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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1935 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,312 District of Columbia births in 1935 across 295 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.

#79Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#84Oliver#197 nationally
#95Wilbertoutside the national top 200
#77Gwendolyn#180 nationally
#97Alexander#186 nationally
#37Constance#125 nationally
#46Maurice#130 nationally
#89Karl#171 nationally
#96Wilbur#166 nationally
#85Suzanne#154 nationally
#54Roland#119 nationally
#92Sidney#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary325US #1
#2Barbara258US #3
#3Shirley251US #2
#4Patricia158US #5
#5Joan125US #7
#6Betty104US #4
#7Dorothy103US #6
#8Margaret98US #8
#9Nancy90US #9
#10Jean87US #18
#11Doris83US #13
#12Elizabeth66US #17
#13Helen66US #10
#14Delores65US #57
#15Ann60US #30
#16Janet49US #22
#17Joyce49US #12
#18Frances47US #19
#19Ruth47US #15
#20Gloria46US #32
#21Dolores37US #26
#22Evelyn36US #31
#23Sylvia36US #60
#24Virginia35US #16
#25Carolyn33US #28
#26Anne31US #84
#27Carol31US #11
#28Alice30US #25
#29Phyllis30US #27
#30Mildred29US #35
#31June27US #55
#32Marie27US #33
#33Martha27US #24
#34Jane26US #43
#35Juanita26US #72
#36Catherine25US #42
#37Constance25US #125
#38Geraldine24US #40
#39Jacqueline24US #79
#40Joanne24US #44
#41Audrey23US #64
#42Beverly23US #20
#43Eleanor23US #48
#44Rose23US #37
#45Yvonne23US #98
#46Lois22US #21
#47Louise22US #45
#48Norma22US #29
#49Judith21US #54
#50Marjorie20US #46
#51Sally20US #58
#52Elaine19US #51
#53Elsie19US #113
#54Florence19US #74
#55Grace19US #83
#56Sandra19US #50
#57Ellen18US #95
#58Lorraine18US #68
#59Marion18US #88
#60Peggy18US #36
#61Roberta18US #77
#62Anna17US #34
#63Ethel17US #82
#64Vivian17US #112
#65Charlotte16US #65
#66Edna16US #67
#67Rita16US #63
#68Susan16US #126
#69Lillian15US #66
#70Marlene15US #39
#71Beatrice14US #107
#72Kathleen14US #71
#73Marilyn14US #14
#74Thelma14US #76
#75Bernice13US #90
#76Diane13US #109
#77Gwendolyn13US #180
#78Julia13US #102
#79Katherine13US #103
#80Agnes12US #138
#81Carole12US #93
#82Josephine12US #75
#83Loretta12US #69
#84Lucille12US #85
#85Suzanne12US #154
#86Theresa12US #86
#87Ida11US #121
#88Irene11US #52
#89Naomi11US #144
#90Sarah11US #61
#91Sheila11US #151
#92Arlene10US #59
#93Christine10US #130
#94Edith10US #87
#95Eileen10US #108
#96Emma10US #89
#97Harriet10US #157
#98Jeanette10US #104
#99Marcia10US #149
#100Rosemary10US #97

Boys

#1John329US #3
#2Robert312US #1
#3William297US #4
#4James277US #2
#5Charles184US #6
#6Donald153US #7
#7Richard143US #5
#8Joseph141US #10
#9George139US #8
#10Thomas110US #9
#11David73US #11
#12Edward71US #13
#13Paul54US #14
#14Ronald54US #12
#15Kenneth50US #15
#16Walter50US #23
#17Lawrence46US #35
#18Raymond45US #17
#19Michael42US #41
#20Henry41US #27
#21Bernard37US #67
#22Carl35US #28
#23Frank35US #16
#24Harry35US #37
#25Eugene33US #26
#26Harold33US #20
#27Arthur32US #29
#28Ralph32US #32
#29Albert30US #31
#30Earl30US #46
#31Frederick29US #73
#32Jack28US #18
#33Norman28US #38
#34Jerry25US #22
#35Philip25US #65
#36Francis24US #53
#37Louis24US #42
#38Melvin24US #57
#39Herbert23US #58
#40Peter23US #59
#41Russell23US #68
#42Theodore22US #79
#43Clarence21US #48
#44Roger21US #36
#45Daniel20US #43
#46Maurice20US #130
#47Howard19US #39
#48Leonard19US #54
#49Anthony18US #52
#50Stanley18US #56
#51Alvin17US #91
#52Larry17US #33
#53Leroy17US #50
#54Roland17US #119
#55Warren17US #97
#56Bruce16US #77
#57Edwin16US #89
#58Ernest16US #55
#59Franklin16US #71
#60Gerald16US #21
#61Samuel16US #62
#62Gary15US #44
#63Fred14US #34
#64Leon14US #86
#65Lewis14US #98
#66Alfred13US #63
#67Allen13US #83
#68Gordon13US #70
#69Herman13US #101
#70Lloyd13US #84
#71Milton13US #117
#72Phillip13US #107
#73Douglas12US #75
#74Harvey12US #99
#75Willie12US #30
#76Jerome11US #96
#77Marvin11US #45
#78Patrick11US #112
#79Reginald11
#80Andrew10US #85
#81Claude10US #129
#82Clyde10US #82
#83Gilbert10US #111
#84Oliver10US #197
#85Roy10US #40
#86Stephen10US #113
#87Wayne10US #49
#88Benjamin9US #123
#89Karl9US #171
#90Lee9US #80
#91Lester9US #114
#92Sidney9US #153
#93Vernon9US #94
#94Vincent9US #106
#95Wilbert9
#96Wilbur9US #166
#97Alexander8US #186
#98Clifford8US #88
#99Don8US #51
#100Edgar8US #138

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑45Judith#49
↑42Michael#19
↑38Sally#51
↑36Jacqueline#39
↑30Sandra#56
↑30Susan#68
↑30Anthony#49
↑28Sylvia#23

Falling

↓41Edith#94
↓38Benjamin#88
↓37Eileen#95
↓35Vivian#64
↓34Samuel#61
↓32Peggy#60
↓29Thelma#74
↓29Jerome#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.