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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1933 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,396 District of Columbia births in 1933 across 276 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.

#89Reginaoutside the national top 200
#89Carltonoutside the national top 200
#93Randolphoutside the national top 200
#100Annetteoutside the national top 200
#63Yvonne#159 nationally
#96Marguerite#190 nationally
#96Alexander#187 nationally
#29Constance#105 nationally
#48Alan#122 nationally
#58Maurice#129 nationally
#19Anne#85 nationally
#60Phillip#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary294US #1
#2Barbara238US #3
#3Patricia134US #6
#4Betty124US #2
#5Joan112US #5
#6Jean96US #14
#7Dorothy87US #4
#8Margaret87US #7
#9Shirley84US #9
#10Helen73US #8
#11Elizabeth68US #17
#12Doris66US #10
#13Nancy62US #11
#14Frances60US #18
#15Ruth53US #13
#16Delores51US #52
#17Gloria45US #31
#18Ann43US #34
#19Anne43US #85
#20Joyce43US #12
#21Virginia38US #15
#22Janet37US #25
#23Alice34US #22
#24Lois33US #19
#25Marie31US #33
#26Carol30US #20
#27Carolyn30US #40
#28June30US #45
#29Constance29US #105
#30Evelyn29US #30
#31Martha29US #27
#32Sylvia28US #84
#33Anna27US #29
#34Mildred27US #32
#35Dolores26US #21
#36Norma26US #23
#37Rose26US #35
#38Florence25US #49
#39Catherine24US #44
#40Marjorie24US #41
#41Ellen23US #104
#42Peggy23US #36
#43Phyllis23US #28
#44Audrey22US #59
#45Eleanor22US #38
#46Jacqueline22US #86
#47Juanita22US #63
#48Rita22US #53
#49Gladys20US #60
#50Joanne20US #56
#51Louise20US #39
#52Thelma20US #57
#53Jane19US #47
#54Lillian19US #51
#55Loretta19US #87
#56Lorraine18US #54
#57Marion18US #73
#58Bernice17US #83
#59Edith17US #80
#60Edna17US #55
#61Geraldine17US #42
#62Grace17US #69
#63Yvonne17US #159
#64Charlotte16US #79
#65Katherine16US #100
#66Sarah16US #58
#67Theresa16US #70
#68Christine15US #128
#69Elaine15US #61
#70Marian15US #89
#71Marlene15US #50
#72Hazel14US #82
#73Jeanne14US #125
#74Sally14US #76
#75Beverly12US #26
#76Alma11US #124
#77Arlene11US #74
#78Diane11US #134
#79Esther11US #88
#80Ethel11US #71
#81Jeanette11US #103
#82Josephine11US #62
#83Kathryn11US #108
#84Ruby11US #43
#85Agnes10US #118
#86Carole10US #107
#87Janice10US #81
#88Marilyn10US #16
#89Regina10
#90Roberta10US #112
#91Vivian10US #98
#92Annie9US #37
#93Gertrude9US #133
#94Julia9US #97
#95Kathleen9US #77
#96Marguerite9US #190
#97Pearl9US #143
#98Sara9US #123
#99Wilma9US #66
#100Annette8

Boys

#1Robert316US #1
#2William308US #4
#3James279US #2
#4John274US #3
#5Charles161US #6
#6Donald130US #7
#7Richard130US #5
#8Thomas125US #10
#9George119US #8
#10Joseph113US #9
#11Edward67US #11
#12Paul58US #14
#13Raymond55US #19
#14Francis50US #45
#15David44US #13
#16Walter43US #21
#17Jack42US #17
#18Ronald40US #12
#19Kenneth38US #15
#20Ralph37US #29
#21Eugene36US #23
#22Harry35US #35
#23Bernard34US #63
#24Frank34US #16
#25Norman34US #37
#26Albert30US #30
#27Harold30US #18
#28Stanley30US #55
#29Theodore30US #68
#30Arthur29US #25
#31Lawrence29US #38
#32Clarence28US #43
#33Earl28US #41
#34Henry26US #24
#35Melvin25US #51
#36Louis24US #40
#37Leroy23US #56
#38Carl22US #28
#39Franklin20US #33
#40Howard20US #36
#41Michael20US #53
#42Leonard19US #47
#43Samuel19US #61
#44Frederick18US #78
#45Gerald18US #22
#46Daniel17US #42
#47Leon17US #85
#48Alan16US #122
#49Fred16US #34
#50Edwin15US #77
#51Gary15US #80
#52Herbert15US #49
#53Philip15US #70
#54Lewis14US #92
#55Marvin13US #44
#56Peter13US #60
#57Benjamin12US #118
#58Maurice12US #129
#59Milton12US #113
#60Phillip12US #125
#61Allen11US #84
#62Russell11US #67
#63Alvin10US #88
#64Leo10US #75
#65Roland10US #114
#66Roy10US #39
#67Alfred9US #57
#68Andrew9US #76
#69Billy9US #20
#70Edgar9US #135
#71Jerome9US #105
#72Jerry9US #31
#73Larry9US #58
#74Lloyd9US #73
#75Vincent9US #94
#76Wayne9US #52
#77Clyde8US #87
#78Dennis8US #106
#79Douglas8US #81
#80Ernest8US #50
#81Harvey8US #97
#82Hugh8US #141
#83Roger8US #48
#84Warren8US #99
#85Willard8US #130
#86Willie8US #32
#87Anthony7US #46
#88Bobby7US #26
#89Carlton7
#90Don7US #54
#91Elmer7US #101
#92Gene7US #66
#93Randolph7
#94Sidney7US #152
#95Vernon7US #83
#96Alexander6US #187
#97Eddie6US #93
#98Everett6US #139
#99Jesse6US #100
#100Lee6US #79

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑61Carol#26
↑50Alan#48
↑45Loretta#55
↑37Edna#60
↑34Sylvia#32
↑33Constance#29
↑31Ellen#41
↑28Phillip#60

Falling

↓42Beverly#75
↓39Jeanne#73
↓36Vivian#91
↓36Vernon#95
↓33Josephine#82
↓32Ernest#80
↓29Marilyn#88
↓28Jane#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.