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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1931 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,070 District of Columbia births in 1931 across 267 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.

#82Elwoodoutside the national top 200
#83Irvingoutside the national top 200
#89Reginaoutside the national top 200
#80Clifton#188 nationally
#100Cynthiaoutside the national top 200
#57Allan#151 nationally
#86Alexander#172 nationally
#61Rudolph#146 nationally
#90Guy#174 nationally
#76Marguerite#157 nationally
#39Constance#118 nationally
#72Wilbur#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary257US #1
#2Barbara173US #4
#3Betty142US #2
#4Margaret129US #7
#5Patricia113US #8
#6Dorothy112US #3
#7Joan111US #5
#8Doris94US #10
#9Jean91US #13
#10Helen82US #6
#11Shirley79US #9
#12Elizabeth69US #16
#13Nancy59US #17
#14Dolores58US #14
#15Delores52US #58
#16Frances48US #18
#17Gloria48US #23
#18Ann46US #35
#19Joyce40US #15
#20Ruth40US #11
#21Alice37US #21
#22Catherine37US #36
#23Jane36US #50
#24Evelyn34US #24
#25Lorraine34US #49
#26Mildred32US #26
#27Norma31US #22
#28Grace29US #70
#29Lois28US #20
#30Marie28US #27
#31Peggy28US #42
#32Joanne26US #68
#33Thelma26US #53
#34Virginia26US #12
#35Anne25US #80
#36June25US #44
#37Jacqueline24US #78
#38Janet24US #45
#39Constance23US #118
#40Edith23US #65
#41Louise23US #33
#42Rose23US #30
#43Audrey22US #64
#44Juanita22US #57
#45Florence21US #43
#46Jeanne21US #98
#47Martha21US #28
#48Phyllis21US #29
#49Anna20US #25
#50Marjorie20US #34
#51Ethel19US #67
#52Geraldine19US #38
#53Lillian19US #47
#54Beverly18US #31
#55Eleanor18US #40
#56Marion18US #66
#57Carol17US #46
#58Charlotte17US #75
#59Sylvia17US #123
#60Ellen16US #99
#61Gladys16US #55
#62Josephine16US #51
#63Katherine16US #92
#64Marilyn16US #19
#65Rita16US #48
#66Esther15US #79
#67Harriet15US #143
#68Kathryn14US #108
#69Sarah14US #71
#70Theresa14US #59
#71Vivian14US #82
#72Annie13US #41
#73Beatrice13US #85
#74Bertha13US #102
#75Edna13US #52
#76Marguerite13US #157
#77Ruby13US #39
#78Bernice12US #63
#79Clara12US #61
#80Elaine12US #72
#81Agnes11US #103
#82Christine11US #125
#83Marian11US #84
#84Pauline11US #56
#85Elsie10US #86
#86Julia10US #91
#87Loretta10US #96
#88Patsy10US #83
#89Regina10
#90Irene9US #37
#91Kathleen9US #87
#92Lucille9US #62
#93Pearl9US #137
#94Roberta9US #121
#95Sally9US #97
#96Yvonne9US #151
#97Anita8US #117
#98Carolyn8US #60
#99Carrie8US #148
#100Cynthia8

Boys

#1Robert286US #1
#2John265US #3
#3William262US #4
#4James221US #2
#5Charles181US #6
#6Richard128US #5
#7Donald111US #7
#8George107US #8
#9Thomas104US #10
#10Joseph103US #9
#11Edward72US #11
#12David61US #13
#13Raymond51US #17
#14Paul49US #12
#15Walter43US #20
#16Frank36US #16
#17Harry34US #30
#18Clarence33US #39
#19Francis33US #42
#20Herbert31US #41
#21Lawrence31US #38
#22Arthur30US #23
#23Bernard30US #54
#24Carl29US #28
#25Albert28US #24
#26Eugene28US #21
#27Kenneth28US #14
#28Jack27US #15
#29Norman27US #36
#30Ralph27US #25
#31Stanley26US #49
#32Howard25US #34
#33Fred24US #33
#34Henry24US #22
#35Harold23US #18
#36Michael23US #55
#37Louis22US #37
#38Alfred21US #50
#39Earl21US #40
#40Ernest21US #47
#41Gerald19US #26
#42Leroy19US #52
#43Melvin19US #51
#44Philip19US #71
#45Roland19US #107
#46Ronald19US #27
#47Daniel18US #44
#48Frederick18US #73
#49Roy18US #35
#50Samuel18US #56
#51Theodore18US #70
#52Alvin16US #80
#53Leonard16US #48
#54Leon15US #84
#55Jerry14US #43
#56Maurice14US #117
#57Allan13US #151
#58Edwin13US #67
#59Milton13US #99
#60Roger13US #53
#61Rudolph13US #146
#62Andrew12US #65
#63Clifford12US #75
#64Lloyd12US #68
#65Peter12US #61
#66Russell12US #63
#67Allen11US #79
#68Marvin11US #45
#69Alan10US #120
#70Lewis10US #87
#71Vincent10US #86
#72Wilbur10US #149
#73Anthony9US #46
#74Gilbert9US #92
#75Herman9US #83
#76Joe9US #29
#77Leo9US #69
#78Billy8US #19
#79Bruce8US #101
#80Clifton8US #188
#81Douglas8US #85
#82Elwood8
#83Irving8
#84Warren8US #100
#85Willie8US #31
#86Alexander7US #172
#87Benjamin7US #113
#88Calvin7US #119
#89Gordon7US #76
#90Guy7US #174
#91Harvey7US #93
#92Jesse7US #97
#93Larry7US #88
#94Martin7US #91
#95Vernon7US #74
#96Arnold6US #98
#97Bob6US #78
#98Claude6US #134
#99Edgar6US #122
#100Elmer6US #82

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑40Roger#60
↑34Lorraine#25
↑34Norman#29
↑29Constance#39
↑27Geraldine#52
↑26Andrew#62
↑24Jane#23
↑24Joanne#32

Falling

↓49Carolyn#98
↓44Bernice#78
↓40Elmer#100
↓31Julia#86
↓31Calvin#88
↓25Anthony#73
↓24Sarah#69
↓24Vincent#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.