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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1936 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,950 District of Columbia births in 1936 across 318 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.

#85Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#99Matthewoutside the national top 200
#100Prestonoutside the national top 200
#73Pearl#172 nationally
#86Alberta#180 nationally
#97Guy#183 nationally
#87Carroll#172 nationally
#65Jeanne#141 nationally
#61Constance#133 nationally
#87Gertrude#156 nationally
#88Harriet#154 nationally
#25Anne#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary320US #1
#2Barbara278US #3
#3Shirley211US #2
#4Patricia164US #5
#5Joan141US #7
#6Nancy113US #8
#7Betty112US #4
#8Margaret102US #9
#9Jean88US #20
#10Helen85US #11
#11Dorothy76US #6
#12Elizabeth76US #18
#13Doris60US #15
#14Ann59US #28
#15Delores58US #58
#16Joyce57US #12
#17Carol55US #10
#18Sylvia55US #53
#19Frances54US #19
#20Gloria53US #32
#21Catherine49US #44
#22Ruth46US #16
#23Beverly43US #17
#24Evelyn43US #34
#25Anne39US #89
#26Carolyn38US #23
#27Mildred38US #40
#28Yvonne35US #81
#29Janet34US #21
#30Alice33US #27
#31Jane33US #42
#32Dolores31US #30
#33Norma31US #29
#34Virginia31US #14
#35Jacqueline30US #66
#36Joanne30US #48
#37Marie30US #33
#38Peggy29US #35
#39Juanita28US #75
#40June28US #62
#41Martha28US #24
#42Geraldine27US #41
#43Sandra27US #38
#44Eleanor25US #47
#45Florence25US #80
#46Marjorie25US #49
#47Charlotte24US #61
#48Roberta24US #64
#49Rose24US #37
#50Gladys23US #84
#51Louise23US #46
#52Phyllis23US #25
#53Janice22US #31
#54Anna21US #36
#55Edith21US #87
#56Judith21US #43
#57Lillian21US #79
#58Lorraine20US #76
#59Marilyn20US #13
#60Audrey19US #68
#61Constance19US #133
#62Elaine19US #50
#63Lois19US #26
#64Diane18US #112
#65Jeanne18US #141
#66Katherine18US #100
#67Ellen17US #99
#68Sally17US #59
#69Thelma17US #74
#70Edna16US #71
#71Kay16US #98
#72Marlene15US #39
#73Pearl15US #172
#74Vivian15US #115
#75Jo14US #72
#76Julia14US #105
#77Marian14US #114
#78Theresa14US #88
#79Annie13US #45
#80Carole13US #73
#81Christine13US #131
#82Elsie13US #123
#83Gail13US #101
#84Grace13US #86
#85Marion13US #93
#86Alberta12US #180
#87Gertrude12US #156
#88Harriet12US #154
#89Irene12US #57
#90Josephine12US #77
#91Annette11US #125
#92Joann11US #55
#93Judy11US #118
#94Loretta11US #70
#95Maxine11US #127
#96Patsy11US #52
#97Pauline11US #82
#98Suzanne11US #151
#99Beatrice10US #121
#100Donna10US #22

Boys

#1Robert358US #1
#2James340US #2
#3William303US #4
#4John295US #3
#5Charles223US #6
#6Richard176US #5
#7Donald149US #7
#8Joseph149US #11
#9George137US #9
#10Thomas112US #8
#11Edward81US #13
#12David78US #10
#13Paul76US #15
#14Ronald63US #12
#15Frank58US #16
#16Walter53US #26
#17Lawrence50US #37
#18Eugene44US #29
#19Raymond44US #17
#20Michael39US #33
#21Francis37US #50
#22Harry37US #39
#23Kenneth33US #14
#24Bernard31US #68
#25Fred31US #36
#26Harold31US #21
#27Norman31US #43
#28Frederick30US #70
#29Ralph30US #31
#30Arthur29US #30
#31Earl29US #47
#32Henry29US #28
#33Melvin29US #53
#34Carl28US #27
#35Samuel26US #67
#36Albert25US #34
#37Anthony25US #48
#38Gerald25US #19
#39Philip25US #63
#40Stanley25US #58
#41Alfred24US #60
#42Jack24US #20
#43Leroy24US #57
#44Louis24US #44
#45Daniel22US #41
#46Leon22US #82
#47Theodore22US #87
#48Allen21US #81
#49Peter21US #56
#50Warren21US #95
#51Howard20US #40
#52Larry20US #25
#53Roy19US #42
#54Ernest18US #55
#55Bruce17US #73
#56Clarence17US #52
#57Herbert17US #62
#58Jerome17US #98
#59Franklin16US #64
#60Marvin16US #49
#61Roger16US #35
#62Leonard15US #54
#63Alvin14US #96
#64Jerry14US #18
#65Joe14US #23
#66Stephen14US #99
#67Lloyd13US #88
#68Phillip13US #102
#69Lewis12US #101
#70Milton12US #120
#71Patrick12US #100
#72Roland12US #118
#73Vernon12US #93
#74Benjamin11US #123
#75Gene11US #66
#76Leo11US #94
#77Maurice11US #137
#78Vincent11US #109
#79Andrew10US #83
#80Bill10US #61
#81Clifford10US #90
#82Edwin10US #84
#83Glenn10US #80
#84Martin10US #92
#85Reginald10
#86Allan9US #138
#87Carroll9US #172
#88Claude9US #132
#89Douglas9US #78
#90Gary9US #38
#91Gordon9US #75
#92Russell9US #69
#93Wallace9US #130
#94Alan8US #108
#95Arnold8US #111
#96Don8US #51
#97Guy8US #183
#98Jesse8US #104
#99Matthew8
#100Preston8

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑39Edith#55
↑38Fred#25
↑32Roy#53
↑26Samuel#35
↑25Alfred#41
↑22Peggy#38
↑22Gerald#38
↑20Stephen#66

Falling

↓51Russell#92
↓31Maurice#77
↓30Jerry#64
↓29Elsie#82
↓29Grace#84
↓28Beatrice#99
↓28Gary#90
↓26Marion#85

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.