Harvey#79
↓26Katherine#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.