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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1934 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,739 District of Columbia births in 1934 across 288 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.

#70Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#62Nathaniel#174 nationally
#96Sylvesteroutside the national top 200
#52Yvonne#137 nationally
#100Emily#175 nationally
#47Constance#117 nationally
#29Vivian#98 nationally
#50Benjamin#117 nationally
#97Gail#164 nationally
#90Suzanne#153 nationally
#35Warren#96 nationally
#47Jerome#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary288US #1
#2Barbara222US #3
#3Shirley196US #4
#4Patricia150US #6
#5Joan127US #7
#6Betty101US #2
#7Dorothy96US #5
#8Margaret94US #8
#9Doris91US #11
#10Jean87US #16
#11Nancy77US #10
#12Elizabeth73US #18
#13Helen71US #9
#14Delores68US #51
#15Ann52US #32
#16Gloria49US #30
#17Dolores48US #26
#18Frances47US #19
#19Catherine44US #42
#20Ruth42US #13
#21Alice40US #25
#22Evelyn37US #29
#23Norma37US #24
#24Joyce36US #12
#25Mildred34US #35
#26Audrey33US #69
#27Martha33US #27
#28Peggy32US #36
#29Vivian31US #98
#30Janet30US #21
#31Louise30US #40
#32Marie30US #34
#33Carol28US #14
#34Marjorie28US #41
#35Joanne27US #45
#36Grace26US #79
#37Phyllis26US #28
#38Beverly25US #22
#39Virginia25US #15
#40Elaine24US #54
#41Ellen24US #95
#42Jane24US #48
#43Juanita24US #64
#44Carolyn23US #33
#45Thelma23US #65
#46Anne22US #88
#47Constance22US #117
#48Eleanor22US #44
#49Marion22US #86
#50Lois21US #20
#51Sylvia20US #70
#52Yvonne20US #137
#53Edith19US #81
#54Geraldine19US #43
#55June19US #46
#56Rose19US #37
#57Charlotte18US #72
#58Eileen18US #109
#59Marlene18US #57
#60Katherine17US #101
#61Rita17US #63
#62Roberta17US #104
#63Edna16US #55
#64Ethel16US #78
#65Gladys16US #66
#66Irene16US #49
#67Lucille16US #84
#68Bernice15US #82
#69Diane15US #124
#70Janice15US #68
#71Josephine15US #60
#72Lorraine15US #56
#73Elsie14US #107
#74Florence14US #61
#75Jacqueline14US #80
#76Ruby14US #39
#77Agnes13US #120
#78Annie13US #38
#79Jeanne13US #131
#80Julia13US #105
#81Theresa13US #77
#82Anna12US #31
#83Carole12US #89
#84Lillian12US #52
#85Pauline12US #71
#86Sandra12US #93
#87Hazel11US #87
#88Kathleen11US #74
#89Sally11US #62
#90Suzanne11US #153
#91Anita10US #130
#92Beatrice10US #99
#93Gertrude10US #135
#94Judith10US #94
#95Marilyn10US #17
#96Sara10US #125
#97Gail9US #164
#98Susan9US #138
#99Donna8US #23
#100Emily8US #175

Boys

#1Robert283US #1
#2William279US #4
#3James263US #2
#4John250US #3
#5Charles187US #7
#6Richard142US #5
#7Donald129US #6
#8Joseph110US #10
#9George109US #8
#10Thomas106US #9
#11Edward91US #13
#12Paul68US #14
#13David59US #12
#14Frank48US #16
#15Ronald47US #11
#16Walter47US #21
#17Lawrence45US #34
#18Raymond45US #19
#19Eugene34US #24
#20Harry34US #36
#21Bernard33US #65
#22Francis33US #49
#23Harold32US #18
#24Arthur31US #29
#25Kenneth30US #15
#26Henry29US #27
#27Samuel29US #66
#28Stanley29US #58
#29Ralph28US #31
#30Clarence26US #45
#31Earl26US #41
#32Norman26US #38
#33Melvin25US #55
#34Theodore25US #74
#35Warren25US #96
#36Herbert24US #57
#37Louis24US #40
#38Jack23US #17
#39Carl22US #28
#40Daniel22US #42
#41Gerald21US #22
#42Leroy21US #54
#43Albert20US #32
#44Howard20US #37
#45Alfred18US #64
#46Ernest18US #51
#47Jerome18US #107
#48Peter17US #61
#49Philip17US #69
#50Benjamin16US #117
#51Franklin16US #46
#52Russell16US #70
#53Fred15US #33
#54Leonard15US #53
#55Douglas14US #72
#56Edwin14US #80
#57Frederick14US #77
#58Herman14US #97
#59Larry14US #43
#60Lewis14US #94
#61Michael14US #47
#62Nathaniel14US #174
#63Roland14US #119
#64Roger13US #39
#65Willie13US #30
#66Alvin12US #93
#67Arnold12US #105
#68Harvey12US #99
#69Patrick12US #109
#70Reginald12
#71Leo11US #86
#72Leon11US #87
#73Lloyd11US #82
#74Martin11US #91
#75Roy11US #35
#76Vincent11US #101
#77Wayne11US #48
#78Alan10US #124
#79Anthony10US #52
#80Dennis10US #95
#81Gordon10US #71
#82Milton10US #115
#83Clyde9US #84
#84Don9US #50
#85Edgar9US #137
#86Joe9US #26
#87Phillip9US #113
#88Stephen9US #121
#89Wesley9US #142
#90Allen8US #88
#91Billy8US #20
#92Calvin8US #128
#93Claude8US #130
#94Floyd8US #73
#95Gilbert8US #106
#96Sylvester8
#97Andrew7US #76
#98Gene7US #67
#99Jimmy7US #56
#100Lee7US #79

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑62Vivian#29
↑49Warren#35
↑37Beverly#38
↑34Ernest#46
↑29Elaine#40
↑28Roberta#62
↑26Grace#36
↑24Jerome#47

Falling

↓49Anna#82
↓36Florence#74
↓30Lillian#84
↓30Alan#78
↓29Jacqueline#75
↓29Allen#90
↓29Andrew#97
↓27Anne#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.