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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1932 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,627 District of Columbia births in 1932 across 286 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.

#68Clifton#183 nationally
#89Estelleoutside the national top 200
#94Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#95Reginaoutside the national top 200
#76Carroll#173 nationally
#72Morris#160 nationally
#35Maurice#122 nationally
#88Cora#169 nationally
#34Jeanne#112 nationally
#74Wilbur#152 nationally
#80Allan#153 nationally
#51Benjamin#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary310US #1
#2Barbara246US #3
#3Patricia124US #6
#4Jean120US #15
#5Joan120US #5
#6Margaret108US #7
#7Dorothy106US #4
#8Shirley101US #9
#9Betty96US #2
#10Doris86US #10
#11Elizabeth81US #17
#12Helen78US #8
#13Nancy70US #13
#14Delores59US #56
#15Gloria58US #25
#16Frances51US #19
#17Ruth51US #11
#18Evelyn45US #23
#19Joyce44US #12
#20Peggy39US #40
#21Dolores38US #18
#22Virginia38US #14
#23Ann37US #34
#24Alice36US #21
#25Jane33US #49
#26Janet31US #35
#27Audrey30US #61
#28Lois30US #20
#29Rose30US #33
#30Mildred29US #26
#31Anna28US #24
#32Phyllis28US #30
#33Beverly26US #28
#34Jeanne26US #112
#35Juanita26US #58
#36Lorraine26US #55
#37Marie26US #31
#38Eleanor25US #45
#39Jacqueline25US #85
#40Lillian25US #48
#41Catherine24US #39
#42Marjorie23US #37
#43Norma23US #22
#44Sarah23US #67
#45Anne22US #81
#46Charlotte21US #74
#47Florence21US #47
#48Grace21US #72
#49Josephine21US #57
#50June21US #44
#51Martha21US #27
#52Carolyn20US #46
#53Ethel20US #66
#54Joanne20US #62
#55Vivian20US #90
#56Bernice19US #71
#57Elaine19US #68
#58Geraldine19US #42
#59Marilyn18US #16
#60Pauline18US #59
#61Thelma18US #51
#62Constance17US #99
#63Gladys17US #54
#64Louise17US #36
#65Edith15US #69
#66Sylvia15US #96
#67Julia14US #92
#68Rita14US #53
#69Sally14US #84
#70Theresa14US #60
#71Annie13US #41
#72Ellen13US #104
#73Elsie13US #97
#74Irene13US #43
#75Katherine13US #95
#76Marian13US #86
#77Marion13US #73
#78Agnes12US #115
#79Beatrice12US #87
#80Emma12US #76
#81Lucille12US #63
#82Margie12US #102
#83Roberta12US #109
#84Ruby12US #38
#85Ida11US #105
#86Janice11US #94
#87Carol10US #32
#88Cora10US #169
#89Estelle10
#90Esther10US #82
#91Gertrude10US #124
#92Kathleen10US #83
#93Laura10US #88
#94Naomi10US #148
#95Regina10
#96Bertha9US #101
#97Edna9US #50
#98Joann9US #79
#99Judith9US #144
#100Loretta9US #89

Boys

#1Robert299US #1
#2James291US #2
#3William269US #4
#4John268US #3
#5Charles187US #6
#6Richard136US #5
#7George120US #8
#8Donald119US #7
#9Joseph113US #9
#10Thomas92US #10
#11Edward91US #11
#12Paul53US #13
#13David51US #12
#14Walter43US #21
#15Frank42US #15
#16Francis40US #43
#17Carl39US #28
#18Raymond39US #19
#19Ronald39US #16
#20Eugene37US #22
#21Henry37US #23
#22Albert32US #26
#23Stanley31US #52
#24Arthur30US #25
#25Howard29US #36
#26Bernard28US #60
#27Harold27US #18
#28Lawrence27US #35
#29Louis27US #39
#30Herbert26US #44
#31Kenneth26US #14
#32Ralph26US #27
#33Theodore26US #67
#34Jack25US #17
#35Maurice25US #122
#36Melvin25US #51
#37Earl23US #41
#38Frederick23US #73
#39Clarence22US #40
#40Alvin21US #87
#41Harry21US #32
#42Alfred20US #49
#43Norman20US #37
#44Daniel19US #42
#45Samuel19US #56
#46Gerald18US #24
#47Philip18US #70
#48Ernest17US #47
#49Leonard17US #48
#50Leroy17US #53
#51Benjamin16US #115
#52Douglas16US #85
#53Michael16US #54
#54Milton16US #106
#55Leon15US #83
#56Roland15US #111
#57Russell15US #63
#58Gilbert13US #97
#59Vernon13US #78
#60Warren13US #102
#61Anthony12US #45
#62Franklin12US #66
#63Fred12US #33
#64Jerome12US #107
#65Roger12US #50
#66Roy12US #38
#67Allen11US #80
#68Clifton11US #183
#69Edwin11US #72
#70Gene11US #64
#71Lester11US #101
#72Morris11US #160
#73Peter11US #62
#74Wilbur11US #152
#75Andrew10US #69
#76Carroll10US #173
#77Harvey10US #95
#78Martin10US #88
#79Marvin10US #46
#80Allan9US #153
#81Calvin9US #119
#82Edgar9US #135
#83Herman9US #89
#84Joe9US #29
#85Larry9US #65
#86Leo9US #74
#87Patrick9US #114
#88Phillip9US #134
#89Wallace9US #117
#90Bruce8US #98
#91Don8US #55
#92Hugh8US #128
#93Jerry8US #34
#94Laurence8
#95Lloyd8US #71
#96Wayne8US #57
#97Willie8US #31
#98Alan7US #127
#99Clyde7US #82
#100Elmer7US #94

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑46Carolyn#52
↑36Benjamin#51
↑36Vernon#59
↑29Douglas#52
↑27Ronald#19
↑26Sally#69
↑25Sarah#44
↑24Pauline#60

Falling

↓38Jerry#93
↓31Lloyd#95
↓30Carol#87
↓30Fred#63
↓29Alan#98
↓28Thelma#61
↓25Edith#65
↓24Esther#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.